by Douglas Paul Smith | Aug 11, 2022 | Advice for Creatives, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Uncategorized
Dissolve Negative Emotions using any Creative Practice Using our own creative practice, we can release or dissolve any emotion. In this post we will delve into the Hows and Whys of dissolving negative emotions with a creative practice, and how this can benefit...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Sep 21, 2020 | Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Advice for Creatives
Another Good Reason to Follow the Creative Urge – Your Health In a recent article in Psychology Today, Cathy Malchiody, PhD, states that there is now sufficient scientific evidence to prove that creativity is a well-being practice. Studies...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jul 5, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, The Artist’s Dilemma, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Our whole civilization is based on the idea that rational knowledge is king. But rational, empirical knowing is only a small part of our human potential. Concepts, by their very nature, are limiting. And so, when we fill our heads with ideas about how things are, we...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jun 29, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Understanding and Directing Emotions using a Creative Practice We are emotional beings – we have hundreds, even thousands of emotions every day, often without knowing it. Many of us are unaware that emotions are driving our decisions most of the time, and often not...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jun 29, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Kill Your Anxiety …Anxiety’s Many Causes and Manifestations According to the medical model, there are a multitude of known causes of anxiety, as well as numerous different manifestations of it. If you are reading this, you might have experienced...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jun 20, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Transforming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Help with Depression • With our current global virus situation and the rise of unrest in many parts of the world, it seems a good time to address our psychological maladies. History has it that human beings started as a hunter-gatherer species, often having...
