Blog Profile / Creating in Flow
| URL : | http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow | |
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle / Creativity | |
| Posts on Regator: | 206 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 9, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
10 Books to Make You Sit Up & Take Notice
Only some of the many books I read make me sit up and take notes for future reviews. Here are a few recent ones I liked a lot, and why they're worth your time. read more
Is Your Life Meaningful?
For our lives to have meaning, we have to find that meaning for ourselves What can you do that gives you a sense of being engaged in something larger than your smallish daily self? read more
New Ways to Look at Positive Thinking & Acting
Though I'm skeptical of self-help books that claim to change my life, a recent one, The As If Principle, uses studies to prove that behavior creates thoughts and feelings. read more
Blind Hero Brightens New Mystery Series
Unique blind psychiatrist protagonist lights up intelligent, risk-taking dark mystery, Dante's Wood, by ex-lawyer Lynn Raimondo. read more
22 Funny Words
Are you addicted (if not clinically) to playing Scrabble and such word games? Games can get you into a flow state where time stops. Prepare by learning some fun words... read more
22 Funny Words for a Fair Win
Are you addicted (if not clinically) to playing Scrabble and such word games? Games can get you into a flow state where time stops. Prepare by learning some fun words... read more
Can Moms Make Art?
Lost in Living is a powerful documentary that delves into the emotions felt and the life choices made by mothers who are also writers or artists. read more
6 Ways to Clean Up Your Space and Your Life
Try these six suggestions, some based on the latest findings of positive psychology, for your own personal jump start. read more
Can Hope Be Bad?
Hope has been studied lately with more depth than I thought possible. Experts offer insights into good and bad kinds of hope. read more
8 Strategies For Thinking More Like Sherlock Holmes
It's the 125th anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes novel, and here are some insights (and 8 tips) about the brain machinations of the world's most popular fictional detective. read more
The Truth about Mormons
Enlightening new novel called ELDERS satisfies curiosity about what Mormons do on those two-year proselytizing missions. read more
Raise a Sensitive Child
The ability to put yourself in the place of another, feelings and all, evolves throughout childhood, and there are ways you can help consolidate the trait of empathy in your own child. read more
When Obsessions Combine: Writer "Climbs" Everest
You don't have to be an adventure lover to feel the thrills. A superb novelist puts you at the peak of Everest with the earliest pioneers. read more
Awesome Output, No Writer's Block: How?
Author David Madden's mind is lit by an awe-inspiring creative fire that, with his latest novel, shows no sign of dimming. read more
Writing When You Don't Feel Like It
You don't have to be brilliant to make a life (or a sort-of living) as a nonfiction writer. This guide offers the basics you'll need. read more
4 Good Ways to Get Great Ideas
To refresh your sense of novelty and come up with new ideas, try some of these tips on how to constrain your imagination in good ways. read more
Writing a Life with MS
Laurie Clements Lambeth, a successful poet, first turned to writing when diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis at 17. We can all learn from her resilience. read more
Literary Author Self-Pubs Tale of Love & Death
The world of publishing is changing, so that an occasional literary writer decides to go it alone. Jon Clinch chose self-publishing for his Holocaust novel. Read why. read more
11 Delicious New Novels
Some books seem to get most of the attention, but they're not the only ones worth reading, especially if your tastes run to dark, or quirky, or challenging. read more
7 Tips: When Every Millisecond Matters
Reptiles freeze when threatened, while mammals run. As humans, there are times when both impulses war within our brains. Our choices are often made in tiny fractions of a second. Seven insights to consider. read more