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Posts Tagged ‘creative’
Monday, May 13th, 2013
 I am delighted to introduce this guest article from IACCW Expert Eric Maisel. Enjoy!
If you want to live a creative life and make your mark in some competitive art field like writing, film-making, the visual arts, or music, and if at the same time you want to live an emotionally healthy life full of love and satisfaction, you need an intimate understanding of certain key ideas and how they relate to the creative process.
One key idea is that you must act confidently whether or not you feel confident. You need to manifest confidence in every stage of the creative process if you want to get your creative work accomplished. Here’s what confidence looks like throughout the creative process.
Stage 1. Wishing
‘Wishing’ is a pre-contemplation stage where you haven’t really decided that you intend to create. You dabble at making art, you don’t find your efforts very satisfying, and you don’t feel that you go deep all that often. The confidence that you need to manifest during this stage of the process is the confidence that you are equal to the rigors of creating. If you don’t confidently accept the reality of process and the reality of difficulty you may never really get started. Read the rest of this entry ›
Tags: confidence, confident, conscious creativity, creative, creative cycle, creative process, creative soul, creative spirit, Creativity, ideas, resistance, Writing
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Rosanne Bane 
Most writers wonder at times what the heck is going on inside their heads when they want to write, but can’t. Why do we make progress with our writing for while, then – for no reason we can discern – sabotage our own best efforts?
When we understand what’s happening inside our brain, we can learn to overcome resistance in the moment and rewire our brain in the long term to develop productive, sustainable writing habits.
In this session you will:
- Learn about your brain in easy-to-understand, layperson’s terms
- Understand why a limbic system takeover trumps your writing commitment and creativity
- Discover what you can do to reverse those limbic system takeovers and put your creative cortex back in the driver’s seat
- Recognize why habits are far more valuable and reliable than discipline or will power
- Identify the three habits that support the writing life
- Decide which habits you’re ready to adopt and design your commitment plan to build those habits
- Gain appreciation for your own efforts so far, and be reassured that you can be the writer you want to be and the world needs you to be.
Rosanne Bane, M.A. is a creativity coach, teaching artist, speaker and author of Around the Writer’s Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer’s Resistance and Dancing in the Dragon’s Den: Rekindling the Creative Fire in Your Shadow. A veteran teaching artist of more than 20 years, Rosanne specializes in helping creative people understand why it’s so hard (at times) to do the very thing they love to do. She has helped thousands of writers, artists and creative people of all sorts achieve their professional goals and make their creative dreams reality. See www.RosanneBane.com and www.BaneOfYourResistance.com
Date: Thursday 9th May Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a FREE or FULL member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here
Tags: conscious, conscious creativity, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, Rosanne Bane, writer, writer's block, Writing
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Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Suze Casey 
Suze Casey explains that she “writes because she cannot not write”. Yet, moving from writer to widely published author took more courage than she knew she could muster. She had to face all the vulnerabilities, doubts and fears she had developed from the responses and feedback she had ever received. She had to come to know and value herself in a stronger and more committed way.
In this interview, you will discover:
- how to enter into – and out of – your creative space with ease
- an effective and efficient way to move through writer’s block or any other form of doubt or fear
- how to effectively acknowledge what has been in the way and give yourself permission to speak openly from the heart
- a simple decision-making process that will open the doors to new ways of writing
- how to recognize your authentic voice and have it become your way of being – in all areas of your life.
The developer of the Belief Re-patterning® technique, Suze Casey has always been fascinated with the mysteries of the human mind. She spent twenty years as an educator, and since 1999 has completely followed her passion – supporting others to learn, grow and embrace their potential. She is the author of Belief Re-patterning: The Amazing Technique for “Flipping the Switch” to Positive Thoughts (Hay House) and travels extensively offering workshops, seminars and conference keynotes as well as maintaining a vital international coaching practice. See www.suzecasey.com and www.beliefrepatterning.com
Date: Thursday 4th April Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Tags: authentic, author, conscious, creative, creative spirit, inspiration, publisher, Publishing, suze casey, writer, Writing
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
Application deadline – Friday 15 March
As we celebrate our 3rd anniversary here at the IACCW, it is time to make a new level of contribution, so we have created a brand new Conscious Writing Scholarship.
The six month Conscious Writing Scholarship is an extension of the Conscious Writing Mentor Program and offers one successful applicant a whole six months of coaching, consultancy and mentoring completely FREE!
The Conscious Writing Scholarship is designed for writers who are:
- open to new possibilities and appreciate the value of a holistic approach to writing and authorship
- willing to take their content, their writing, and themselves as writers to a deeper level than ever before
- interested in exploring the core of their creative soul to discover their authentic voice – on the page and in the world
To read more about the Conscious Writing Scholarship
click here
Tags: authentic, authorship, conscious writer, conscious writing, creative, writer, Writing
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Stephen Harrod Buhner 
Approaching writing as a sacred art, Stephen Buhner explores the core of the craft: the communication of deep meaning that feeds not just the mind but also the soul of the reader. Tapping into the powerful archetypes within language, he shows how to enrich your writing by following “golden threads” of inspiration while understanding the crucial invisibles essential to the art of both fiction and nonfiction.
By the end of this in-depth interview, you will have an appreciation of how to:
- craft language with feeling and vision, employ altered states of mind to access the writing trance, and clear your work by recognizing the powerful sway of clichéd thinking and hidden baggage
- infuse your nonfiction, especially how-to and self-help, with the same power and luminosity as great fiction
- explore the subtle techniques of powerful writing, from inducing associational dreaming in the reader, to language symmetry, sound patterning, foreshadowing, feeling flow, and more.
Stephen Harrod Buhner is the multiple-award-winning author of 17 works of nonfiction and one of poetry. He is fully supported by his writing and believes that any writer who puts the depths of themselves into their work and learns how to concentrate that luminous essence powerfully into language can do so as well. For over twenty years he traveled widely throughout the U.S. and the Western European Isles teaching about duende, Earth relationship, and wild plant medicines. For more information, visit www.gaianstudies.org
Date: Thursday 7th March Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a FREE or FULL member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here
Tags: author, creative, creative process, Ensouling Language, inspiration, Non-Fiction for Conscious Writers, Stephen Harrod Buhner, writer, writer's voice, Writing
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
 The image of an iceberg is a wonderful metaphor for the creative writing process.
The 10% we see above the surface of the water represents the actual words of the blogs, books and other communications we write. It arises out of the 90% that is largely hidden from view yet without which the iceberg would not exist at all.
The same principle applies to our writing. A large proportion of the work we do as writers is invisible to our readers but greatly determines the quality of our work and the contribution it makes to the world.
The following 5 practices may not be obvious as part of the mix from the outside looking in when we read the latest book from our favourite author.
Yet, having spoken with thousands of highly successful Conscious Writers, and from both personal and professional experience of Conscious Writing in action, these practices come up time and again as the foundation for authentic success.
I invite you to dip into one or all of these practices to the extent it feels right for you at this time and see from your own personal experience what contribution they make to your writing, your authorship, and your life.
Tags: action, alignment, authentic, awareness, blog, book, conscious choice, creative, creative fire, creative process, flow, focus, foundation, intuition, journal, metaphor, nature, on the page, practice, readers, silence, solitude, success, words, Writing
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Marilyn Schlitz
Transformations in consciousness can come as you shift your perspective on what has meaning and purpose, inviting in to your life a dynamic engagement with all the richness that comes from even the most common acts and experiences. Washing dishes, tending the garden, spending time with family, can all be an opportunity to embrace a new quality of being and can inform the nature of your writing and creative self-expression.
In this interview you will learn how to:
- Shift your awareness from the outer world and open new doors to the inner world.
- Gain insight from modern science that can open you to your highest creativity.
- See the familiar with new eyes to inspire your ideas and enrich your writing.
- Build new habits that encourage original insights and learn to listen to the guidance that comes from your most authentic inner voice.
- Use simple transformative practices to set your intentions in ways that nurture creativity and broaden your attention to embrace possibilities beyond those you have learned to expect – for your authorship and for your life.
Marilyn Schlitz, PhD is Ambassador for Creative Projects and Global Affairs and Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she has worked for over 19 years. For more than three decades, Marilyn has been a leader in the field of consciousness studies. A researcher, speaker, change consultant, and author, Marilyn is currently working on a compelling new movie and education program with Deepak Chopra called Death Makes Life Possible. For more information visit www.marilynschlitz.com and www.noetic.org
Date: Thursday 7th February Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a FREE or FULL member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here
Tags: conscious, conscious creativity, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, Marilyn Schlitz, writer, writer's voice, Writing
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
“To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement.
To condense the diffused light of a page of thought
into the luminous flash of a single sentence,
is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself …
Anybody can have ideas –
the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper
on an idea that ought to have been reduced
to one glittering paragraph.”
Mark Twain
Conscious Writers work creatively with first draft thoughts,
and refine them to a condensed final form of words
for maximum authentic impact.
To your conscious & creative success!
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
 The New Year is a fabulous time to inject a fresh burst of energy into your plans for writing and publishing your book.
So here are 7 tips to help you have your best writing year yet:
1. Identify what is genuinely important to you about your writing. So many people today live in the fast lane. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of what really matters.
With your writing, being consciously connected to what is truly important enables you to give yourself permission to prioritise your writing time. This means that you will get your writing done and feel more creatively satisfied as a result.
So start this year by taking time to re-connect to the source of your inspiration to write. Then write about that in your journal to refer back to in the coming months.
2. Clarify your vision. With that connection in place to keep you grounded, the next step is to sharpen your focus on where you are heading. Being clear about your vision will inspire and motivate you to maintain your progress.
One of the most powerful ways of bringing your vision to life is to create a Vision Board. This involves making a collage of images to represent yourself as an author and what you want to achieve with your writing.
If you have already made one, the turn of the year is a wonderful opportunity to add new images which feel appropriate for this year, or make a fresh one to reflect your new ideas for 2013.
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Tags: action, author, book, conscious, conscious choice, conscious creativity, creative, ideas, inspiration, journal, publication, Publishing, vision, Writing, writing process
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Julia McCutchen interviews Steve Taylor
When we ‘wake up’, our whole lives become an expression of a higher state of consciousness. Awakening transforms our relationships, our values, goals and our perspective of reality. It also often opens us up to a great reservoir of creativity.
In this conversation you will learn:
- Why there is such a strong connection between spiritual awakening and creativity
- Why so many poets and authors have been spiritually awakened, and so many spiritual teachers have also been poets and authors
- The sources of the surface discord of the human mind and how to transcend it
- How to cultivate a state of inner harmony which will naturally give rise to creative expression
- What ‘awakening experiences’ are and how to generate them as a Conscious Writer
Steve Taylor is a lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University, and the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality including Back to Sanity and The Meaning. He was recently included (at no. 31) in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine’s list of the ‘100 most spiritually influential living people.’ Eckhart Tolle has described his work as ‘an important contribution to the shift in consciousness which is happening on our planet at present’. Steve’s articles and essays have been published in over 40 academic journals, magazines and newspapers, and his work has been featured widely in the UK media. See www.stevenmtaylor.co.uk
Date: Thursday 10th January Time: 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST
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Tags: authentic, author, Awakening to Your True Creative Potential as a Conscious Writer, book, conscious, creative, creative process, creative spirit, inspiration, Steve Taylor, writer, Writing
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I am delighted to introduce this guest article from IACCW Expert Eric Maisel. Enjoy!
