Creative Practice

From the time she was young, Suleika Jaouad has kept a journal. She’s used it to mark life's biggest occasions and to weather its most ferocious storms. Journaling has buoyed her through illness, heartbreak, and the deepest uncertainty. And she is not alone: for so many people, keeping a journal is an essential tool for navigating both the personal peaks and valleys and the collective challenges of modern life. More than ever, we need a space for puzzling through.

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 listeners, a clear understanding of what makes them personally blocked or stuck and unable to start or finish.

Discover the transformative power of yoga with Yoga for Beginners: Essential Poses, Meditation & Creating a Peaceful Practice. Whether you're new to yoga or looking to build a consistent practice, this comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions for foundational poses, simple meditation techniques, and breathing exercises to help you cultivate inner peace and flexibility.

Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward. Based on the breakthrough Akimbo workshop pioneered by legendary author Seth Godin, The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work. Godin insists that writer's block is a myth, that consistency is far more important than authenticity, and that experiencing the imposter syndrome is a sign that you're a well-adjusted human.

Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the practice of emotionally focused therapy. This second edition addresses the many changes in the field of couples therapy, including updated research results linked to clinical intervention and new information on using EFT to address depression and PTSD. A new section covers the growth of couples therapy as a field and its overall relevance to the mental health field, accompanied by coverage of how recent research into the nature of marital distress is consonant with EFT.

Do you feel like old wounds or trauma from your childhood keep showing up today? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with what to do about it and where to start? If so, this book will help you travel down a path of healing and have a new experience of yourself.

Set in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of holistic techniques and journaling prompts to guide the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep you connected to natural phases of creative contraction and expansion.

After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world.

Since its original publication in 1996, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection has been the definitive guide for couple therapists, supervisors, and students wishing to practice emotionally focused therapy.

Mention creativity, and what comes to mind? For many of us, creativity is the province of someone with a singular gift toiling away in service to their art. From this perspective, creativity is a solitary endeavor - the struggle of the individual to express their distinctive vision to the world. But what if we looked at creativity through a wider lens, as a dynamic force that animates us and connects us with every being on the planet? From this perspective, creativity is not just a spark igniting the fire of inspiration.

Do you want to achieve real, vibrant health and holistic wellness? If the answer is yes, I would like to welcome you to the Holistic Seekers Club. We are in the same boat. We are looking for wellness, happiness, and fulfillment. We want real health from the inside out. We know that it's not only about eating healthy and exercising.

Dive into the world of programming with "The Art of C Programming" - a comprehensive guide that will empower you to unleash the full potential of the powerful C programming language. If you're a beginner embarking on your coding journey or an experienced programmer seeking to improve your skills, this eBook has got you covered! The Art of C Programming meticulously takes you through a vast range of C programming concepts that cover everything from syntax, datatypes, and variables, to advanced topics such as multithreading, networking applications, and graphical user interfaces. This ...

Create a spiritual connection to your gender and incorporate it into your personal practice. While exploring gender from a sacred perspective, Ariana Serpentine introduces you to trans and nonbinary figures from Pagan pantheons as well as spirits and deities that can help you achieve self-actualization.

Yoga in its authentic form is focused on inclusivity, inner work and peace. But the yoga that is practised in the Western world has got a little lost along the way… Join Nikita Desai on her mission to help us understand yoga beyond the physical poses and pricey outfits that we’re so familiar with today. Drawing on research and teachings from ancient sources, Desai helps us navigate this complex practice.

In this groundbreaking book, Nature Evolutionary and Earth Elder Pam Montgomery draws on her decades of working with plants and Nature consciousness to demonstrate that we are intrinsically created to be in relationship with Nature. She examines the co-opting of time, language, and culture to shed light on the roots of our separation, weaving together contemporary research on human physiology with personal experience.

Dive into the genius behind The Artist’s Way with exclusive, never-before-published Q&A’s, instruction manuals, and an Artist’s Way glossary. In this streamlined edition, Julia Cameron lays out the essential foundation of her Artist’s Way philosophy for anyone looking to get to the heart of her practice and begin immediately applying it to their own creative processes.

Using Eastern philosophy and Western clinical techniques, this book delivers five practices that are simple enough to be used by struggling couples outside the therapy office, yet sophisticated enough to repair the complicated issues couples face over the course of their relationship.

This audiobook is for the Truth-seekers and helps explain the mysteries of life. You and I, then, are not dealing with conditions, but with mental and spiritual law. We are dealing with the power of thought, the power of mind. Learn how to tap into the Universal Mind and let Infinite Spirit be your Guide. The Infinite Power is already flowing through you. Creative Mind will help you understand it so that you may live a happy, healthy and prosperous life.

Do you feel overwhelmed by your inability to write? Struggling with anxiety about meeting up with your daily writing goals? Or would you like to stop worrying but rather do something about it? Or do you want to learn how to write like a pro? The truth is...We all experience the occasional negative thought when we can’t seem to put our words down like we want to. But if you always feel overwhelmed, then you need to closely examine your writing techniques. The solution is to practice specific writing techniques that help you be more creative. With these techniques and habits, you'll have ...

Imagine being able to effortlessly learn anything on the guitar in only minutes? Ever dream you could mesmerize listeners with pure stage presence and charisma? Can you imagine if everyone loved the sound of everything that pours out of your fingertips any time you lay your hands on a guitar? One of the most important skills to get you there: fretboard mastery. Mastering the fretboard in only 7 days is not as crazy as it sounds! Master The Guitar Fretboard’s special, easy to learn technique is one of the reasons author Vreny Van Elslande is among the most sought-after guitar teachers in ...