The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
This is the book that inspired me to teach the Artist’s Way workshop for over a decade. It’s the comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fears, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces. I have personally witnessed hundreds of people increase their confidence and productivity in my workshops. I have also heard from people all over the world who tell me that doing the book alone, or with a group of friends benefitted them tremendously. it took me four years of teaching The Artist’s Way workshop to understand (on more than an intellectual basis) why this book has had such an incredibly powerful influence on so many lives. It emphasizes the importance of connecting to the Universe’s abundant Creative Energy and your Higher Self. Like Julia, I believe becoming a conduit to the Universe’s Creative Life force and your Authentic Self is a path of well-being, whatever your profession: scientist, waitress, accountant, business owner; an aspiring or professional artist. This is a book for people in all walks of life.
This book is required for the basic CreativeLife workshop: The Artist’s Way.
This is the book that inspired me to teach the Artist’s Way workshop for over a decade. It’s the comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fears, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces. I have personally witnessed hundreds of people increase their confidence and productivity in my workshops. I have also heard from people all over the world who tell me that doing the book alone, or with a group of friends benefitted them tremendously. it took me four years of teaching The Artist’s Way workshop to understand (on more than an intellectual basis) why this book has had such an incredibly powerful influence on so many lives. It emphasizes the importance of connecting to the Universe’s abundant Creative Energy and your Higher Self. Like Julia, I believe becoming a conduit to the Universe’s Creative Life force and your Authentic Self is a path of well-being, whatever your profession: scientist, waitress, accountant, business owner; an aspiring or professional artist. This is a book for people in all walks of life.
This book is required for the basic CreativeLife workshop: The Artist’s Way.
The Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron
In some ways, this is both the most difficult and most rewarding of all of Julia’s books. I say it was difficult because it forced myself and others move beyond the puer or childish view of creativity to a more mature and expanded practice of showing up and completing projects, day in and day out, no matter how much resistance. At the same time, the book asks us to become childlike (to draw on my imagination and senses, beginner’s mind, imagination, sense of enthusiasm and play). A delicate balance of right brain and left brain activities that will benefit almost everyone.
This book is required for the basic CreativeLife workshop: The Artist’s Way.
In some ways, this is both the most difficult and most rewarding of all of Julia’s books. I say it was difficult because it forced myself and others move beyond the puer or childish view of creativity to a more mature and expanded practice of showing up and completing projects, day in and day out, no matter how much resistance. At the same time, the book asks us to become childlike (to draw on my imagination and senses, beginner’s mind, imagination, sense of enthusiasm and play). A delicate balance of right brain and left brain activities that will benefit almost everyone.
This book is required for the basic CreativeLife workshop: The Artist’s Way.
The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron
When I heard about this book, I felt excited. Twenty years ago when I first met Julia I was recovering from eating disorders. With her encouragement I began writing down my feelings and thoughts in the morning pages and I very much believe this practice helped me to heal. After teaching the Artist’s Way for several years, I realized eating
is also one of the biggest blocks for many other men and women. In this book she is finally addressing the issue of food in her usual nurturing and practical way.
This book is not required reading but I recommend it to anyone who thinks food might be a a block to living a more fulfilling creative life.
When I heard about this book, I felt excited. Twenty years ago when I first met Julia I was recovering from eating disorders. With her encouragement I began writing down my feelings and thoughts in the morning pages and I very much believe this practice helped me to heal. After teaching the Artist’s Way for several years, I realized eating
is also one of the biggest blocks for many other men and women. In this book she is finally addressing the issue of food in her usual nurturing and practical way.
This book is not required reading but I recommend it to anyone who thinks food might be a a block to living a more fulfilling creative life.
The Sound of Paper by Julia Cameron
I’ve used this book to stimulate my imagination; to move beyond the terror of the blank page. Many students also said they’ve enjoyed using this book.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to have fun with their writing.
I’ve used this book to stimulate my imagination; to move beyond the terror of the blank page. Many students also said they’ve enjoyed using this book.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to have fun with their writing.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Whether you want to take The Artist’s Way workshop, start a diet or exercise program, start or expand a business, write a novel or become an actor, most people find they are more resistant that they ever imagined. That’s because our Ego may tell us it wants to grow and prosper, but it’s real agenda is to keep us small and bound by our limitations. Pressfield draws on his personal experience as a writer who has moved beyond writer’s block to show you how to “overcome resistance” and live “the unlived life within”. But this is not just a book for writers. It is for anyone who creates (that is, anyone who is in the process of bringing something new into existence). I love this book so much that I’ve asked people in both the VisionQuest and the StoryPower workshops to read excerpts during the first week or two after we begin meeting. Once we see our resistance for what it is . . . . we are less likely to buy into it which means we are more likely to successfully stay committed to the vision of what we really wanted in the first place.
I recommend this book to anyone starting something new (including an advanced CreativeLife workshop. I also recommend reading this book if you’re procrastinating or feeling frustrated about anything.
Whether you want to take The Artist’s Way workshop, start a diet or exercise program, start or expand a business, write a novel or become an actor, most people find they are more resistant that they ever imagined. That’s because our Ego may tell us it wants to grow and prosper, but it’s real agenda is to keep us small and bound by our limitations. Pressfield draws on his personal experience as a writer who has moved beyond writer’s block to show you how to “overcome resistance” and live “the unlived life within”. But this is not just a book for writers. It is for anyone who creates (that is, anyone who is in the process of bringing something new into existence). I love this book so much that I’ve asked people in both the VisionQuest and the StoryPower workshops to read excerpts during the first week or two after we begin meeting. Once we see our resistance for what it is . . . . we are less likely to buy into it which means we are more likely to successfully stay committed to the vision of what we really wanted in the first place.
I recommend this book to anyone starting something new (including an advanced CreativeLife workshop. I also recommend reading this book if you’re procrastinating or feeling frustrated about anything.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Long before I discovered the Artist’s Way, I became inspired by this classic memoir of a Holocaust Survivor who found meaning in the midst of suffering. Frankl lived in four different death camps, including Auschwitz and during that time learned that his parents, brother and pregnant wife had died. From these experiences he observed those who not only survived but later thrived despite what they’d been through. Frankl argues (and based on my own experiences, I agree) that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it. Plus I loved reading how the prisoners, despite their terrible circumstances created art (humor, plays, drawings, etc). Art saved many from loosing hope and perhaps from dying. So too, in our lives, creating art is a lifeline to aliveness and a deeper sense of purpose.
This inspiring memoir is a “must-read” for anyone open to moving beyond the limitations of their critical voices and self-defeating stories. I ask all StoryPower students to read excerpts from
Long before I discovered the Artist’s Way, I became inspired by this classic memoir of a Holocaust Survivor who found meaning in the midst of suffering. Frankl lived in four different death camps, including Auschwitz and during that time learned that his parents, brother and pregnant wife had died. From these experiences he observed those who not only survived but later thrived despite what they’d been through. Frankl argues (and based on my own experiences, I agree) that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it. Plus I loved reading how the prisoners, despite their terrible circumstances created art (humor, plays, drawings, etc). Art saved many from loosing hope and perhaps from dying. So too, in our lives, creating art is a lifeline to aliveness and a deeper sense of purpose.
This inspiring memoir is a “must-read” for anyone open to moving beyond the limitations of their critical voices and self-defeating stories. I ask all StoryPower students to read excerpts from
The Power of Story by Jim Loehr
As a Creativity and Life Coach, I’ve worked with clients who felt unfulfilled and dissatisfied with their lives. Despite their best efforts they were getting stuck, either repeating the same behaviors over and over again or failing to move forward with their creative goals. Usually they had old dysfunctional victim stories (about childhood, traumas and other conflicts) that they told about themselves. Though their victim stories were unconscious and flawed, they still created that person’s reality and “destiny”. To assist clients in rewriting their stories with a sense of mission and more truth, I developed the StoryPower workshop. A few years later, I found this Loehr’s Book (similar title and everything) and I felt excited because it contained so much of what I’d been learning and teaching.
I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to take action from a more empowering place. I’ve asked people to read excerpts from this book in both the StoryPower and One With Source workshops.
As a Creativity and Life Coach, I’ve worked with clients who felt unfulfilled and dissatisfied with their lives. Despite their best efforts they were getting stuck, either repeating the same behaviors over and over again or failing to move forward with their creative goals. Usually they had old dysfunctional victim stories (about childhood, traumas and other conflicts) that they told about themselves. Though their victim stories were unconscious and flawed, they still created that person’s reality and “destiny”. To assist clients in rewriting their stories with a sense of mission and more truth, I developed the StoryPower workshop. A few years later, I found this Loehr’s Book (similar title and everything) and I felt excited because it contained so much of what I’d been learning and teaching.
I recommend this book to anyone who is willing to take action from a more empowering place. I’ve asked people to read excerpts from this book in both the StoryPower and One With Source workshops.
What the Bleep Do We Know!?: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality
Everyone is still talking about the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? Now comes the paperback edition of the book based on the mind-boggling movie that grossed $11 million in the U.S. alone. This book compels readers to ask themselves Great Questions that will recreate their lives as they know them. With the help of fourteen leading quantum physicists, scientists and spiritual thinkers, this book guides readers on a course from the scientific to the spiritual, and from the universal to the deeply personal. Along the way, it asks such questions as : Are we seeing the world as it really is? What are thoughts made of? What is the relationship between our thoughts and our world? Are we biologically addicted to certain emotions? How can I create my day every day? More than twenty short, focused, interactive chapters take readers on a journey that will integrate the answers to these Great Questions into every aspect of their lives.
Everyone is still talking about the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? Now comes the paperback edition of the book based on the mind-boggling movie that grossed $11 million in the U.S. alone. This book compels readers to ask themselves Great Questions that will recreate their lives as they know them. With the help of fourteen leading quantum physicists, scientists and spiritual thinkers, this book guides readers on a course from the scientific to the spiritual, and from the universal to the deeply personal. Along the way, it asks such questions as : Are we seeing the world as it really is? What are thoughts made of? What is the relationship between our thoughts and our world? Are we biologically addicted to certain emotions? How can I create my day every day? More than twenty short, focused, interactive chapters take readers on a journey that will integrate the answers to these Great Questions into every aspect of their lives.
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment.
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment.
Creative Visualization
When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote the book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. Fear not; this isn't a spiritual-lightweight book for people with a severe case of the "gimmes." Gawain has her priorities in the right place, and she cautions readers that creative visualization will not serve greed or shallow-minded thinking. For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier. "The way it actually works is the reverse," she explains. "You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." Yet she also writes an excellent chapter on letting go of the misguided guilt that inhibits readers from becoming truly prosperous.
When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote the book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. Fear not; this isn't a spiritual-lightweight book for people with a severe case of the "gimmes." Gawain has her priorities in the right place, and she cautions readers that creative visualization will not serve greed or shallow-minded thinking. For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier. "The way it actually works is the reverse," she explains. "You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." Yet she also writes an excellent chapter on letting go of the misguided guilt that inhibits readers from becoming truly prosperous.
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