Banish Your Inner Critic. Denise Jacobs
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Creative Dose: Apples to Apples
Creative Dose: Keep Your “But” Out of It
Attune: Embrace Your “Onlyness”
Creative Dose: Determining Distinctiveness
Move From Stagnation to Action
Ascertain: Learn from Envy
Creative Dose: What Lies Beneath Your Envy
Admire: Transform Envy
Creative Dose: A Comparison Syndrome Intervention
Creative Dose: To Admiration and Beyond
Acknowledge: Recognize Effort and Reward Success
Creative Dose: A Celebration of Effort and Achievement
Act: Start Your Own Adventures
Creative Dose: Take Action
Leveling Up
Chapter 7 | “I’m Not Creative” - Creativity Denial
What State Are You in?
Confirm Your Creativity
Acknowledge Your Abilities
Creative Dose: “Yes, I Am”
Use Your Imagination for Good
Creative Dose: What’s in the Box?
Bestow Upon Yourself
Creative Dose: “I dub thee...”
Overcome Overwhelm
Transform Imposition into Opportunity
Creative Dose: Word Choice
Reclaim Time, Create Mental Space
Creative Dose: To Don’t List
Hack Your Body-Mind
Creative Dose: Cop a Power Pose
Dispel Creativity Misgivings
Intend Inspiration
Creative Dose: Inspiration-Hunting
Become an Idea Machine
Creative Dose: 10 Ideas a Day
A Change of State
Chapter 8 | Step Into Your Creative Power
The Road Home
Be More Of Yourself
Become Self-full to Become Self-less
Creative Dose: Refilling the Cup
Use Your Creativity for Good
Creative Dose: Where Experience, Skill, and Need Meet
Shine Your Light
Be Your Brilliance
Creative Dose: Tune In To Your Strengths
Share Your Brilliance
Creative Dose: Share Your Expertise
Be Stronger Together
Have (At Least) Two Heads
Creative Dose: The Buddy System
Give Validation, Get Validation
Creative Dose: Give What You Didn’t Get
Welcome Home
Afterword
Realizing Dreams
What’s Next?
Take the Work Further
Work With Me
Connect With Me
Connect with me online
Share the Love
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Notes
“Banish your inner critic to Madagascar on an expedition to search for rare lemurs.”
— Marelisa Fabrega, writer & blogger (inspired by SARK, Make Your Creative Dreams Real)
Introduction
Are You Doing Your Best Work?
You’re feeling the pressure to perform: you’re on a tight deadline, and there is a lot riding on your ability to come up with something great.
But, try as you might...nothing. You can’t think, you can’t problem-solve. You’re uninspired. Generating new or interesting ideas?
You wish!
Why?
Because you
shoot down your ideas before they even have a chance
call yourself a failure because others around you are succeeding
discount your ideas because they aren’t 100 percent original
tell yourself that you’re just not creative at all
have a hard time valuing what you create
can’t imagine creating without anguish and effort, so you make it true...
Unsurprisingly, you, my friend, are completely creatively blocked.
And then, when you tune into your internal self-talk, you find a steady torrent of self-chastisement, internal insults,