Personal Growth & Change

“One of the biggest and most common issues people face is the belief that they are not enough.”

Therapist Marisa Peer adds:

“From bulimics, to alcoholics, to chronic gamblers – one of the most common things I hear from my patients and clients is that “I don’t think I’m enough.”

“And it’s this thought that pushes them to self sabotage and put challenges, obstacles, and roadblocks in their own way to live their best life.”

“If you want to be happier and more successful in life, it’s important to fight the brain’s natural tendency to focus on the negative. Instead, try looking at the world through a positive, self-compassionate mindset." Emma Seppälä, Stanford psychologist

"When we are continually lost in thoughts, we miss the immediacy and fullness of life in the here and now."

The Creative Mind Daily for March 20 includes: Do You Have To Be “Gifted and Talented” To Be Creative?; Tom Hanks on writing and self-consciousness; Supporting Creative Success | etc

The Creative Mind Daily for March 11 includes: Quieting Our Inner Critic; Being Gifted and Talented; Anger, Inner Chaos and Creativity; Books To Nurture Your Creative Mind

Now a millionaire coach and business mentor, he says, “I have found that over 90% of my success came from the inside.

“Essentially, a lot of what I had to overcome from being poor was my poor mindset.”

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“What drives the world no longer drives them. Seeing the madness of our civilization so clearly, they may feel somewhat alienated from the culture around them.

“Some feel that they inhabit a no-man’s-land between two worlds. They are no longer run by the ego, yet the arising awareness has not yet become fully integrated into their lives.” — Eckhart Tolle

"Are you putting off challenging tasks and action steps in order to do comfortable, pleasurable activities that won’t threaten your ego?

"If so, it may be time to check your level of procrastination . . . just to see if this type of behavior is an issue for you.

"Remember the saying by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'A goal without a plan is just a wish.'

"So why do you keep finding other, less critical things to do?

"According to psychologist Jane Burka, procrastination is more than a time management issue or a moral failing . . . it’s a complex psychological issue.

"So what is the best way to overcome procrastination?"

Read more:
This Is the Best Way to Overcome Procrastination

by Denise Angelle Kinsley.

There are studies that indicate certain mental disorders are linked to creative genius. How valid is that link?

“I would do anything to be anywhere in the vicinity of Eckhart Tolle.” — Jim Carrey

“You may have noticed the “voice in your head” — the stream of habitual thought patterns that absorbs the majority of your attention in any given moment.

“When we are continually lost in thoughts, we miss the immediacy and fullness of life in the here and now.”

Claire Zammit: "Both of us were accomplished, successful women, as were the women we were serving. And we really noticed, in spite of having so much “power” in our lives, we both felt this very painful and confusing gap between the deeper potentials that we sensed for who we were as women...and just for our overall experience of life."

What is self-esteem? Just confidence or something far greater? In her program, Caroline Myss "casts a new light on this often misunderstood subject, redefining self-esteem as an actual core power that is essential to our evolutionary progress."

“If you want to be happier and more successful in life, it’s important to fight the brain’s natural tendency to focus on the negative. Instead, try looking at the world through a positive, self-compassionate mindset...Albert Einstein and Alibaba’s Jack Ma are prime examples of using this mindset in order to lead successful careers." - Emma Seppälä.

Beth Scanzani on dreamwork and the unconscious -- See the rest of this video and learn more about how to work with your unconscious in my article "Health and personal growth and creativity using our Shadow" http://thecreativemind.net/2875/gaining-health-and-personal-growth-using-our-shadow/

"Finding the treasure in your shadow is the ultimate hero’s journey…It’s a quest to rediscover the parts of yourself you’ve disowned, embrace the fullness of who you are, and embody the gifts you find there — in service to yourself, others, and the world."

The Mindfulness & Meditation Summit by Sounds True is online from January 22-31, 2018. Presentations include Alanis Morissette on “Taking a Beautiful Seat and Trusting Life” - she talks about meditation and her creative work as a musician.

In his book The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle, Steven Pressfield writes about a number of challenges we may face as creative people, including our fear that we can transcend the mundane, to “become the person we sense in our hearts we truly are.”

John Assaraf notes: “I have learned that people who really succeed in various areas of life often frame their experiences differently than those who quickly label the experience as a negative one."

"Do you often feel overwhelmed by things that don’t bother most people? Do you feel emotions strongly, and often have thoughts, feelings, and sensations that you just can’t explain? ...
What's going on?"

This free event  provides on-demand health talks to “help you detox, reset and transform yourself for the new year.

“These experts were hand-selected by the HealthMeans team to give you the information needed to prepare your mind, body and spirit for the healthiest year of your life."