Sunday, April 27, 2014

Why and How Your Inner Critic Stops You from Writing?


How the Inner Critic Gains A Foothold
Here is a scenario about how the
Inner Critic gains a foothold in our lives. Imagine you are a little kid and you go to touch something that is hot and your mother screams, “Don’t do that!” Or, you are playing in the dirt, having a grand time, and your mother says in horror, “Oh my God! We are going to grandma’s house and you’re filthy dirty!”

The Inner Critic Wants to Keep You Safe, but at What Cost?
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Nothing Kills Creativity Faster the Criticism: Enter the Inner Critic


Nothing Kills Creativity Faster than Criticism: Enter the Inner Critic.Imagine your conscious mind is tuned in to a radio station run by a single disc jockey, your Inner Critic, and you have no way to turn down the volume much less turn it off.
In fact, you’ve grown so used to the constant talk from the Inner Critic you hardly notice he’s ordering you about, commenting, passing judgment and evaluating just about everything you do or say; this is all so subtle and insidious that you don’t separate out the Inner Critic from other parts of you.
The Inner Critic has become you—it seems as if the only time you can escape his badgering is when you sleep. There is a reason for this.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Mystery, Intuition and Creativity: Ingredients for The Fiction Writer's Toolbox

Mystery, Intuition and Creativity: Ingredients for The Fiction Writer's Toolbox

How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Are You Willing to Go?
How do you explore the mystery of you?
What does intuition have to do with creativity?
How can you give birth to the true Self whose visions of possibility and becoming are beyond the mind's horizons?

Inner Vision is the mediator between the worlds...
Creativity is a force that gathers its energy in the mysterious inner worlds and gradually moves toward definition and completion in the outer world. The problem, especially in Western culture, is that we are educated to focus on the outer world, which demands us to get it right, get it done and be successful!

Creative success can not be determined by the outside world...
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