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Ask yourself honestly this question - Are you in love with your life as it is right now? Your life is a partner you're going to be with for the rest of your days. Doesn't it make sense to make that partner as lovable and as pleasurable to spend time with as you can?

While pain is inevitable, some of the pain that you may be going through is avoidable. You can control the circumstances in which you feel pain because a great amount of pain is in your head. Feelings of negativity, judgment, and resistance are examples of ways in which you can create unnecessary painful experiences in your life. How do you go from a mentality of pain to a powerful one? There are dozens of ideas you can follow, especially because every person has a unique set of circumstances.

On the one hand, Gayatri worship is believed to give supreme benefits and is said to be the greatest of all Mantras. And yet on the other hand it is our misfortune that there are innumerable deluded opinions as far as the right to chant the Gayatri Mantra is concerned. Some believe that only Brahmins have the right to chant Gayatri Mantra.

From time to time, it’s important totally immerse ourselves in a creative project without distraction, even for just an hour or two. Getting back in touch with what it feels like to be totally connected and in the flow of our creative energy, can rejuvenate us in a way that lasts long after the experience itself is over. Here’s how to make it as easy as possible.

Many of us, for whom creativity and expressing ourselves creatively is highly important, for whatever reasons, don't talk about it openly. It's almost like our little secret, the part of ourselves that we desperately guard from the world. But how well does this actually serve us? Here are just some of the reasons why ending your own "Superman Syndrome" and coming out to the world as a creative person can be a very good thing for you...

Have you ever tried repeatedly to bring certain new things into your creative life, only for them each time to be ineffective or short lived? Whatever the creative venture, if you have the same pattern of starting, then stuttering, then stopping again, maybe there’s something deeper at work that’s stopping you...

As creative people, one of the simplest and most powerful things we can do to develop and maintain fulfilling creative lives is to develop positive habits. The “Curiosity Habit” is one of the most useful and productive habits we can acquire to support and increase creativity. It adds to the breadth and depth of our understanding and experience, and the richness of our lives and our creative output. Here are just some of the ways the “Curiosity Habit” can be used most effectively:

Want some brain exercise? Try these three lateral thinking puzzles.

One of the most challenging aspects of maintaining a consistent creative output is to remain positive and to keep moving forward even in the face of creative resistance. Here’s a great technique that helps you to do this in less than 10 minutes a day.

The main blockage many of us have when it comes to being creative is that we simply don't think that we are. And so, by not even considering that we are creative, and thinking that our creative work isn't valid and important - whether we write, weave, paint, knit, act, sculpt, cook, compose, sing or enjoy any number of other creative activities - we limit ourselves from receiving the recognition and nurturing our creativity deserves.

Instead of looking at the things we could add to our lives to enable us to be the creative people we want to be, consider what we could take away, the things that stop us from being more creative. What is the NUMBER ONE ENEMY OF YOUR CREATIVITY, the one single thing that prevents you from being as creative as you want to be and have the potential to be?

It was Henry Ford who said, "Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right." So if you believe you are creative, you'll be creative. And if you believe you are not, you'll be not.

When you come to start a new creative project, do you mentally simply grab a small bag with a few recent thoughts, a handful of ideas, a dash of motivation and start with gusto? Or do you instead take years of mental processes, doubts and insecurities? Most if us do the latter. Here are some ways we can increase our creativity by learning to travel more lightly...

If your kids are always begging to watch television or to turn on the video game system, maybe you need to help them find some alternatives. You will always hear people grumping about how kids never use their imaginations anymore or about how their creativity is squelched by the television. The problem is that kids learn by watching adults, and if we turn on the television when we are bored, then so will they. The best way to get your kids away from in front of the television is to give them a viable alternative. One great option is to set up a creativity center. Here are a few things that you may want to include.

As creative people we affect the world around us in ways we never even realise. As you go about your creative life, think about the creative footprints you may be leaving for others to follow...

The pressure to "be a success" in all parts of our lives is possibly greater these days than in any time previously in human society. But how clear are you about what your own vision of success looks like for your creative life? And is this vision truly your own?

Being “Creatively Stuck” is a common issue for many of my Creativity Coaching clients, that feeling that you’ve tried everything possible to move yourself forward and make progress but still you remain in the same place. The next time you feel like this, try this simple “BoxBreaker” technique to get your creativity flowing again.