How do you unlock your creative brilliance? Julia Cameron, author of the international bestselling book The Artist’s Way wrote this inspiring and invaluable piece of work to empower creatives through their limiting beliefs and recognize their true inner artist. She explains how to use essential tools like Morning Pages and Artist Dates to explore your creative potential, how to shut down the Inner Critic and Crazy Makers, and how to discover faith and security as you begin to take authentic risks.

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TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1. Even when you have nothing left to say, you’ll be surprised – there’s always something else to write down.

2. Let the morning pages take you in an unfamiliar direction. Take authentic risks.

3. Don’t let your inner critic bully you. Turn the negative thoughts into positive ones until that negativity has no power over you.

4. The crazy maker drama is really just an excuse to not take authentic creative risks.

5. If you can find humor, you can overcome criticism.

6. Play with your ideas. Have an Artist Date.

7. Take the small action that fits into the life you’ve got.

8. Name someone who is your believing mirror. Imagine what encouragement they would tell you.

9. Creativity belongs to all of us. Working on it is exercising a birthright.

10. We are all creative. With a few simple tools, you can move into your creativity. It’s never too late.

 

MENTIONED ON THIS EPISODE:

• JuliaCameronLive.com

• The Artist’s Way tools

  • Morning pages

  • Artist dates

  • Exercise!

• The Dark Room, Julia’s crime novel

• George Lucas, American film director

• Gary Vaynerchuk’s first video

• Glennon Doyle Melton – the story of her viral 25 Things About Me

• Episodes mentioned

  • How Radical Empathy Strengthens Your Business – Seth Godin

  • How to Be A Badass – Jen Sincero

  • How to Become A Comedian – Wayne Federman

  • How to Rise Up After 10,000 “No”s – Matthew Del Negro

 

• Listener win!

  • See Patrick O’Donnell’s beautiful artwork! odonnellgallery.com

 

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