Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a psychologist who has devoted his career to researching happiness and fulfilment. His research has shown that although people enjoy indulging in pleasure, such as eating …
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Hypnosis and Creativity (Creative Review)
I started working with artists and other creative professionals when I began practising as a hypnotherapist 10 years ago. Here's an article I wrote a while ago about [tag]Hypnosis [/tag]and Creativity …
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Introducing My Poetry Blog
I've just launched Mark McGuinness|poetry, a blog about reading and [tag]writing poetry[/tag]. It includes links to my own poems and articles that are published elsewhere. Currently there's a link …
Dealing with Difficult People
I once ran a business training with a team of on-the-road sales people. They were great - bright, enthusiastic, professional and likeable. We had a lot of fun and got a lot of work done. Almost …
10 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
Here are some tips for dealing with writer's block, based on my own [tag]writing [/tag]experience and the most common patterns I encounter with coaching clients. Although this post concentrates on …
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3 Steps to Realising Creativity
'We cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.' Walt Disney Seth Godin has just posted on the subject of Real Creativity, where he argues that 'Real …