DEVELOPING CREATIVITY

Newsletter

9.27.14 edition

• Chaos and Creative Expression

• Nurturing Self-Esteem

• Challenged By Being So Smart

• and much more

articles include :

“The very impulse to write, I think, springs from an inner chaos

crying for order..." !

Arthur Miller

Chaos and Creative Expression !

Creative people and writers about the creative process often say creative work is a way to release or make use of inner chaos; what is this turmoil?

Nurturing Our Self-Esteem – Part 2

In a testimonial for a course, Katie talks about her own experience: “It turns out most of my problems stem from not liking myself in some way."

See the site for the course:DIY Self-Esteem: How To Start Liking Yourself

Challenged By Being So Smart

“My first negative experience of being too smart was in fifth grade.” Jeanette - from the book “Why Smart

People Hurt” by Eric Maisel.

Of course, being exceptionally intelligent and creative has many pleasures and benefits – for individuals and

society – but there are often challenges.

Additional articles in this edition :

• Keeping positive about our darker edges

• Stephen Dorff on working in “Somewhere”

• Lisa Nichols on authoring the new pages of your life

• Creativity and the Highly Sensitive Personality

• Shelley Carson on developing creativity

• Emma Thompson and Depression

• Getting beyond impostor feelings

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!Developing Creativity

The Developing Creativity newsletter is a publication of:

!Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology

writer, researcher and online publisher on psychology, creativity

and personal growth.

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