Podcasts about mastering creative anxiety

Elle Russ chats with Eric Maisel - the author of 50+ books. His recent books include The Coach's Way, Why Smart Teens Hurt, Redesign Your Mind, and The Power of Daily Practice. Among his other books are Coaching the Artist Within, Fearless Creating, Rethinking Depression, The Van Gogh Blues, and The Future of Mental Health. He has sold hundreds of thousands of books over a variety of titles and actively markets his books through his personal newsletters, his blogs for Psychology Today, The Good Men Project, and Fine Art America, and through blog tours, conference appearances, and other marketing strategies. In late 2023, a new edition of Why Smart People Hurt will appear, and in 2024 Parents Who Bully will appear. Also happening in 2023 is a new Creativity Coach Certificate and Diploma Program, which Dr. Maisel has created and designed in collaboration with Noble Manhattan Coaching, the world's leading life and corporate coach training company. Dr. Maisel writes the “Rethinking Mental Health” blog for Psychology Today, with 3,000,000 + views, and is the creator and lead editor for the Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry Series. He has created a series of wellness journals (90 Days of Hope, 90 Days of Inner Peace, etc.) and produced a line of webinars on subjects like The Art of Creativity Coaching and Mastering Creative Anxiety. A retired family therapist and active creativity coach, Dr. Maisel provides workshops, webinars, and keynotes nationally and internationally, trains creativity coaches, and facilitates support groups for writers. He has taken his Deep Writing workshop to London, Paris, Rome, Prague, Dublin, New York, San Francisco, the Esalen Institute, the Omega Institute, the Kripalu Yoga and Retreat Center, and many other destinations worldwide. Dr. Maisel, who maintains an active, worldwide creativity coaching practice, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He can be visited at http://www.ericmaisel.com    SELECTED LINKS: https://www.elleruss.com/ http://www.ericmaisel.com 

In today's Heroic Chat, we are joined by Eric Maisel.   Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is the author of more than 40 books and is widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach. He trains creativity coaches nationally and internationally and provides core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association. Dr. Maisel is a columnist for Art Calendar magazine and a featured contributor towholeliving.com. He is also the author of The Creativity Book, Rethinking Depression and Mastering Creative Anxiety.   Get the full show notes here: https://www.heroic.us/optimize/heroic-chat-eric-maisel   Move from Theory to Practice to Mastery:   Pre-Order 'Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential' today: https://www.heroic.us/book Listen to the first 45+ minutes of the audiobook here: https://www.heroic.us/optimize/the-book/audiobook-preview Join over 13,000+ people from 115+ countries who have answered the call to their Heroic quests: https://heroic.us/coach   More goodness:   Download the Heroic app: http://heroic.us/app-download Grab some Heroic swag: https://store-heroic.myshopify.com/ Become a Heroic Ambassador: http://heroic.us/ambassador   -   Get in touch:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeroicBrian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heroicbrian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heroicbrian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heroicbrian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heroicbrian/ Email: support@heroic.us

Eric Maisel, PhD, is the author of more than 40 books, including Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creating Mark, The Future of Mental Health, The VanGogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for Life. Dr. Maisel is at the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today. Eric and Dr. Maisel discuss his books Overcoming Your Difficult Family:  8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation and The Future of Mental Health But wait, there's more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It's that simple and we'll give you good stuff as a thank you! Eric Maisel and I Discuss Why We Need to Rethink Mental Health and … His books, Overcoming Your Difficult Family:  8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation and The Future of Mental Health Defining the skills needed to understand and deal with family dynamics Learning the best anxiety management tool for you, such as deep breathing or visualization The powerful device of visualizing the “calmness switch” within you Understanding that there is one of many possibilities to deal with challenges His book, Mastering Creative Anxiety Depression The importance of identifying what's important to us and living our life purposefully  Stigmatization of mental health and how it promotes pharmaceutical  Understanding there is more help to treat depression than just medication and psychiatry His models of personality: Original Personality, Formed Personality, Available Personality Links: Eric's website Twitter Instagram By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you! If you enjoyed this conversation with Eric Maisel, please check out these other episodes: Challenges of Mental Health Diagnoses with Sarah Fay Gabe Howard on Mental HealthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dr. Eric Maisel Bio:  Eric Maisel, a retired family therapist and active creativity coach, is the author of 50+ books and developer of the philosophy of life known as kirism. His 2020 books include Unleashing the Artist Within, The Creativity Workbook for Coaches and Creatives, Lighting the Way, and The Power of Daily Practice. In 2021, Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists and Clients, The Great Book of Journaling, and Redesign Your Mind will appear. Dr. Maisel, widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, has writing extensively on the challenges of the creative life. His books in this area include Fearless Creating, Coaching the Artist Within, Creative Recovery, The Van Gogh Blues, and Mastering Creative Anxiety. His books specifically for writers include Deep Writing, Write Mind, Living the Writer's Life, A Writer's Space, A Writer's Paris, and A Writer's San Francisco. Dr. Maisel also writes extensively in the areas variously known as critical psychology and critical psychiatry, where he is a thought-leader and advocate for significant shifts in mental health paradigms and practices. His books in this area include Rethinking Depression (New World Library), The Future of Mental Health (Routledge), and Humane Helping (Routledge). Among his other books for mental health professionals are Helping Parents of Diagnosed, Distressed and Different Children, 60 Innovative Cognitive Strategies for the Bright, the Sensitive and the Creative, and Helping Survivors of Authoritarian Parents, Siblings and Partners, all from Routledge. Dr. Maisel leads workshops for writers online and around the world in locations like London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, Rome and Prague. He writes the “Rethinking Mental Health” blog for Psychology Today (with 3 million views) and three weekly blogs for The Good Men Project, including “Redesign Your Mind” and “Kirism Today.” He divides his time between Walnut Creek, California, where he and his wife live, and Belmont, California, where his grandchildren babysitting skills are required. You can visit Dr. Maisel at www.ericmaisel.com, contact him at ericmaisel@hotmail.com, subscribe to his weekly newsletter at https://ericmaisel.com/newsletter/, and be automatically notified about his new blog posts at https://authory.com/ericmaisel --------------------- Why do creative individuals tend to deal more heavily with symptoms of anxiety and depression? Pursuing creativity seems to lead to a life more fraught with anxiety and depression, so new understandings of mental health need to be accepted. Listen in to learn: When creatives are most susceptible to addiction What can get in the way of effective coaching The most challenging aspects of the coaching Dr. Eric Maisel provides Dr. Eric Maisel, the author of more than 50 books, shares his work researching the relationship between a creative lifestyle and mental health disorders. People have often misunderstood individuals' lifestyles and mental states in a creative profession, leading to misdiagnosis of mental health disorders and laundry lists of ineffective treatments. In addition, a built-up misunderstanding of mental health treatments has left a void of adequate resources for those seeking treatment to go to. Many people hold the misconception that highly talented people must be high achieving in every area of their lives. Due to this, creative people face scrutiny and pressure that have more severe consequences than those posed to others. Visit ericmaisel.com to learn more. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C

As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel helps us to avoid getting stuck. He has learned to distinguish between every day creativity and the creative identity. When one self-identifies with an art form, it involves a new level of responsibility and commitment. He reminds us that great work takes more than mere interest, it takes love. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. is a licensed family therapist, a creativity coach, and author of more than 40 books. He also conducts writing workshops and trains creativity coaches. His books include: Life Purpose Boot Camp: The 8 Week Breakthrough Plan for Creating a Meaningful Life (New World Library 2014), Secrets of a Creativity Coach (Motivational Press 2014), Why Smart People Hurt (Conari Press 2013), Fearless Creating (Tarcher 1995), Van Gogh's Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression (New World Library 2007), Mastering Creative Anxiety (New World Library 2011), Making Your Creative Mark (New World Library 2013), Natural Psychology: The New Psychology of Meaning (Natural Psychology Press 2012), Rethinking Depression (New World Library 2012), Brainstorm: Harnessing The Power of Productive Obsessions (New World Library 2010), Creativity For Life (New World Library 2007) and Coaching the Artist Within (New World Library 2005) Interview Date: 1/15/2015 Tags: Eric Maisel, creativity, stuck, creative process, creative identity, creativity coach, creativity consulting, manifest potential, healthy narcissism, healthy ego structure, quietness, permission, self-expression, fragmentation, creativity practice, routine, finishing, identity, detachment, creative process, lineage, messes and mistakes, innovation, problem solving, divergent thinking, creative enterprise, original work, showing up, morning practice, creative flow, ceremony, great work, Spirituality, Philosophy, Personal Transformation

Eric Maisel, Ph.D. is a licensed family therapist, a creativity coach, and author of more than 40 books. He also conducts writing workshops and trains creativity coaches. His books include Life Purpose Boot Camp: The 8 Week Breakthrough Plan for Creating a Meaningful Life (New World Library 2014), Secrets of a Creativity Coach (Motivational Press 2014), Why Smart People Hurt (Conari Press 2013, Fearless Creating (Tarcher 1995), Van Gogh's Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression (New World Library 2007), Mastering Creative Anxiety (New World Library 2011), Making Your Creative Mark (New World Library 2013), Natural Psychology: The New Psychology of Meaning (Natural Psychology Press 2012), Rethinking Depression (New World Library 2012), Brainstorm: Harnessing The Power of Productive Obsessions (New World Library 2010), Creativity For Life (New World Library 2007) and Coaching the Artist Within (New World Library 2005)Interview Date: 1/15/2015    Tags: Eric Maisel, writing, creativity, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, DSM5, mental health reform, morning writing, meaning boost

Self doubt is part and parcel of every creative process, from a questioning flicker to a persistent period of darkness. Self doubt is the fearful child lost in the unknown, lacking the self trust and self belief that they can navigate their way through.In this bitesized episode we explore:What self doubt is.Why and how it crops up in the creative process.The small whispers of doubtful thoughts that chip away at our self worth.The effect of self doubt on a creative career or business.Self doubt leading to Imposter Syndrome.Self doubt leading to self sabotage, self loathing, anxiety and depression and existential anxiety.Some practical ideas to help us manage self doubt and build confidence and courage in the path of creating.Recommended book:Mastering Creative Anxiety by Eric Maisel - https://ericmaisel.com/I’d love to hear how you get on. Let me know by sending an email to hello@figregory.com.And if you liked this episode, please rate, review and share with someone you think might just like it too. Thank you.Fi X.......Sign up for curated resources, insider offers and ideas to support you to thrive in your creative life - https://www.figregory.com/sign-up 

In This Episode:    Eric Maisel is a creativity coach and the author of 50+ books, including A Writer's Space, Coaching the Artist Within, and Mastering Creative Anxiety.    He leads deep writing workshops around the globe to help writers form their ideas into actionable offers and programs, and also coaches writers on how to manage anxiety and mindset around their creative work.    Episode Highlights   Why creative work causes so much anxiety Anxiety management tools to help you manage your creative energy The visualization exercise to reduce your stress How to control self sabotaging thoughts while still allowing your brain to have creative freedom Why we often push our own work back in favor of client work How Eric has written over 50 books without sacrificing quality What to do when your fears are realized and your writing doesn't work  How Eric uses his writing to travel around the globe Eric's advice for carving out space to work on your own business in between client work The sleep-thinking exercise to “write in your sleep” so your words flow smoothly the next day   And plenty more along the way. Get the resources mentioned in this episode below.  

On today's amazing episode, I'm speaking with the talented Eric Maisel, author of … Ten Zen Seconds: Twelve Incantations for Purpose, Power and Calm Eric Maisel, Ph.D., widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, is the author of more than 40 books. His titles include Secrets of a Creativity Coach, Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creative Mark, Coaching the Artist Within, The Van Gogh Blues, Fearless Creating, Mastering Creative Anxiety, Creativity for Life, A Writer's Paris, A Writer's San Francisco, and many others. In addition to training creativity coaches, leading workshops nationally and internationally, and maintaining an individual creativity coaching practice, Dr. Maisel is in the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today and among his books in this area are Rethinking Depression and Natural Psychology: the New Psychology of Meaning. Dr. Maisel leads Deep Writing workshops at workshop centers like Esalen, Kripalu, Omega, Hollyhock and Rowe and in locales like San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Prague and Rome. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, he has conducted hundreds of interviews, and his print column "Coaching the Artist Within" appears monthly in Professional Artist Magazine. Dr. Maisel's websites are www.ericmaisel.com and www.naturalpsychology.net. He can be contacted at ericmaisel@hotmail.com So, if you are ready to here more about "Ten Zen Seconds", then stay tuned for this episode of the Daily Authors Podcast with Eric Maisel ... By the way, if you are ready to write your book, go to Write a Book University to get a free 4 lesson video course to help you on your journey to write a book ...

Eric Maisel, PhD. is the author of more than fifty books. His books in the area of critical psychology include Overcoming Your Difficult Family, Rethinking Depression, The Future of Mental Health, Helping Survivors of Authoritarian Parents, Siblings and Partners, Humane Helping, and Helping Parents of Diagnosed, Distressed and Different Children (Routledge, 2019). His books on creativity and the creative life include Coaching the Artist Within, The Van Gogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety, Fearless Creating, Creative Recovery, Making Your Creative Mark and the forthcoming Unleashing the Artist Within (Dover, 2019). His books specifically for writers include Deep Writing, A Writer's Space, Living the Writer's Life, Write Mind, A Writer's San Francisco and A Writer's Paris. His books on creativity coaching include Secrets of a Creativity Coach, Become a Creativity Coach Now!, and Inside Creativity Coaching (Routledge, 2019). Dr. Maisel, widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, is a former psychotherapist, active creativity coach, and critical psychology advocate. He writes the “Rethinking Mental Health” blog for Psychology Today (with two million views), lectures nationally and internationally, and provides keynotes for organizations like the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry. Dr. Maisel facilitates deep writing workshops in locations like Paris, London, New York, Dublin, Prague, and Rome. He has provided hundreds of print, radio, and television interviews and has taught tens of thousands of students through his classes with DailyOM. You can learn more about his workshops, trainings, books and services at www.ericmaisel.com.

Managing anxiety is something that every creative person needs to do, and with me today is therapist and creativity coach Dr. Eric Maisel. One of the anxiety management techniques that we talk about in this episode includes affirmations. So, I’ve gathered up a brand new list of 10 affirmations to decrease creative anxiety for you to use in your meditation practice or to put in your art journal. To get your hands on this go to schulmanart.com/42! In this podcast, you'll discover... Lies we tell ourselves that mask our anxiety. Why procrastination is an anxiety state. Why creative people need to learn to deal with their anxiety rather than avoid or deny it. For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/42 ++++++++++++++++++++

Dr. Eric Maisel is a prolific writer, to say the least. His numerous publications span the human experience and explore how to interact with the various situations that one may encounter. In this interview, he discusses a couple of his books and spends a great deal of time explaining how he thinks depression should be treated vs how it is currently being diagnosed and treated. It's a different way of thinking about this subject and if it's a topic you're interested in, you owe yourself a listen.This week we talk to Eric MaiselEric Maisel, Ph.D., is is the author of more than 40 books. His titles include, Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creative Mark, The Van Gogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for LifeIn addition, Dr. Maisel is at the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today and among his books in this area are Rethinking Depression and The Future of Mental Health.His latest book is called Overcoming Your Difficult Family: 8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation. In This Interview, Eric Maisel and I Discuss...The Wolf ParableHis book, Overcoming Your Difficult Family: 8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family SituationHis book, The Future of Mental HealthThe smartness to understand what's going on with your familyThe strength to make the changes that you need to makeThe strength to be calm, or have a difficult conversationHaving clarity about what's going onAwareness of the situationThe courage to make change because change has consequencesThe skill of presenceBeing resilient - family members, especially siblings, don't go away like other relationshipsVisualizing the "calmness switch" within youThe importance of learning one anxiety management tool because you will have anxiety in lifeHow you name the problem often directs you to the situationThe importance of languageThe importance of knowing the causes of things regarding your healthLiving intentionally, identifying your life purposes and making meaning in your lifeHow thinking that all we are is matter, chemicals etc can lead people to feel less excited about livingEach person has to make the decision to opt to matter, to decide that you matter and that your decisions matterThe cultural trance of tvwww.madinamerica.comStigmatization of mental healthThe three parts of personality: Original Personality, Formed Personality, Available Personality

Back at Joe’s studio, Matthew is armed with a copy of Eric Maisel’s Mastering Creative Anxiety. The two explore coping (or not coping) with anxiety in the creative life. Another source of solace – Letters To A Young Artist – is also called upon. New theme music is introduced. Goal posts are shifted. It’s Matthew’s turn to […] The post A Tricky Dance on a Slippery Slope | Episode 20 appeared first on Brain Fuzz.

*Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach In his decades as a psychotherapist and creativity coach, Eric Maisel has found a common thread behind what often gets labeled “writer’s block,” “procrastination,” or “stage fright.” It’s the particular anxiety that, paradoxically, keeps creators from doing, completing, or sharing the work they are driven toward. This “creative anxiety” can take the form of avoiding the work, declaring it not good enough, or failing to market it — and it can cripple creators for decades, even lifetimes. But Maisel has learned what sets successful creators apart. He shares these strategies here, including artist-specific stress management; how to work despite bruised egos, day jobs, and other inevitable frustrations; and what not to do to deal with anxiety. Implementing these 24 lessons replaces the pain of not creating with the profound rewards of free artistic self-expression. * Practical insights and proven techniques for overcoming the challenges and fears that plague creators of every kind * Teaching tales that convey effective approaches to creating fearlessly and abundantly http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Creative-Anxiety-Musicians-Creativity/dp/157731932X

Join Eric Maisel, Ph.D., widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, as he launches this month's look at "The Call to Creativity." Eric is the author of more than 40 books, including Secrets of a Creativity Coach, Making Your Creative Mark, Coaching the Artist Within, Fearless Creating, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for Life. As a trainer of creativity coaches, as well as maintaining his own individual creativity-coaching practice, Eric has much wisdom and helpful tools to offer on how to start, and maintain, a creative life.

About the book: As life gets busier and more complicated we crave something larger and more meaningful than just ticking another item off our to-do list. In the past, we’ve looked to religion or outside guidance for that sense of purpose, but today fewer people are fulfilled by traditional approaches to meaning. Bestselling author, psychotherapist, and creativity coach Eric Maisel offers an alternative: an eight-week intensive that breaks through barriers and offers insights for living each day with purpose. Once you understand how meaning operates, how meaning and life purpose are related, and what concrete steps you can take toward fulfilling your purpose, you will never run out of meaning again. This program will develop self-awareness and self-confidence and give you what you need to fully live the best possible life. About the author: Eric Maisel, Ph.D., widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach, is the author of more than 40 books. His titles include Secrets of a Creativity Coach, Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creative Mark, Coaching the Artist Within, The Van Gogh Blues, Fearless Creating, Mastering Creative Anxiety, Creativity for Life, A Writer’s Paris, A Writer’s San Francisco, and many others. In addition to training creativity coaches, leading workshops nationally and internationally, and maintaining an individual creativity coaching practice, Dr. Maisel is in the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today and among his books in this area are Rethinking Depression and Natural Psychology: the New Psychology of Meaning. Dr. Maisel leads Deep Writing workshops at workshop centers like Esalen, Kripalu, Omega, Hollyhock and Rowe and in locales like San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Prague and Rome. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, he has conducted hundreds of interviews, and his print column “Coaching the Artist Within” appears monthly in Professional Artist Magazine. Dr. Maisel’s websites are ericmaisel.com and naturalpsychology.net. He can be contacted at ericmaisel@hotmail.com.

Eric Maisel, is the author of Making Your Creative Mark and twenty other creativity titles including Mastering Creative Anxiety, Brainstorm, Creativity for Life, and Coaching the Artist Within. America’s foremost creativity coach, Eric leads artists and trains creativity coaches through workshops and keynotes nationally and internationally. Eric is noted as a professional who “demystifies the process of creating art.” He has blogs on the Huffington Post and Psychology Today and writes a column for Professional Artist Magazine. His online courses help students quiet their overactive mind, engage in practices that create and reinformce meaning, and align se-talk with goals, among several other skills. If you would like to take a course with Eric, see the Daily OM or the en*theos Academy. Visit his website: http://www.ericmaisel.com.

  We often hesitate to walk through to authentic true beginnings in our Creative Lives. What better way to gain our focus, reach clarity and overcome our fears, then hearing the wisdom of one of the world's most gifted Creativity Writers and Coaches?  Dr. Eric Maisel is an author, family therapist and cultural observer and is widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach. Eric’s new book is titled: MASTERING CREATIVE ANXIETY-24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors. In his decades as a psychotherapist and creativity coach, Eric Maisel has found a common thread behind what often gets labeled “writer’s block,” “procrastination,” or “stage fright.” It’s the particular anxiety that, paradoxically, keeps creators from doing, completing, or sharing the work they are driven toward. This “creative anxiety” can take the form of avoiding the work, declaring it not good enough, or failing to market it — and it can cripple creators for decades, even lifetimes. But Maisel has learned what sets successful creators apart. He shares these strategies here, including artist-specific stress management; how to work despite bruised egos, day jobs, and other inevitable frustrations; and what not to do to deal with anxiety. Implementing these 24 lessons replaces the pain of not creating with the profound rewards of free artistic self-expression. Dr. Maisel trains creativity coaches and meaning coaches, provides core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association, and works with individual clients on issues of creativity and meaning. Dr. Maisel holds degrees in philosophy (B.S.), psychology (B.A.), creative writing (M.A.), counseling (M.S.), and counseling psychology (PhD).  

Coaching the Artist Within, and A Writer’s San Francisco. America’s foremost creativity coach, he is widely known as a creativity expert who coaches individuals and trains creativity coaches through workshops and keynotes nationally and internationally. He has blogs on the Huffington Post and WholeLiving.com and writes columns for ArtBistro and Art Calendar Magazine. His website is www.ericmaisel.com .

Eric Maisel is a former novelist and psychological counselor turned creative coach with over 30 published books.  In this episode Darren and Eric discuss Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach.  Through Eric’s 22 anxiety management techniques, we can help ours open up to the creative anxiety  that all creative workers will eventually face and manage it.  Through practice of self-awareness we can recognize when anxiety arises, causing roadblocks for ourselves.  By being in the present moment with the anxiety, and utilizing Eric’s techniques, we can expand into greater openness throughout the creative process. Resources Eric's Website Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach

Today I talk with Eric Maisel, America’s foremost creativity coach, and author of the new book, Mastering Creative Anxiety. Also, news and reviews of apps and books. Make sure to get all the links for today’s show at www.craftcast.com