The Power of Daily Practice: How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals - Softcover

Eric Maisel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608687066 ISBN 13: 9781608687060

Publisher: New World Library, 2020

Synopsis

Anyone who has ever picked up a creativity or self-help guide has likely been advised to keep to a daily schedule, daily pages, or other everyday ritual. But "just do it" usually just doesn't work. Longtime creativity coach and therapist Eric Maisel has found an approach that does work: giving clients, and now readers, a clear understanding of what makes them personally blocked or stuck and unable to start or finish. Not enough time, resources, or talent? Fear of success, guilt about being "selfish," and variations on the theme of "what's the point?" Maisel has spent thirty years helping people overcome these kinds of blocks with skills including anxiety management, positive self-talk, cognitive behavioral therapy, and even "sleep thinking." The tools Maisel offers are a potent alternative to waiting for the spirit to move or the muse to inspire: a sustainable, self-directed path to success.

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About the Author

Eric Maisel, PhD, is the author of more than fifty books on creativity and personal growth. Widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, he is a retired family therapist and a noted leader in the movement known as critical psychology. He writes the Rethinking Mental Health blog for Psychology Today and facilitates creativity and deep writing workshops around the world. He lives in Walnut Creek, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: New World Library
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608687066
• ISBN 13: 9781608687060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320