Creative Development

A passionate and inspiring guide to creating a life built around the creative process. This groundbreaking new work from the best-selling author of The Artist's Way, guides listeners in creating a vision for their lives in which art and life are inextricably linked. According to Julia Cameron, when we allow our creative spirit to serve as our compass, we discover that the art we have always longed to create is suddenly within our grasp. In The Creative Life, Cameron shows listeners how to use their creative hearts and minds to cultivate lives that nourish and sustain their art.

Creativity is the magic sauce that generates ideas to solve problems. We all have it. Creative IQ: Opening the Door to Creativity that Inspires Sustainable Results is a practical guide to accessing your ingenuity with confidence and purpose, free from expectations, judgments, and an annoying inner critic. Renee Russo Martinez teaches you to embrace your out-of-the-box ideas and how to launch your creative problem solving skills to new levels. You will learn about creativity as a process, mindfulness as a way to tap into the process, and the actions needed to become more innovative.

Vous rêvez d'être écrivain, vous voulez écrire un roman qui transporte les lecteurs, mais vous ne savez pas par où commencer, comment aller au bout de votre manuscrit ou vous ne trouvez pas de maison d'édition pour votre livre ? Écrire un roman est LE guide pratique qui vous permettra, étape par étape, de réaliser enfin tous vos projets d'écriture. ÉCRIRE UN LIVRE EST UN PROJET COMME UN AUTRE, ÊTRE ÉCRIVAIN EST UN MÉTIER COMME UN AUTRE. On trouve normal d'apprendre des techniques en piano ou en dessin, mais en France (à l'inverse des Etats-Unis où l'écriture de fiction s'étudie à l'université), on croit qu'on ne peut pas apprendre à écrire.

Based on the authors' wildly popular Huffington Post article "18 Things That Creative People Do Differently" (which generated five million views and 500,000 Facebook shares in one week), this well-researched and engaging audiobook uncovers what we know about creativity, and what anyone can do to enhance this essential aspect of their lives and work.

Read by the author. "Come for the engrossing content, and stay for the lessons that might just change how you talk, write, and lead.” —Adam Grant Learn how to take any story and make it perfect—from storytelling expert Karen Eber, whose popular TED Talk on the subject continues to be a...

Writer Flora Bowley believes that everyone can learn how to create a joy-filled life by practicing what she calls The Art of Aliveness. Aliveness, in this context, goes well beyond the acts of sleeping, eating, working, etc., inviting us instead to look into the depths of our own experience, embrace what we find there, and commit to bringing our truest self into the world. The Art of Aliveness teaches us how to create beauty out of sorrow, find meaning in the apparent madness that we sometimes find in the world, and choose to build a life we love regardless of the cards we've been dealt.

Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.

This book is duct tape for the mouth of every artist's inner critic. Silencing that stifling voice once and for all, this salve for creatives introduces 10 truths they must face in order to defeat self-doubt. Each encouraging chapter deconstructs a pivotal moment on the path to success - fear of the blank page, the dangers of jealousy, sharing work with others - and explains how to navigate roadblock.

Creative Mind and Success is a follow-up to Creative Mind and another one for the truth seekers. Learn more about the power of attraction, the power of thought, and how to tap in to the creative mind to achieve success in life. "I say that ye are gods, and every one of you sons of the Most High." Written by the late great Ernest Holmes, metaphysician/spiritual teacher/new thought leader.

If you want to discover surprisingly simple yet effective ways to deal with tantrums and how to raise your child to his or her full potential, then pay attention...Maria Montessori changed the way the world understood education by emphasizing that young children can start early and learn through creative exploration. With a focus on child-driven engagement and carefully presented learning opportunities, you can use the Montessori Method and discipline to help your child get ahead and stay there.

Want to make a living from your creative work? The "hows" are changing faster than ever, but the essential habits you need remain timeless. Inspiring role models can be a powerful factor helping you build a successful career. Inside The Wealthy Creative, you'll find example after example of real authors, artists, designers, and more (all enlivened by the engaging voice of narrator Elizabeth Austin). These creatives share the timeless habits that helped them forge their own successful and fulfilling careers in the digital age. Each chapter of The Wealthy Creative presents one of the essential practices or concepts that crystallized out of the author's analysis of dozens of interviews conducted with real creatives working in both the digital economy and in more traditional spheres.

For over a decade, Jesse Cannon has been pushing creative ideas in music. Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices and Habits Used to Make Music You're Happy With is the culmination of four years of poring over scientific studies, books and thoughts from top creators as well as his own experience to write a book every musician should listen to about what goes into making great music versus what bands do when they make a bad album.

Psycho-cybernetics is a term coined by Dr. Maxwell Maltz that means "steering your mind to a productive, useful goal so you can reach the greatest port in the world: peace of mind". Dr. Maltz was the first researcher and author to explain how the self-image has complete control over an individual's ability to achieve any goal. In Psycho-Cybernetics: Principles for Creative Living, Dr. Maltz reveals more groundbreaking techniques for improving and managing self-image - visualization, mental rehearsal, relaxation.

As a first-time parent, Kyl Myers had one aspect dialed in from the start: not being beholden to the boy-girl binary, disparities, or stereotypes from the day a child is born. With no wish to eliminate gender but rather gender discrimination, Kyl and her husband, Brent, ventured off on a parenting path less traveled. Raising a confident, compassionate, and self-aware person was all that mattered.

The artists, musicians, and writers we think of as 'very creative' are just like us, except that they have spent time developing and realizing ideas and have found the confidence to share them with the world. None of this comes naturally. This wide-ranging book offers research, advice, and philosophy to fuel your understanding and passion for creativity.

Why is it that we see very young people becoming millionaires these days? Or older athletes in the Olympics winning medals when people thought they didn't have a chance? And how about former senator Barack Obama running for president and being the first African American in US history to win the presidency when many thought it was impossible? It is because these individuals have learned how to use the law of attraction - they have learned how to believe something is possible, even while others don't.

On the evening of April 19, 2013, Samantha and Gianna Rucki disappeared. Two of five children born to David Rucki and Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, the teenage sisters vanished in the midst of their parents divorce. The girls father, David Rucki, worked tirelessly with law enforcement to search day and night for his two missing daughters, following every lead while raising three remaining children at home. Their mother, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, used her newfound freedom to vacation around the world, abandoning her children.

Have you ever wondered what separated you from the highly successful people? Is it because of their "luck"? Or could it be they were in the right place at the right time? While many people believe at least one of those circumstances to be the case, the truth of the matter is that the only difference which separates the highly successful from the rest of us is their daily routine and their mindset.

When we think of Imagineering, we think of Disney theme parks. But Imagineering is a creative process that can be used for nearly any project, once you know how it works. Lou Prosperi distills years of research into a practical how-to guide for budding "Imagineers" everywhere.

Called to Be Creative is for anyone looking to reignite that tiny spark inside of them and invite creativity into their lives through simple, everyday practices. A certified grief counselor and a program coordinator for Shalom Spirituality Center, Mary Potter Kenyon walks you step by step through the process of exploring your true potential in this inspirational guide to embracing your innate creativity.