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This is the book that guides you on your journey to becoming a successful self-help author. It gives you everything you need to write, publish, and promote a book that does justice to your ideas and expertise.

Do you want to write but can't seem to get started? Are you struggling to finish your novel or frustrated by your slow progress? Perhaps you are starting to worry that you aren't cut out for the writing life.... Let best-selling novelist and host of the Worried Writer podcast Sarah Painter show you how to skip past negativity, free-up writing time, cope with self-doubt, and beat procrastination. Packed with honest, supportive, and hard-won advice, this is your practical guide to getting the work done.

The Art of Manifesting Method™, created by Colette Baron-Reid and Anna Denning, harnesses the incredible power of art to rewire your brain, break old patterns, and align your mindset and behaviors with your aspirations. No special skills or tools required! Through the AM Method, manifesting can be as easy, peaceful, and joyful as drawing a circle and lots of flowy lines. All you need is a pen, a piece of paper, and your imagination to begin to co-create a life beyond your wildest dreams.

Reclaim your power, heal your hidden wounds, and manifest positive change with art therapy as your gentle guide. Have you been yearning for a transformation, but feel hindered by past traumas, unhealed wounds, or habitual patterns? Are you seeking a gentle, yet engaging way to unlock your full potential? Shadow work is the process of exploring and understanding your hidden emotions and traits, helping you achieve a more balanced and complete sense of self.

Living the Artist's Way shares bestselling author Julia Cameron's pathway toward a happier, lighter life. Grounding and reassuring, guidance can quell our doubts and fears, and lead us to our inner wisdom and authentic selves. Living the Artist's Way is an invitation to seek the answers to navigate all areas of our lives, by tapping into our own wisdom and ultimately, guiding ourselves back to creativity.

The Fractal Effect: How Patterns, Cycles, and Scaling Influence Your LifeUnlock the Hidden Patterns That Shape Your World—And Use Them to Your Advantage! Have you ever wondered why history seems to repeat itself, why financial markets follow cycles, or why nature’s designs—from galaxies to your own body—mirror themselves at every level? The answer lies in fractals—self-replicating patterns that govern everything from business and decision-making to personal growth and creativity.

In Craft a Life You Love, listeners will learn how to focus their creative energy and make things (and make things happen) by implementing small - yet powerful - changes in their everyday lives. Creativity and craft maven Amy Tangerine shows listeners how to find their flow, maintain a positive mindset, and cultivate a rich and fulfilling life by focusing on what truly matters. Chapters explore how to craft the soul, craft the right mindset, craft the right environment, craft good habits, rediscover your creative mojo, and maintain momentum.

In 10-Minute Time Management: The Stress-Free Guide to Getting Stuff Done, best-selling author Ric Thompson gives you tips, strategies, and skills to help you manage your time in 10 minutes or fewer. He will help you reduce the amount of stress you are under because you feel like you have too much to do and not enough time to do it. This book will provide you with a simple plan designed to improve your productivity and give you more time to do the things you want to do.

Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums take part in it. In Let's Move the Needle, Shannon Downey, an outspoken voice in the craftivist movement for over a decade, provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for burgeoning art activists.

Most people think of creativity as something they either have or don’t. That’s Creativity Myth No. 1. One of the things this book will teach you is that there is no single path to creativity.

Let’s say you see a familiar musician from a globe-trotting, touring band hanging out at your local coffee shop, reading the newspaper and typing away on his laptop. This doesn’t look like a musician at work. He seems approachable enough, so you ask him what exactly he does all day. With a grin on his face, he admits the job might not be what you think. So you take a seat, and ask him every question you’ve ever had about how it all works: the nuts and bolts of writing a song, preparing for a show, marketing a band, and the day-to-day business of a creative life.

Troward carefully explores how creation takes place in the individual. How we as the individualization of universal consciousness are the means by which that consciousness come to know itself which he calls Self-Contemplation. The Creative Process is his most thorough and complete work.

Consider Jason your spirit guide, offering strategies for honing in on what makes you weird, recognizing when feedback is just another form of procrastination, and how to stop with social media already. There's a specific set of strategies and exercises that can help you prioritize your life over your business, by identifying your MMM (Minimum Monthly Magic) number. He also offers examples from his own life (how he got out of $124K worth of debt, escaped the pressure to have a big wedding, and has thrived on social media by primarily ignoring it).

Most of us have always wanted to make something, but for any number of reasons haven't. Maybe you used to make things as a child, but stopped some time into adulthood. What is that something for you? Writing a book? Creating a blog? Learning photography? Starting a podcast? Launching a business? This book exists for only one reason, to help you create that something. We are all creative. There is a creator in you. But there is also a force called hate, which will work against your creativity.

Being a writer is not just about typing. It's also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey. Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer's block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you're going through these things, it can feel like you're alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too.

Art therapy is used across the world to help people explore more about themselves and discover how they can let go of worries, be in the present, and enjoy a sense of calm. Explore different materials and forms of expression so you can find something that you really enjoy doing. Art isn’t just about painting and drawing–it is so much more than that!

Everyone can draw, and everyone can be mindful. Mindfulness in Drawing is an engaging and enlightening insight into how setting pencil to paper is a meditative act by its innate nature, and how this creates a deeper connection between ourselves and the world around us. Through mindful creative exercises and personal anecdotes, doodlers and artists at any level in their craft will gain practical experience in and discover the joys of drawing mindfully.

Would you like to stop beating yourself up and start harnessing the power of self-compassion? Wish you could take the risks you need to take to succeed? Want to unleash your creativity, increase your productivity, and rediscover the joy of knowing that you are enough? Here are 30 powerful exercises to help you override the “I-must-not-make-mistakes” mind-set of perfectionism. As Shannon’s clinical work with her anxious clients has proven again and again, we can’t change our thinking without changing our behavior.

Wondering how to reconcile your calling with your need to make a living wage, or what to do once your art starts selling, or how to achieve success in your field, or what it even means to be successful? David Nichtern offers his lived, learned experience as an entrepreneur, musician, and Buddhist teacher to first help you figure out what "success" means to you and then show you how to get there. He offers advice on the creative process and principles of business and ethics, and provides mindfulness exercises to help you integrate inspiration and aspiration, vocation, and avocation.

A creative life isn’t about willpower. It’s about practice. What if the secret to a deeply fulfilling life wasn’t found in rigid goals or sheer willpower—but in the rhythm of your daily practices? In The 9 Practices, Christopher Downing explores a revolutionary approach to personal growth—one built on intention, creativity, and sustainable momentum. Through engaging storytelling and practical insights, he reveals how crafting a set of personal practices can help you align with your values, overcome resistance, and navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs.