Synopses & Reviews
Following her perennial-seller The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder, Jill Badonsky returns with a fun new book that will help her readers get their creativity working like a well-oiled machine. As a creativity-coaching pioneer, Jill knows that many people feel distracted, blocked, and overwhelmed.
The Muse Is In: An Owners Manual to Your Creativity outlines how to power up ones genius, take it for a test drive, troubleshoot problems along the way, and offers tips for proper care and maintenance. With her dazzling illustrations and quirky humor, Jill Badonsky delivers the operating instructions for helping her fans spark their creative passion.
Review
Praise for Jill Badonsky's books:
"A wonder-full, scrumptious, and creatively fulfilling book!"
SARK, bestselling author/artist of Succulent Wild Woman and many other books
"Jill Badonsky directs her dazzling energy to help her readers remember their inborn creative gifts."
Michael J. Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci
Synopsis
How to power up ones genius and troubleshoot problems along the way, with tips for proper care and maintenance.
About the Author
Jill Badonsky, M.Ed., is an internationally recognized workshop leader, keynote speaker, creativity-coaching pioneer, illustrator, and humorist. As the founder and director of Kazen-Muse Creavitity Coaching, she consults with filmmakers, comedians, artists, writers, business leaders, and anyone who is experiencing procrastination, overwhelm or other blocks to positive changes. She is the author of
The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard) and
The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder. Jill lives in SanDiego,CA. Visit her at themuseisin.com.
Table of Contents
I. Getting Started
1. Introduction to the Owners Manual
II. Adjusting Your Creativity Settings
1. Mind in Ready Mode
2. Passion
3. Courage
4. Spirit
5. Intuition
6. Belief
7. Creative Modalities x
8. Inspiration x
9. You being present
III. Creative Ball Bearings
1. Reminders
2. Small Steps
3. Lowered Expectations
4. Making Time
5. Process Fuel
6. Focus
7. Kindness, Compassion, and Permission
8. Self-talk
9. Structure
10. Meditation and Empty Spaces
11. Kid-Stuff
IV. Test Driving Your Creativity
1. Ignition: Warm-up
2. Defining Your Voice
3. Percolator Questions
4. Raw Materials
5. Perspectives
6. Suspending Logic
7. Adventures
V. Care and Maintenance Datebook: Prompts for Everyday of the Year
January thru December
VI. Troubleshooting Creative Challenges: Problems and Solutions
1. Quick Reference List
2. Creative Chaos
3. Fears
4. Overwhelm
5. Perfectionism
6. Compare yourself with others works for instant discouragement
7. Procrastination
8. Out of Focus
9. Not Finding Time
10. Ruthless Self Talk
11. Addictions, Habits and Obsessions
VII. Index: Additional inspiration, humor, diagrams and illustrations