Limiting Belief

I take things personally but I don’t want others to know I do!

Playback Affirmation

Even though I take things personally, I don’t have a sense of humor about myself, and I try to act like words don’t hurt me, I deeply and completely love and accept myself…without judgment.

In Part 1 of “How to Stop Taking Things Personally”, we addressed the limiting beliefs you may have surrounding taking things personally, and tapped on an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) script to reduce some of the negative charge you were holding onto.

The reason why you want to take things less personally, is because…

In order to attract more abundance into your life, you must let go of inner criticisms that exhausts your energy and causes you to take things personally.  After reducing the number of things that you take personally in your life, it will be easier to focus on attracting the abundance you seek!

Let’s review:

In an effort to protect you from “making a total and complete fool out of yourself,” your inner critic may have formed beliefs such as these:

• I am too sensitive.
• I take things too personally.
• I don’t have a good sense of humor about myself, and this is unattractive.
• No one else is taking anything personal, so when I do it’s unacceptable.
• It’s not safe to show my emotions.
• I need to act like I have thick skin when I’m in public.

When you read the list above, does it feel constricting and exhausting to hold up to such beliefs?

If so,

Let’s dust yourself off and begin the process of installing more healthy and positive choices ! (based on Dr. Patricia Carrington’s EFT Choices method).

The choices we are going to make are positive affirmations. 

Let’s do a few EFT rounds to install these positive choices into your belief system:

EFT Diagram of Tapping Points

Setup Phrase at the Karate Chop point (KC):

“Even though I take things personally, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

Even though I don’t seem to have a sense of humor about myself, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though I try to act like words don’t hurt me, but they do, I deeply and completely love and accept myself…without judgment.”

Now let’s go to the remaining EFT points and tap in our positive choices:

First we’ll address the self-judgment of taking things personally…

Inner Eye Brow point (IE): “I’m willing to let go of beating myself up for taking things personally.”

Outer Eye point (OE): “What if EVERYONE takes things personally, and I am not alone in this?”

Under Eye point (UE):  “If this is true, then I choose to be more accepting of this part of me.”

Under Nose point (UN): “And maybe when I take things personally, it’s because there are parts of me that I do not fully accept.”

Chin point (C): “I’m willing to take these opportunities when I take things personally…”

Collar Bone point (CB): “…To explore parts of me that could use more of my self-acceptance.”

Under Arm point (UA): “I can allow myself to experience taking things personally as an opportunity…”

Top of Head point (TOH): “…For more healing, love, and self-acceptance.”

Inner Eye Brow point (IE): “I choose to let go of judging myself with other people’s words and actions.”

Outer Eye point (OE): “What I think of me is my business.”
Under Eye point (UE):  “What others think of me is their business.”
Under Nose point (UN): “What I think others think of me may just be a wild guess.”

Chin point (C): “What I think others think of me may just be what my inner critic made up.”

Take  deep breath. Now let’s address your belief that “I’m too sensitive.” Continue tapping…

Collar Bone point (CB): “Words sometimes hurt me and I’m willing to acknowledge and validate these feelings.”

Under Arm point (UA): “I’m willing to let go of the need to hurt myself with other people’s words and actions.”

Top of Head point (TOH): “I can be sensitive at times, maybe all the time, and I accept this part of me.”

Inner Eye Brow point (IE): “What if being sensitive can be beneficial?”

Outer Eye point (OE): “What if being sensitive allows me to experience the richness of life more fully?”

Under Eye point (UE):  “Then I’m willing to see how being sensitive gives me the capacity to be more empathetic, compassionate, emotionally intelligent, intuitive, and creative.”

Under Nose point (UN): “I choose to allow myself to use my sensitivity to sense the needs of others, including myself, and be emotionally available for moments of healing.”

Take another deep breath. And now let’s finish off this session by addressing your judgment that you don’t have a sense of humor about yourself…

Chin point (C): “What if I DO have a sense of humor about myself…”

Collar Bone point (CB): “…It’s just covered under layers of self-judgment?”

Under Arm point (UA): “If this is true, then I’m willing to let go of judging myself…”

Top of Head point (TOH): “… For having a ‘bad sense of humor.’”

Inner Eye Brow point (IE): “I DO have a good sense of humor about myself,”

Outer Eye point (OE): “And I’m working on allowing it to come forth.”

Under Eye point (UE):  “I choose to be gentle with myself as I uncover my inner criticisms and self-judgment.”

Under Nose point (UN): “I’m willing to create a safe space where I can lovingly let go of my limiting self-beliefs.”

Chin point (C): “I’m willing to see the humor in labeling my sense of humor,”

Collar Bone point (CB): “…And in doing this, I am choosing to let go of needing to label myself”

Under Arm point (UA): “I can allow myself to enjoy my sense of humor, just as it is.”

Top of Head point (TOH): “I choose to appreciate, approve, and accept myself just the way I am.”

How do you feel after reading this script?  Did you do some EFT tapping with it?  Any thoughts or insights you’d like to add to this discussion? I look forward to reading your comments

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Here are a few more of my favorite quotations to Sqoosh Your Inner Critic, I hope they empower you as they have in my life!  Enjoy!

1. “Don’t worry about what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and do that because what the world needs are people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

–> The world needs passionate people. When you do what makes you come alive, your passion gives others permission to do the same, and this brings deep healing and abundance to everyone in the world.

Amazing contributions come from passionate people who do what makes them come alive!

2. “Often what we think are ‘wrong’ with us are only our expressions of our own individuality. This is our uniqueness and what is special about us. Nature never repeats itself. Since time began on this planet, there have never been two snowflakes alike or two raindrops the same. And every daisy is different from every other daisy. Our fingerprints are different, and we are different. We are meant to be different. When we accept this, there is no competition and no comparison. To try to be like another is to shrivel our soul. We have come to this planet to express who we are.”

~ Louise Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life

–> I like to read Hay’s words when my Inner Critic causes me to feel inferior compared to others because how I do things is “too different”, “odd”, “strange”, “eccentric”, or “not like normal people would do it”.

3. “One of the greatest fears you’ll confront is that you may not have any real value to offer others. As you begin to dump such brainwashing, you’ll soon recognize that you have the ability to provide enormous value to others and that people will gladly pay you for it.”

~ Steve Pavlina, author of Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth

–> Once you turn towards passion and what to do for a living that incorporates what you’re passionate about, you might experience your inner critic telling you useless things like “you might be passionate about it, but you’re not that good at it!”  You might also ask yourself “what are my talents?!” Only to draw a blank. Pavlina’s quote is useful in these situations (among many others!)

4. “All you really need is the courage to be yourself. Your real value is rooted in who you are, not what you do. The only thing you need actually do is express your real self to the world. You’ve been told all sort of likes as to why you can’t do that. But you’ll never know true happiness and fullfillment until you summon the courage to do it anyway.”

~ Steve Pavlina, author of Personal Development for Smart People

–> This can  be easy to forget in our society, where the focus is on results and everyone seems to identify you by “what you do”.  I have to remind myself that “what I did” and “what I didn’t do” are not “who I am”.  With this in mind, it is easier to forgive and accept yourself

5. [ To be determined...by you?! ]

–> HELP!! When I came up with this blog post idea, I soon discovered that due to perfectionism and the “need” to keep all my books looking brand spankin’ new, none of my books were highlighted with my favorite quotes!  You got me, I lied. I have only 4 to share with you today…

–>BUT, it’s no coincidence you’re reading this post, as the Law of Attraction brought you here today Blogs are about co-creation…if you have a powerful quote we would all appreciate you sharing it with us!! You can leave as many as you’d like in the comments box.

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Hi-i!

I came across a wonderful discussion group called “Easy World” (founded by Julia Rogers Hamrick) on the Powerful Intentions forum.

The Powerful Intentions forum is a *FREE* place to express your intentions for manifesting  fabulous life and getting the Law of Attraction to work for you.

In this forum, anyone can post questions on how to attract abundance, love, happiness, health, money, peace, doo-dads, positive relationships with family members, ideal career and better paying jobs, etc.

A few of you may know that I spend most of my free time on this forum; everyone is so helpful, welcoming and quick to help who ever is in need.

It is so easy to lift up your spirits and escape your merciless inner critic when you have a forum of friends that are enthusiastic, warm, open, and allow you to be yourself (warts and all, LOL!).

Anyway, back to Easy World…

One of the discussions I’m participating in is “Daily Dose Of The Magic Words!” where everyone can join in and say:

“I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

I read line after line of people saying this phrase, sometimes with a personal visualization of how they are now living in “Easy World” and what it looks like for them.

I then found myself saying,

“I live in easy world where writing my next blog post is easy.  It’s easy for me to come up with a topic, and the words just flow easily onto my wordpress editor.  Even finding an image to go with the blog post is easy, I find the perfect image quickly.”

…You see, I was actually procrastinating writing my next blog post and was poking around on the Powerful Intentions forum instead.

After reading the “Easy World” discussion, an idea for a blog post suddenly came to mind, and I left the forum to quickly write a blog post…45 minutes after reading “I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

Do you have anything going on in your life that you find “difficult” to do, be, have, attract, or create?

Come join me in Easy World by commenting below this post with your version of:

“I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

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Yes, many of you have been wondering and here is the moment you’ve all been waiting for!!

Thank you for waiting patiently as I get around to answering this question…

The best way I knew how to structure my answer is to to discuss it in relation to a specific “thing” that many of us are working on attracting: Abundance.

I just published the answer on GoArticles.com.

Here is a short summary:

“The Law of Attractionis always working.  Is it working in your favor or against you? A major limiting belief that blocks people from attracting abundance is criticism. This article provides 3 tips to kick criticism out of your life!”

You can access it here (please VOTE on it while you’re at it!*):

3 Tips For the Law of Attraction: By Kicking Criticism Out of Your Life!

*When you read this article, please support my work by clicking on the “Vote” button at the top right corner of my article’s page.  I will deeply appreciate it .

I’d love to hear what you think of it, and I welcome any comments you have…

xoxo, Carlota

Here’s to sqooshing YOUR inner critic!

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• A true story about Escaping Criticism

Do you know what your tipping point is?

When will you escape from being a self-criticizer to a creator?

This is a true story of my tipping point:  How I came to a deep understanding of criticism’s role in this world, and how I used it to escape criticism.

Three years ago, I had a coffee shop in this suburban town called Lakewood, Colorado.  It was a really vibrant shop with many shades of the creative color orange.

I had so many ideas for hosting meetups there.  Every time I had a brilliant idea I quickly told my sister and everyone else around me.  One of my ideas was to host a free showing of the movie The Secret, and customers could enjoy a cup of coffee or tea while watching it.

I ran this idea by my friends and family.  Most were supportive, except for one, who said “I don’t know, Carlota, this is Lakewood and I’m not sure that many people would be open to a movie like that.”

At that point in my life I hadn’t done much work on self-acceptance and listening to my inner guide, so I had the habit of gobbling up discouragement.

So, you guessed it, I went around in circles of doubt, self-criticism, eating up discouragement and…Didn’t end up hosting a single event for months.

For some reason I got inspired to see a psychic reader (I prefer the term “Life Coach”, but whatever, LOL!)  In the session I asked her what sort of events to host at the coffee shop that would bring in dozens more customers.

I named off a few of my ideas and she told me my lesson in this life is to strengthen my intuition.

My response? I started to explain why I felt those ideas wouldn’t work.  I said things like, “But I’m not sure Lakewood is ready for something like The Secret. What if instead of bringing in more business, I end up driving away existing customers?”

Then she said, “STOP. Take a deep breath. You have a choice.  You can only do one thing at a time.  You can either criticize yourself or create. Which do you want to do?”

I sat there pondering her theory and then asked, “But I can criticize while I create…can’t I?  It seems I’ve done this all my life…”

“No, you can not.” She said.  “At any given moment, you can only do one thing at a time. You can either listen to other people’s criticism, or you can create.  You can criticize yourself about a hypothetical creation, or you can create. In any case, you won’t have anything real to criticize if you haven’t created anything yet.“

ah Hah! I finally understood it.  Those who criticize, are not in that moment creating. Those who are fully immersed in the act of creating, are in that moment, not criticizing.

What are your thoughts on this theory? If it resonates with you, where in your life have you witnessed this truth?

P.S., I did end up hosting The Secret event.  And the amazing thing is, I had a full house that night, and 90% of these people didn’t come to see The Secret, but were energetically attracted to the small crowd who did.  The Law of Attraction works in astonishing ways, doesn’t it?  You never know what will happen in your life, until you step out of criticism and into creation.

Here’s to sqooshing YOUR inner critic!

Love,

Carlota

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In order for us all to attract more prosperity in our lives, we must affirm that it is already ours, and by doing so we are sqooshing out our inner critic’s blurts (the ones that tell us we can’t attract more prosperity).

Joe Vitale (of The Secret) sent out this powerful prosperity prayer in his newsletter:

“I posted this prayer on my blog a few days ago
and so many people loved it that I thought I
would share it with you here, too. It was sent to
me by Will Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World, who said it was the greatest consciousness
conditioner available to attract prosperity.
Here it is…

~Prosperity Prayer~

(Read Aloud Every Day for 30 days)

I am the source of all wealth. I am rich with creative
ideas. My mind abounds with new, original, inspired
thoughts. What I have to offer is unique, and the world
desires it.

My value is beyond reckoning. What the world needs
and desires, I am ready to produce and give. What the
world needs and desires, I recognize and fulfill. The
bounty of my mind is without hindrance or limit. Nothing
can stand in the way of my inspired creativeness.

The overflowing power of God life energy overcomes
every obstacle, & pours out into the world, blessing &
prospering everyone, & everything through me.

I radiate blessings, I radiate creativity, I radiate
prosperity, I radiate loving service. I radiate Joy,
Beauty, Peace,Wisdom & Power. Humanity seeks
me and rewards me. I am beloved of the world.
I am wanted wherever I go.

I am appreciated. What I have to offer is greatly desired.
What I have to offer brings a rich reward. Through my vision
the world is blessed. Through my clear thinking & steadfast
purpose, wonderful new values come into expression.

My vision is as the vision of the mighty ones. My faith is
as the faith of the undefeatable. My power to accomplish
is unlimited. I, in my uttermost God Source, am all wealth,
all power, all productivity. I hereby declare my financial
free-dom, NOW and henceforth forever!

Love,

joe

PS — Please forward this email to all those you feel
would welcome this prayer. Thank you.

Note: My blog is at http://blog.mrfire.com/
Follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/mrfire

After seeing this prayer in more than 3 places, I’ve decided to take it more seriously and spend the next 30 days saying it out loud. (At least once a day)

I will be posting updates in the comments below.
Anyone want to join me?
Please come back here and share any miracles that have happened to you during these next 30 days!

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I once had a Law of Attraction mentor who I met with once a week. My intention in working with her was to attract double the number of clients for the hotel I was marketing.

To start off our session, she would ask “How are you today?”

And my response for several weeks were different variations of “Oh, I could be doing better. I’m disappointed that I didn’t [do this, do that]. And I spent so long working on [this mailing piece] instead of something more productive like [driving traffic to our new website]. I know criticizing my work delays attracting what I want…but I can’t seem to stop criticizing myself for criticizing myself!”

She listened to my negative self-talk for several weeks about why I couldn’t seem to quickly attract double the number of clients we currently had, and would suggest different tools for countering my self-judgments and feelings of “not doing and being good enough.”

It wasn’t until one week she gave me a certain homework assignment.

It was SO simple that I didn’t believe it would work!

After one week of spending 5 minutes doing this homework assignment, I saw incredible changes: My outlook on life was brighter, I felt more authentically confident, I was more accepting of myself, I enjoyed my job more, and best of all, I had sqooshed some inner criticism and self-judgment that was preventing me from attracting what I wanted.

Now, I’m passing this technique along to you, free of charge :

Every day, take 5 minutes to write down 5 things you appreciate of yourself. This list can include anything: Things you accomplished in the past or just recently, things you like about yourself, things you are proud you did or are currently doing, something you said to someone that really made their day, etc.

To kick-start this, here is my list of 5 things I appreciate myself for today:

1. Being friends with 2 people for over a decade!
2. Juicing my fruit and veggies 3x a week this month.
3. Finished writing my ebook today, “59 Powerful Affirmations to Sqoosh Your Inner Critic!”
4. Helped a friend boost her confidence and self-image.
5. Complimented my sister on her cooking talents.

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Did you like this homework assignment? Do you feel it can become a part of your daily “sqoosh your inner critic” routine?

Anything else you’d like to add to this conversation? Remember to add your comments below!

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Let’s start the conversation!  Here we go…

Step 1. Understand that quitting isn’t a bad word…

Comment: “I think you are courageous and brave for reinventing yourself so many times… even though its been frustrating for you, it takes guts to be able to jump into something new every time you think something is not working.”

Thank you!  I hadn’t thought of it as courageous, just something that had to be done.  But I will definitely add this word to my collection

I’m a firm believer in quitting as many times as it takes to find your true calling, or at least purpose in life.  Life is too short (or what I used to say, TOO DAMN LONG!) to be doing something you dislike.

Allowing yourself to quit on something that is just plain not working for you is a loving and honorable act.  It shows that you care about your happiness.  (It also subliminally gives others the permission to care about their own happiness.) Your staying at a job that you don’t enjoy doesn’t contribute much benefit and healing to the World.

I used to find it difficult to honor my happiness, and then I pondered this:  My unhappiness was contagious because contrary to popular false belief, it didn’t make ANYONE happy.

I assumed wrongly that sacrificing my happiness for my parents’ happiness  was a worthy cause.  Actually, what I thought and what they thought would make them happy was also an illusion.

Instead what happened is I was working as an untalented unhappy engineer and that is one contribution the world does not need!  (Not to mention, seeing me be so unhappy was depressing to them.)

So, following your dreams takes one tiny but transformational step: Intention to quit what isn’t working for you.

Step 2. Accept your transition style  and stop comparing how others “do” change…

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Comment: “I feel like I negotiate all the time, like I am much more cautious about my approach to making big changes. I like to have multiple plans in place before I make a leap just so that I try to minimize the chances of complete and abject failure. But in the process, I think this limits me from dreaming even larger…. sometimes in taking greater risks you also have chances for greater and bigger rewards.”

I think it’s important to note that it’s all about balance.  You seem like someone who eases into making big changes in your life, and this helps you to transition smoothly.  It’s a great trait to have, especially since while planning you are assessing which changes you are ready for.  That takes honesty and acceptance of who you are in the present moment.

Many of us who desire changes in our lives become attached and try force-fitting  it (a spin off of force-feeding, you like?!) into our present reality.  We become impatient “I want it now!  When will the goodies arrive??”

I’m someone who takes huge leaps into the unknown, and a lot of times because I came unprepared and wasn’t as ready for the changes as I thought I was, I got lots of scrapes and bruises along the way.  However, I’ve made peace with my transition style (this can be an ongoing effort) and celebrate in the ways it has worked in my favor.

Let go of comparing how others “do” transition with how you “do” transition, as there is no right or wrong way.  And what works for others may not work for you. 

Criticizing yourself for your approach to making changes and manifesting the life you want is abusive  and doesn’t allow for change to happen.

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Step 3.  Let go of regret and any limiting beliefs you adopted from past experiences of “taking risks” and “making changes”…

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On the other hand, we all have to assess whether we are erring on the side of safety and protection due to past memories of “things not working out” or if there really is a reason to be cautious and it’s your intuition guiding you.

If it’s the past that’s haunting you, it might be worth looking into the limiting beliefs you adopted from those experiences–they may be faulty.  As blame, shame, guilt and self-judgment often disillusion us from the real reasons things happened the way they did.

Comment “I chose to go to grad school for 2 years to learn these skills…There are benefits to me having done what I did (like creating contacts in my industry in New York), and disadvantages (such as a big student loan and loss of income/retirement savings for a few years). Its hard to tell at this point what would have been better.”

Wondering if choosing the other alternative would have gotten you to where you want to go faster is I think, irrelevant.  And for what purpose?  It may lead to regret and regret is useless.

The important thing to remember is that it doesn’t matter how you get to where you want to go, just as long as you get there. Every path is perfect and unique in its own way; celebrate the wonderful gifts that the path you’ve chosen is giving you now.

I spent 6 years studying Engineering and I spent a lot of time regretting it.  And then I realized that was a useless thing to do, as it would then negate the amazing friendships I made, that are still with me today.

You might not have the confirmation that going to graduate school was beneficial to your current goals/dreams until years down the road.  But what I know for sure is, you will reap the rewards of that experience; one way or another.

…Regret is immobilizing and in the moment you are in regret, you are not creating the life you want.

You can choose only one thing at a time to do, shall it be regret or create?

What is your transition style and how has it worked in your favor?  Is there a moment in your life where you once regretted a decision but then it turned out to benefit you after all?

I always learn something new from my readers, so please share your thoughts and stories with all of us by leaving a reply to this post!

Or, if you have a question about how to sqoosh the criticism that’s troubling you in your life, please feel free to submit your question.

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How this book came into my life…

I was first introduced to this book back when I was a college student getting a bachelor’s degree in engineering.  One of my best friends (still is ) bought this book and together we were the misfits of our Engineering School; completely in denial about our heart’s desire to lead a more creative path.

Well, okay.  Not completely.  We could admit to ourselves and each other that Engineering was our means of and not our way of life.  Nonetheless, I quickly snatched up my own copy of The Artist’s Way for what it addressed beyond creativity: recovery from criticism and my own Inner Critic.

The first time I read through this book, I was going through subsequent exam failures and failed out of a college course (or two, okay maybe five!!).  What got me through those moments of doubt, insecurity, and beating myself up was the gentle, poetic guidance of this book.

A decade after I bought this book I am now on the path I was meant to be on, that of a writer.  Although it feels like I’ve come home and I am loving my new path, it’s in writing that all of my worst inner criticisms and fears bubble up.  When I don’t address these criticisms and fears, I experience writer’s block—not something a person who writes for a living can afford to lounge around in!

Time and time again, reading and re-reading The Artist’s Way has helped me unblock and keep me on track with my Career Goals…

Healing words from criticism are peppered throughout The Artist’s Way:

• “Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.
• Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist.
• You are not dumb, crazy, egomaniacal, grandiose, or silly just because you falsely believe yourself to be.
• Useless criticism…is withering and shaming in tone; ambiguous in content; personal, inaccurate, or blanket in its condemnations.
• There is nothing to be gleaned from irresponsible criticism.
• Creativity is the only cure from criticism.”

What you will gain from reading this book:

• Emotional freedom from your Inner Critic
• Self-Reliance if you are emotionally Co-Dependent (are you built up by someone’s praise one moment only to be quickly torn down by another’s criticism?)
• Unlock your creativity to attract abundance in all areas of your life: Financial Prosperity, Career Success, Emotional and Physical Wellness
• Reconnect to who you really are (your authentic self) and feel Whole again
• Align yourself with your forgotten passion and purpose in life
• Recover from the oppression of negativity and its limiting beliefs
• Learn to let go of relationships that no longer serve you (the “crazymakers” who sabotage your efforts to live honestly and create the life you desire)

The single most useful tool I’ve found in The Artist’s Way is the Morning Pages:

Three pages of stream of consciousness thoughts out on paper…

Through writing the Morning Pages I learned to be there for myself and simply listen to what my emotions had to say about things that were happening in my life.  These Pages create a safe space to reflect, express fears and other uncomfortable emotions, and through them an amazing breakthrough happened: I began to strengthen my intuition and make better decisions for myself.

There are very few things I found wrong with this book, but…

Here are two areas I felt could use improvement:

• Cameron is a stickler for writing the Morning Pages in the morning.  But we are all human! There are days I didn’t get to the Morning Pages until the afternoon or evening.  However, I discovered great benefits to writing mid-day or evening pages when I skipped the Morning ones (though the role of these pages differed from the morning ones).  The author could have suggested that if you don’t write them in the morning, there’s still opportunity to write them later on in the day.
• The author could have elaborated on the use of Anger to inspire action. In the book she gives the topic of anger barely one page—when it’s a biggie emotion. I could’ve used some tips on how to diffuse and transform it into taking creative action.

Other than that, The Artist’s Way is quite thorough in sqooshing all the ways the Inner Critic manifests blockages that’s holding you back from creating the life of your dreams.

Whether you are new to healing your life or just shy of getting there, this book has resources and insights that will help you through each stage of your journey.

Have you read The Artist’s Way? What did you think of this book?
If you haven’t read it, do you have any questions I can help you to answer? Feel free to drop it in the comment box below.

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On this day I read my horoscope in the Colorado Daily, where even though the author meant to inspire me for the weekend, it’s been a  decade of re-inspiration by his timeless words.

Since these words have carried me through the worst of times, I wish to share them with you.  May they benefit you as they have for me:

“I recently did some creative-coaching astrological work with a novelist client, who was doubting the validity of his literary achievements.  I reminded him of what I will remind you.

A book called “Stephen Hero” was rescued, slightly toasted, from some fireplace by the sister of its author, James Joyce.  The book became “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.”

A friendly woman named Tabatha retrieved the manuscript of her husband Stephen’s first novel from a waste basket.  The manuscript was for a book called “Carrie,” it’s author’s first and perhaps most famous work.

Yes, even brilliant people who are about to rock the culture are known to harbor their doubts.” ~Eric Francis

And so it seems, that even brilliant people who are about to rock the culture fall prey to their Inner Critics.  Thankfully for us, those moments were sqooshed

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Is there something you’d like to share with the world if only you weren’t afraid of public criticism?  I hope you can allow yourself to celebrate in all your differences and do it anyway, because the world needs your special talents and contributions!

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