The Courage to be Creative: How to Believe in Yourself, Your Dreams and Ideas and Your Creative Career Path

241 Pages·2016·17.344 MB·English

by  Doreen Virtue

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The Courage to Be Creative
You were born creative, because you are
the creation of the Creator, as we all are. If you
don’t feel that way or your artistic endeavors
From The Courage to Be Creative
haven’t worked out, this book can help you.
Doreen Virtue, the beloved author of over 50
Some people think that the word creativity applies only to writ- best-selling books and more than 100 card
Doreen Virtue holds B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. ers, artists, musicians, and such. Actually, creativity is practical, with decks, audio/video programs, and other cre-
degrees in counseling psychology and is a life- ative products, shows you how to gain more
applications in business and daily life, including relationships, par-
long clairvoyant and Christian mystic. A for- than a dozen forms of courage that lead to
enthood, health, and so forth.
mer psychotherapist, Doreen now gives online creativity—including an unshakable belief in
workshops on topics related to her books and In its purest form, creativity is the outward expression of an inner yourself and dedication to seeing your sacred
oracle cards. She’s the author of Assertiveness for voice, vision, or idea. That’s the type of memorable creativity that ideas and dreams through to fruition.
Earth Angels, Don’t Let Anything Dull Your Sparkle, ends up on museum walls, on the radio, and in bookstores. In these pages, Doreen reveals the secrets
The Miracles of Archangel Michael, and Archangel Yet, creativity for most people is more “ordinary,” in an every- behind her own incredibly prolifi c creative
Oracle Cards, among many other works. She has output, details what guides her writing
day sense. Practical creativity means the ability to solve problems
appeared on Oprah, CNN, the BBC, The View, process, and offers an unprecedented win-
in new and innovative ways. . . . Creativity can help you take your
and Good Morning America and has been fea- dow onto what it really looks like to be self-
tured in newspapers and magazines worldwide. business to the next level, assist your child’s learning, increase your employed in the creative arts. In addition,
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feeling, or some other form of inner message to take positive creative
case how to become a successful and satisfi ed
action. Do it. Take the action without delay, hesitation, or procrasti- creative individual.
nation. You’ll be glad you did. Filled with real-world advice, scientif-
ic research on creativity, and true stories,
The Courage to Be Creative both lays bare the
divinely guided path to “birthing” a cre-
ative work and charts the earthly path to
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How to Believe in Yourself,
Your Dreams and Ideas, and Your
CREATIVE CAREER PATH
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Virtue, Doreen, date- author.
Title: The courage to be creative : how to believe in yourself, your dreams
and ideas, and your creative career path / Doreen Virtue.
Description: Carlsbad, California : Hay House, Inc., 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006648 | ISBN 9781401948719 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Creative ability. | Self-acceptance. | Self-realization. |
BISAC: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General. | SELF-HELP / Creativity.
Classification: LCC BF408 .V49 2016 | DDC 650.1--dc 3 LC record avail-
able at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016006648
ISBN: 978-1-4019-4871-9
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1st edition, June 2016
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“If you hear a voice within you say,
‘You cannot paint,’
then by all means paint
and that voice will be silenced.”
— Vincent van Gogh
(letter to Theo van Gogh, October 28, 1883)

CONTENTS
Introduction: The Courage to Be Creative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
PART I: Courage during the Creative Process
Chapter 1: The Courage to Be Your Creative Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: The Courage to Feel Your Feelings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3: The Courage to Get Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4: The Courage to Start Creating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 5: The Courage to Listen to Divine Inspiration . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 6: The Courage to Quiet Your Mind and Be Receptive . . . . 71
Chapter 7: The Courage to Make Time for Your Creativity. . . . . . . 85
Chapter 8: The Courage to Stay Focused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
PART II: Courage to Make a Living—and a Contribution—
with Your Creative Work
Chapter 9: The Courage to Visualize Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Chapter 10: The Courage to Put Yourself Out There . . . . . . . . . . .123
Chapter 11: The Courage to Show Your Creative Project to Others . . .133
Chapter 12: The Courage to Turn Dreams into Reality. . . . . . . . . .147
Chapter 13: The Courage to Market Your Creative Work. . . . . . . . .157
Chapter 14: The Courage to Accept Payment for Your Creative Work. .167
Chapter 15: The Courage to Handle Ambiguity and Uncertainty . . . .181
Chapter 16: The Courage to Be Your Own Authority Figure
(Who Gives You Permission to Go for It!) . . . . . . . . .191
Chapter 17: The Courage to Do Whatever It Takes. . . . . . . . . . . .199
Afterword: The Courage to Create for the Sake of Creating . . . . . . .207
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217