Jenna Forrest writes on her site: “Sensitive souls are here to demonstrate how to engage every opportunity life gives us to learn about transparency, humility, patience, diplomacy and tolerance of differences. Demonstrating mastery inside life’s tests and everyday experiences is the only true way that you and I can make old non-loving ways of interaction […]
self-esteem and creative people
Do We Need More Confidence To Be More Creative?
Many actors, musicians and other performers seem to be very self-assured and confident, though some admit that is not always true. Some psychologists note that confidence can have negative aspects – and low confidence may have benefits.
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Sexual Abuse and Creative Expression
So many people experience unwanted sexual contact, rape and other forms of sexual abuse – and help deal with the aftermath through creative expression, perhaps using art therapy, but more often some other form of creative self-expression.
One of …
Self-esteem and Trusting Your Creative Self
If we are willing to put our creative work out there – into the world in some way – it will be judged and ranked. What if our book doesn’t make it to a bestseller list, our painting is not accepted by a gallery, our blog doesn’t show up on a Google page one, or […]
Scarlett Johansson on Negative Body Image
In the movie The Black Dahlia (2006), based on her infamous murder, struggling actress Elizabeth Short (aka “The Black Dahlia,” played by Mia Kirshner) is shown auditioning for role after role. Scarlett Johansson (who acted in the movie) said she has “a lot of friends who are very talented actors and musicians who struggle… “Any […]