Pattie Mosca's Ultimate ‘Yes!’
in Permission Slips . . .
By Chris Dunmire
I've been cutting out and giving away pages from Pattie Mosca's Permission Slips for almost two months in preparation for the books' official launch this week through Story People Press. Creativity Portal celebrates with Pattie with an interview about her creative journey and sample permission slips from her book that you can download, print, and use.

Although I've mostly retired from reviewing books, I wanted to enjoy and report on some field experiences with Permission Slips in my coaching practice because I know how beautifully Pattie, a fellow Kaizen-Muse™ creativity coach, helps others work through self-limiting habits and beliefs towards more possibility and self-care — all great soil in which compassion and creativity thrives . . . for all of us. Read more »

Samples: Unlimited Mistakes Day, Open Up a New Door Day

Creating Time through Flow
By Marney Makridakis
We all have had moments when we lost track of time or became unaware of the time passing. There are several ways to describe such experiences. In 1964, Abraham Maslow coined the term peak experiences to explain those moments when we are fully engaged with something outside ourselves. In his book Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi popularized the concept of flow, a mental state in which we are fully immersed in what we are doing through energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Read more »

The Importance of Silence and Slowing Down in Writing a Book
By Naomi Rose
If you have ever been on a silent retreat, or been in nature for a period of time in silence, you already know from experience how incredibly fertile that bed of silence can be. As the usual chatter fades, the things that pull us away from our in-the-moment inner experience (things to do, places to go, errands to run, emails to send, worries to keep circulating, etc.) show their true colors as mind-distractions and perhaps ~ addictions, and just don't seem as compelling as they had before. Read more »

Exclusive and Provocative Leak
of Upcoming Book
By Jill Badonksy
In an effort to replace Wikileaks as news leaker leader, Trixyleaks, has surreptitiously issued excerpts of Jill Badonsky’s new book, The Muse Is IN: An Owner’s Manual for Your Creativity, which is receiving widespread b u z z on Flitter, (the alternative social network to Twitter). Read more »

The Sixties Were All About the Car
By Susan Hornfeld
In the mid- to late-60’s every guy I knew was a car guy. And because popular music celebrated the hottest rides, women of the 60's were car hip, too. Now known as muscle cars, the competition between auto makers assured that each newly introduced sports model had more horsepower, more style, and more racing potential than those offered previously. These cars were shiny, sleek, fast, and fast. Yes, I know I said fast twice, but that’s because some of these cars were powered by 450 horsepower making them faster than fast. Read more »