Creative Life

Some summers don't just pass; they redefine you. It’s a season measured in a cascade of firsts: the nervous energy of a first date, the terrifying, liberating weight of a first confession, the breathtaking moment you feel truly seen by someone else. Suddenly, the simplest things become landmarks etched in your memory, the way the afternoon sun slants through the trees, the melody of a shared song on the radio. The future, once a predictable line on a map, explodes into a constellation of thrilling, uncertain paths.

Find your creative purpose. Overcoming the barriers to innovation is easier than you think. Marc Silber, best-selling author and award-wining creative and educator shows you how to avoid the traps of procrastination, overthinking, and self-doubt. The exercises in Create are specifically designed to help you find certainty and confidence in self-expression.

Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading has been...

Using examples from literature, poetry, and spiritual texts, Michael Lipson, Ph.D, articulately describes how to turn one's life into an art form. By following Emerson's description of harmonious living, Lipson shows us through simple and thoughtful exercises how to achieve peace and realization of one's life's purpose.

Discover How to Flourish as an Artist in the Church. Over 150,000 Copies Sold. God is interested in your art and your heart. The Heart of the Artist, now in an updated second edition, deals head-on with issues every person in an arts ministry faces, including: Servanthood versus stardom...

All places are not created equal. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Florida shows that where we live is increasingly a crucial factor in our lives, one that fundamentally affects our professional and personal prospects. As well as explaining why place matters now more than ever, Who's Your City? provides indispensable tools to help you choose the right place for you.

An inventor, adventurer, entrepreneur, collector, and entertainer, and son of legendary scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeux has been behind some of the most exciting undertakings of our time. A legendary pioneer of the online gaming industry—and a member of every...

This is the book that will rescue you from swimming in circles, and save you from beating your head against the same familiar walls over and over again. Do your dreams and goals seem like they’re no closer to reality? Does it seem like you struggle with the same challenges time and again? Does it feel like you’ve tried EVERYTHING and NOTHING is working? If you’ve always wanted to “crack the code” and overcome what’s holding you back, then read on!

An essential guide for artists of all levels, on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker. When we're kids, our parents tell us that being creative is fun, fun, fun. But when you decide to turn art into your career, whether that's painting, writing, drawing, or...

This book will teach you how to take control of your destiny through your thoughts and actions. When you align your thoughts with the word of God, you will become unstoppable and undeniable. No circumstance will be able to hinder the person that God created you to be. You will start to create the things that you truly desire from the inside out. You will learn the inner workings of the mind and why you do what you do.

From the creators of the hit podcast comes an interactive self-help guide for creative entrepreneurs, where they share their best tools and tactics on "being boss" in both business and life. Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts of the top-ranked...

Discover practical advice for creating a fun, fulfilling, and forever love story. What kind of love story do you want? Keeping a romantic relationship fresh takes effort—whether you've been together for two months or two decades. In Creative Love, Jeremy and Audrey Roloff pose questions...

At age twenty-five, retail manager Jonny Goode did what so many of us dream about and quit his job; walking away from his security and failing marriage with guitar in hand to pursue a life less ordinary. Starting out as a London busker, Jonny rebuilt his life, his way, from the floorboards up. Now the successful owner of an online tuition business and a professional musician, Jonny shares the secrets and strategies of how he created the life he wanted to live in this revealing and motivational book.

BE CREATIVE is one of a series of card and communication games that are designed to be both entertaining and stimulate discussion about these topics. They can be played just for fun at a party or to have a serious discussion.

Reignite your lost creativity; it still lives inside of you. You don’t have to trade a world of exciting possibilities for an unfulfilling life of responsibilities. Joy and a fulfilling personal and professional life await. In Do What You Love, you’ll discover simple steps for overcoming the fears and doubts holding you back from pursuing your dreams. Get ready to explore your creative ideas, rediscover your passion projects, and give yourself permission to start creating—simply for the joy of it.

Every time you think, your mind emits energy. That energy, in turn, can be transformed into something tangible something real. And this is what creative visualization is all about. This audiobook will allow you to change your life using the power of creative visualization! By listening to this audiobook, you will learn how to transform your thoughts, ideas, and imaginations into their physical reality. It is more than a manual - it is the key to your success!

This audiobook will guide you and unlock your critical creative mind, unraveling innovation and inspiring your productivity through simple, proven exercises and concepts. On your way to success, you will complete the interactive steps needed to unleash your creative thinking that nobody has been able to press upon you before. Writing tricks, visualization hacks, and practical mental puzzles will improve your being by boosting the artist inside.

Writers are different. We don't always think in straight lines. We take leaps of logic, we think metaphorically, and we know in order to make something beautiful, you might also have to make a mess. You've probably tried to adopt at least one organizing system already. Maybe it was in a bestselling book written by someone in a suit. Or maybe it was the system that works for your brother the accountant or your naturally-neat coworker. Whatever system you tried, it was probably very logical and made total sense, until you tried to force yourself to fit into it.

From the Emmy-winning writer and creator of All My Children, One Life to Live, and Loving, a memoir of her trailblazing rise to the top of the television industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most beloved soaps of all time Before there was Erica Kane, Adam Chandler...

Lifescale is a journey of self-discovery and growth. It's about getting back into balance and remastering our destinies. Author Brian Solis knows firsthand. He struggled with distraction and all of its ill effects. To get his life back, he developed a set of techniques, exercises, and thought experiments designed to tame the chaos, and positively and productively navigate our day-to-day lives. Instead of falling victim to the never-ending cycle of newsfeeds, Likes, addictive apps, and boredom scrolling, we can learn to manage our time and inspire our own lives.