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The Trouble With Finding Your Life Purpose
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” —Gospel of Thomas One of the ways that people get tied up in knots is over the quest to find their...
Take A Little Risk
In my Artist’s Way class this week, we talked about taking small risks and how enlivening this is, how it builds courage, confidence, inner freedom, a sense of possibility and energy. I challenged one of my students to commit to taking three small risks this week, to...
Facing the Blank Page: Tending Your Creative Fire, Part 2
[This is part of a 2-part series on Tending Your Creative Fire and how to get yourself started creating each day. If you missed part 1, you can find it here.] As artists, we all know the horror of the blank page (or blank canvas or the equivalent in whatever medium...
Remembering my father
"Today, as I step out on the dewy morning grass, I see my father's spirit partaking in the dew, the leaves, the birds, the air. I am moved by life continuing, by springtime beginning, by endings and beginnings, loss, grief and praise. In short, by Love everywhere."...
The Power of Ritual: Tending Your Creative Fire, Part 1
[This post in the first in a two-part series on Tending Your Creative Fire and getting started creating.] Getting started with creative activity is the very hardest part. We say we want to write, paint, sculpt, make films, sing, but when it comes to actually doing it,...
3 Mantras to Live By – part 3
Here is my third and final mantra to live by. If you missed Part 2, you can read it here. Feel Your Feelings, But Don’t Get Lost In The Story: Emotions are the flow of life. When we let them flow, they naturally help us to heal and to navigate the changing tides of...
3 Mantras to Live By – part 2
Here is my second mantra and core of my teaching. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. Love Yourself Better: “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” – Buddha In my experience, learning to love ourselves better...
Three Mantras To Live By—Part 1
Several years ago in one of my Artist’s Way classes I confessed to my students that all of my teaching could be distilled to three things, but, I added, if I told them those three things straight off, I wouldn’t be able to make a living. Nonetheless, I went on to tell...
An Introduction to the Artist’s Way
In this free 55-minute Introduction to the Artist's Way with Maxima Kahn… You'll discover the spiritual, philosophical and psychological foundations of the course and exactly how it works to bring such life-changing results to thousands of people. The Artist's Way...
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