High Octane Women

How superachievers can avoid burnout.

Seven Strategies to Inspire and Nurture Creativity in Ourselves

The gift of creativity is not a magical, endless river of ideas, one more inspiring than the next. It takes work. So what can creative people do when their rivers start to run low? Read More

One more to add to your list

Don't just do something, have some fun while you are at it.

The best creative people I've ever met have a very playful attitude. Laughter loosens up the creative flow.

"If you haven't got a screw loose somewhere you are probably just wound too tight"

Not waiting for the Muse

Thanks for such helpful points and the message to take steps to nurture our own creativity. Author Elizabeth Gilbert has commented about the changes in cultural thinking about creative and has commented that our real creative task is simply to do our work and let the inspiration come and go as it wants. From my post Just Show Up, With or Without Your Muse
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2011/08/just-show-up-with-or...

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Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., psychologist and author of "High Octane Women: How Superachievers Can Avoid Burnout," specializes in the area of women and stress.

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