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Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Creativity coach, family therapist, and author
Home: Walnut Creek, California
Bio: Eric Maisel, Ph.D., author, coach, family therapist and cultural observer, is widely regarded as one of America’s foremost creativity coaches. His more than 30 books include "Coaching the Artist Within," "Creativity for Life," "Creative Recovery," and "The Van Gogh Blues." He writes a monthly column for Art Calendar Magazine, provides core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association, and offers writing and coaching workshops worldwide in venues like San Francisco, New York, London, Paris and Berlin. He trains creativity coaches and meaning coaches, maintains a private coaching practice, and lives in the San Francisco/Bay Area. His latest book is "Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions" (New World Library, June, 2010)
My philosophy: There is no meaning to find, there is only the meaning we make. The first step in solving most of our problems is embracing the paradigm shift from seeking meaning to making meaning.
If I weren’t doing what I do now, I’d probably be a professional flaneur (that’s the French word for someone who strolls through great cities, looking and dreaming).
Favorite piece of advice (or “pearl of wisdom”): “Patience is a virtue.”
My websites: EricMaisel.com
BrainStormtheBook.com
MeaningCoach.com
Expert's Archive
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Over the past two weeks we’ve looked at tips for expanding your repertoire of creative projects and/or self-promotional efforts. I’ve …
Tags: creativity, learning, nerves
Posted on May 4th, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Last week we began looking at tips for expanding your repertoire of creative projects and/or self-promotional efforts. I presented three: …
Tags: creativity, fear
Posted on April 27th, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
There may be new creative projects that you want to begin or new ways of marketing and promoting yourself that …
Tags: creativity
Posted on April 20th, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Last week I presented four tips for dealing with “creative disasters”—that is, for dealing with creative projects that look to …
Tags: creative block, creativity, obstacle
Posted on April 6th, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Say that you had high hopes for the painting, novel, tapestry, craft project, or home business that you threw yourself …
Tags: block, creativity, obstacle
Posted on March 30th, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
Last week I chatted about the necessity of making use of the small intervals of time that come our way …
Tags: creativity, schedule, time
Posted on March 23rd, 2011 in Inspiration | direct link to this entry |
