by Jenna on June 23, 2010
A few years ago, Jennifer Louden (aka “The Comfort Queen”) sent out an ezine where she quoted one of her writing group members as saying, “Just. Do. The. Writing.”
It came floating back into my consciousness recently and I had to share it with you.
Here’s the thing: Lately I’ve been noticing how I’ve made a number of choices based on the theory that I had to do one thing first in order to be able to accomplish something else.
For example, “If I create a business for myself with a good income and minimal hours, I’ll have more time to be creative.” In the meantime, I’ve allowed my business to swallow up a lot of my creative time (and energy). Oops.
So I got to thinking, why didn’t I just do the creative stuff I wanted to do in the first place?
by Jenna on June 21, 2010
Here’s my fourth and final quick video tip on how to quiet your inner critic so you can stop holding back on your soul’s mission.
I think you’ll see that this simple idea is actually a powerful decision you have to make when it comes to creating your dreams.
by Jenna on June 15, 2010
Douglas Eby of Talent Development Resources at www.TalentDevelop.com and its associated sites, like www.TheInnerActor.com and www.TheInnerEntrepreneur.com, has been researching and writing about psychology and creativity for the last 10 years, and regularly publishes intriguing tidbits about creativity, personality, and more.
I connected with Douglas’s work originally through my interest in highly sensitive people and his site www.HighlySensitive.org.
In the past he was a film journalist and wrote film production articles for Cinefantastique magazine, interviewing numerous actors, writers, and other filmmakers, which helped further his interest in the inner dynamics of creative people, along with his graduate school education in psychology.
Characteristics of Creative Visionaries
Eby describes creative visionaries as people who have a drive, passion, persistence, or consuming commitment to realize their creative ideas. As visionaries, they have a sense of their work being so important, meaningful, and emotionally powerful that they are willing to commit to it and persist with it.
For example, filmmaker James Cameron originally conceived his movie Avatar in the 1970s and finally released it after 4 years in production this year.
He notes that this kind of persistence can be seen as a form of obsession. 
Common Challenges & Obstacles
Eby notes the following challenges and obstacles often come up for creative visionaries:
by Jenna on June 14, 2010
Here’s my third quick tip (four total) on how to quiet your inner critic so you can stop holding back on your soul’s mission.
Once we’ve identified our inner critic’s messages and tested them for accuracy, we have to know what to do with them. Here’s a quick highlight on the next important step to take.
by Jenna on June 11, 2010
Questions, Comments, Thoughts, & Answers about my How to Quiet Your Inner Critic workshop series
Is this just a money making scam? Although you sound very authentic, the mass emails raise flags.
No, this is not just a money making scam. My work is material I am passionate about offering, plus time and energy I receive compensation for. This is how I make my living, so I do try to “make money” from my efforts. What makes it not a “scam” is that I work hard to deliver valuable information to you through my programs and I firmly believe in the value of what I’m doing and how it can change your life.
I only wish I could somehow convey the level of effort, thought, planning, concern, and attention I put into every single course, program, offering, and communication I put out there for you.
To me, a scam would be if I accepted your money and didn’t provide anything of value to you (or anything at all, now that would be a real scam). I do offer a guarantee for my class so that you can feel comfortable that if you don’t get the value you expect from it, I will refund your money.
I hope you will forgive the mass emails, it is simply a matter of being efficient. It isn’t always perfect, and I do my best. I haven’t figured out how to have time to email 3800+ people individually, though I sure wish I could!
(p.s. A few of you on Twitter asked me what my inner critic had to say about this question. I have to confess that
