Creative Life

Build your successful consultant life doing the work you love, on your terms utilizing the practical tips, inspiration, and straightforward advice from recognized new world of work visionary and thought leader Lisa Hufford.

Following the life-altering events at the conclusion of The Unwanteds, the stark world of Quill and the magical haven of ArtimÉ are now home to whoever wants to live there, whether they are Wanteds, Unwanteds, or Necessaries. In ArtimÉ, Alex Stowe and his friends continue to hone their artistic magical spells while welcoming newcomers, wondering how long this peace between Quill and ArtimÉ will last. Alex is stunned when Mr. Today comes to him with a very special request - one Alex questions his readiness for, until circumstances offer a dramatic answer.

The Career Manifesto presents an inspiring and refreshingly simple approach to finding your passion and purpose and then jump-starting a dream career to achieve those, by asking three essential questions: What do you want your impact to be? What are the potential pathways that move you toward your purpose? How can you hold yourself accountable for your goals?

As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has worked as a consultant empowering artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.

A strategy for writers to leverage the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) to focus their writing, improve their speed and productivity. Ultimately, enabling writers and authors to more efficiently provide high quality meaningful written works.

Discover the Strengths of Your INFP Personality and Learn How to Thrive in a World That Doesn't Always Understand You Do you often feel misunderstood, overwhelmed by emotions, or torn between your dreams and the demands of daily life? If you're an INFP (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving) personality type, you're not alone—and you're not broken. You're wired for depth, creativity, and compassion. You just need a roadmap designed for how you see and experience the world. How to Navigate the World as an INFP is your complete guide to embracing your authentic self and turning your ...

Whether you're holding a camera for the first time or looking to refine your skills, "Learn Photography: The Art of Capturing Life's Moments" is your comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of photography. This book is crafted for beginners and seasoned enthusiasts alike, aiming to inspire and educate. Dive into the Essentials Start your photographic journey by mastering the basics. Learn how to handle your camera, understand exposure, and play with lighting to create dramatic effects. Explore the fundamental principles of composition and discover how to turn ordinary scenes into ...

Identity. It’s an abstract term. But it starts with realizing where you came from, in order to know where you should be going. And that’s the difference between fulfillment and going through the motions day after day. Find clarity and direction, the true foundations of happiness. How to Find Yourself provides a thorough and scientific approach to understanding yourself and why you do the things you do. You will discover your values, the roots of your behaviors, and what makes you tick. And then you can use this information to your advantage.

Rooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks directly to today's busy families who make up what Dr. Race calls "Generation Stress." Research has shown that mindfulness practices stimulate the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Regular stimulation of this part of the brain helps us feel happier, healthier, calmer, less anxious, less stressed, and makes it easier for us to concentrate and think clearly - the very behavior we are hoping our children will display.

What if there was a secret part of you connected to oracular consciousness and even to creative genius? What if you’ve been shamed out of your connection to this part because of how damn powerful and dangerous it makes you? The radical claim of Heal Your Witch Wound by Annalise Oatman is that there is, and you have been. Furthermore, you can reclaim your connection to this secret part of you. As a Jungian-influenced licensed clinical social worker with nearly a decade of experience working directly with trauma and other forms of mental and emotional distress, Oatman has brought her mental...

Create the Karma: A Practical Guide to Living Intentionally and Making a Lasting Impact What if your everyday actions could change the course of your life? Create the Karma reveals how the smallest acts of service and intentional living shape the destiny you create for yourself—and for the world around you. Drawing from timeless wisdom and real-life stories, JD Hendrickson guides you through the power of karma as an actionable force. This is not a book about fate; it’s a guide to building a life of purpose, presence, and impact—one choice at a time. Inside, you’ll discover: How even...

Do It Scared, by popular blogger and podcast host Ruth Soukup, is the essential handbook for any woman who has ever felt like she is sitting on the sidelines of her own life and is finally ready to jump in, dream big, and go after her goals. Equal parts inspiration and tough love, Do It Scared combines easy-to-implement tips with the motivation to start making real changes that lead to big results.

There are nine million women-owned businesses in the United States; they account for $1.3 trillion in revenue. American women are starting businesses at a rate twice that of men. Most of these women are also moms. What does it take to be successful as both a mom and as an entrepreneur? Moms Mean Business gives existing and potential mom business owners the encouragement, advice, and healthy dose of "how-to" they need.

Abundant Ever After is a powerful guide for anyone ready to step into their light, unleash their most authentic self, and transform their lives. With three years of immersive study in Jewish mysticism in Jerusalem and over twenty years of dedicated meditation practice, this book brings a profound depth to this spiritual journey, inviting listeners to recognize and embrace the abundance that is often hidden in plain sight.

Feeling overwhelmed by the thought of downsizing? You’re not alone. Sorting through a lifetime of belongings, choosing the right next home, and selling your house can feel like an impossible task. But with the right plan, downsizing can be an opportunity for freedom, simplicity, and a fresh start. In Downsize Smart, Live Better, real estate expert Elaine Payne Lancaster shares a step-by-step roadmap to help you navigate this transition with confidence. With 28 years of experience as a Realtor and Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES®), she has helped countless individuals and families ...

In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to show us how to give our animals the best and happiest life - on their terms, not ours. Animals Make Us Human is the culmination of almost thirty years of research, experimentation, and experience.

Free Play is directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity. Filled with unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors, it reveals how inspiration arises within us; how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed, or obscured by certain unavoidable facts of life; and how it can finally be liberated - how we can be liberated - to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play.

You don't have to live in your dream house to make your living spaces feel more like home. Home is meant to be a place to belong. A place to gather and connect. A place of beauty. A place to restore your soul. In Restoration House, author and designer Kennesha Buycks will encourage you to embrace your home and your story so you can create mindful spaces that give life to you, your loved ones, and all who enter.

Rex Steven Sikes provides a powerful practical manual with a fresh take on personal growth, business success, and transformation that’s infused with love, wisdom, innovative ideas, principles and practices that help you to begin creating and living the life you want. Rex deconstructs the myths about the universal laws making them easy to understand and successfully apply! It’s one thing to wish and want something, another to apply these laws effectively. In Life On Your Terms, you'll learn why some people have nothing, while others have the true inner secret to love, personal success, ...

Millions of us increasingly seek happiness in fads and self-help books, reaching upward every day toward some enlightened state that we wish to attain. Surfing icon Laird Hamilton is more intent on looking inward and appreciating the brilliant creatures we already are. In Liferider, Laird uses five key pillars - Death & Fear, Heart, Body, Soul, and Everything Is Connected - to illustrate his unique worldview and life practices. This is Laird Hamilton in his own words - raw, honest, and unvarnished - on topics he has rarely explored before.