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In a world where every business, brand, product, and service needs a strong visual identity, it’s critical for clients and creative professionals to work together. And the key to success, as with any relationship, is communication. In Dear Client, award-winning graphic designer Bonnie Siegler offers an invaluable step-by-step guide to how to talk so creatives will listen, and how to listen when creatives talk.

One in six women is the victim of sexual assault. Using her own hard-won wisdom, author Jen Cross shows how to heal through journaling and personal writing. Writing Ourselves Whole is a collection of essays and creative writing encouragements for sexual trauma survivors who want to risk writing a different story. Each short chapter offers encouragement, experience, and exercises.

What kind of relationship do you have with your brain? This important organ shapes who you are, so it’s important to make sure it’s performing at its best. You have the power to actively design the brain that serves you best through an exciting process called neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change. It can change for the better or for the worse. This book shows you how to actively manage your brain’s neuroplasticity. It gives you the keys to building resilience and making it stick.

Through insights from neuroscience, psychology, and social science, as well as the author’s own experience, this audiobook examines the link between our habits and how we get the most amazing ideas, providing a clear blueprint for more creative thinking in the process.

Perhaps in no other way do we more vibrantly reflect our creator than with our creativity. Whether through music, writing, baking, painting, posting on social media, dancing, or any other form of artistic expression within our grasp, we were created to create. Yet, there are times we may be unsure about our art, times when our creating and making doesn't feel possible or purposeful or practical. Rachel Marie Kang wants you to know that your art is not peripheral to life—it is at the very heart of why you exist and what you have to offer to yourself and to the world.

In his numerous roles as groundbreaking poet, editor, translator, storyteller, and father of what he has called "the expressive men's movement", Bly remains one of the most hotly debated American artists of the past half century. What is it about Bly and his ideas that inspires such impassioned responses from readers and associates? The psychologist Robert Moore believes that "When the cultural and intellectual history of our time is written, Robert Bly will be recognized as the catalyst for a sweeping cultural revolution".

In The Innovator's Handbook, award-winning designer and author Hussain Almossawi helps designers and creatives harness their fire, flex their courage, and supercharge their ideas to create remarkable products, services, and experiences. The simple lessons in this book will empower you to develop the types of ideas and products that continually change the world.

Do you wish you could spend less time on social media, or maybe even quit it altogether? You’re not alone! “Social media is woven into so many aspects of our daily lives,” says Amelia Knott, “but it is not designed with our psychological well-being in mind.” Thankfully, it is possible to create a conscious relationship with the online world. The Art of Thriving Online: A Workbook goes far beyond “digital detoxing,” with innovative methods for counteracting manipulative, compulsive, and stress-inducing aspects of social media while preserving the goodness of your time online.

Artists transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. All too often, the talent that brings so much beauty into our lives is poorly compensated. If you’re a creative entrepreneur and you want to take control of your career and start earning what you’re worth, this is the guide for you. In Blazing the Freelance Trail, Eric Holter shares insights from his three decades as a creative entrepreneur. He covers everything from the motivation to create to how to successfully manage the business and financial side of your creative enterprise.

Do you want to get a step ahead, and not just spend your life stuck behind? Do you want to conquer procrastination - forever? Are you struggling to get your projects done on time? Or are you tired of being the "one big move" from changing your life? Writers, entrepreneurs, and business owners - you need to listen to Procrastination - as soon as possible!

Whether it's the great American novel or a groundbreaking new app, many people want to create a Big Thing, but finding the motivation to get started, let alone complete the work, can be daunting. In The Big Thing, New York Times business writer and editor Phyllis Korkki combines real-life stories, science, and insights from her own experience to illuminate the factors that drive people to complete big creative projects - and the obstacles that threaten to derail success.

In Finding Your Funny Muscle, Mike shows you how to “flex” your ideas into funny, original, and relatable humor that gets big laughs—and makes you memorable for the right reasons.

Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Hear the guide that New York Times best-selling author Ransom Riggs called "the best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."

Эта книга является учебным пособием и была получена путем ченнелингa Гэри М. Дагласом, основателем Access Consciousness(R) для того, чтобы дать вам большую ясность и легкость с деньгами.

Have you ever been stuck? Creative freedom could be simple...It really is possible to become unstoppable. You can conquer the blank page. You can let your talents shine. You can (really) make money with your gifts. Our culture paints creative people as flaky and confused. Don’t listen to their lies. You are more than a character.

I have created a guide to help you cultivate a mindful daily singing practice. This is to be used in anyway that gets you connecting with your authentic voice, and is created for all levels and all styles of singing. Part 1 is a guide for you to get to know how we sing and the mechanics behind it. Part 2 is breath and bodywork to cultivate the connection with your body. Part 3 is guided vocal exercises.

En una época en la que los procesos de evaluación se estandarizan, las escuelas pasan por momentos difíciles y tanto estudiantes como educadores sufren una presión enorme, Robinson nos ofrece soluciones prácticas para terminar con el caduco sistema educativo actual heredado de la Revolución Industrial.

So you want to be funny...or funnier?

This book has helped land Nickelodeon series regular roles, and helped performers appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Comedy Central, Showtime, comedy festivals and clubs across the country, and to being featured on SiriusXM! The techniques in this book have been used with comedians from ages 8 to 80, and can help you find your comedic voice! Throughout this book, you will uncover the unique characteristics about yourself that are funny. Further, you will build extraordinary self-confidence through this art form. You'll find not only your funny but yourself.

We have all experienced it: the jolt of an insight arriving like a thunderclap, the metaphorical light bulb over your head as you drive to work, take a shower, or unload the dishwasher. These all-too-elusive "aha moments" come sporadically and without warning. But what if insights could be accessed more reliably in everyday life? Charles Kiefer and Malcolm Constable have the tools to make this possibility a reality.