Developing Creativity newsletter: * Be Your Own Therapist * Creative People, Trauma and Mental Health * Creative Inspiration: The Art of Discovery book - and much more.

1. DEVELOPING CREATIVITY
Newsletter 11.08.14

2. articles include :
• Be Your Own Therapist
• Creative People, Trauma and Mental Health
• Creative Inspiration: The Art of Discovery book
• and much more

3. "Journaling – writing down the truth
of your feelings, your point of view,
your fears, angers, hopes -
requires massive intimacy with
yourself. This self-intimacy is the
essence of good therapy."
Psychotherapist Daniel Mackler

4. Be Your Own Therapist
Trauma takes many forms, and has different levels of impact on
our mental health for each of us. In addition to professional
counseling, there are many resources for self-healing.
Psychotherapist Daniel Mackler speaks about nurturing our
ability to know and take care of ourselves through writing.

5. Creative People, Trauma and Mental Health
How do people make use of traumatic experiences in their
creative work? How can people regain emotional health?
Actor Patrick Stewart is one of many creative people who
have been deeply impacted by trauma in early life.

6. Creative Inspiration: The Art of Discovery book
This article is about the book "The Art of Discovery: Hollywood
Stars Reveal Their Inspirations," edited by Robin Bronk of The
Creative Coalition. She comments: “Art helps us discover who we
are. What could be more important than that?”

7. Emotional Health Resources
Many creative people help manage and make use of
strong emotions through creative expression.
Psychologist Cheryl Arutt comments: “Creating art has
always been a way to channel emotional intensity… The
greater access you maintain to yourself, the richer and
broader your array of creative tools.”

8. Additional articles in this edition :
• Srikumar Rao on our mental chatter
• Molly Gordon on inner and outer transformation
• Cheryl Richardson on sensitivity and self-care
• Brief quote: Alfre Woodard
• Stop Whining And Get Back To Work
• Creativity to fend off madness
• Robert Anthony on The Disease of Self-Improvement – when self
growth runs amok

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10. The Developing Creativity
newsletter is a publication of
Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology
writer, researcher and online
publisher on psychology, creativity
and personal growth.
Creator of the Talent Development Resources series of sites

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