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In just one day, I found dozens of amazing and motivating workshops and services that can help us artists learn how to create an even more rewarding life. All the opportunities I found on-line can be a bit overwhelming, although of course exciting, so I had to set a timer on today's search. Below you can find a few of my favorites and I promise to keep you updated of anymore findings on my future Wednesday's posts. I think there is something out there for each of us and our own unique needs. 

• "Do What You Love" e-course - a six week e-course designed to help you find your life's true passion by blogger Beth Nicholls of Yorkshire England
• A free call  “Being Creative in Times of Fertile Confusion" - call with Tara Moyer and Jeffrey Davis on February 23rd at 6pm PST, sign up here
• "The Unstoppable You" 1-Day Seminar with Dinyah Rein - join seminar facilitator and life and business coach Dinyah Rein in this all day Berkeley interactive workshop. She will help us recognize negative habits that get in the way of productivity. I'll be there as a participant too so come and join me!
• And "Creating Space" with yours truly! Sign up for our telephone counseling services and let us help you get organized.

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I spent an hour and a half tonight participating in the most amazing experience, a creative counseling call with a favorite life coach of mine, Tara Sophia Mohr. During this time of year, I often feel stuck creatively speaking. So when I read about the opportunity to listen to Tara and 20 other creative types speak about their struggles, I signed right up. I was so surprised to find myself nervous about the call all day. I had never participated in a conference call before and don't love communicating on the phone, so I was concerned I would freeze up and not be able to talk. But this being my year to conquer more fears and develop my motivational and inspirational side, I promised myself I would do everything I could do to get the most out of the call.

Tara was amazing. The call definitely started with many of us on the quiet side but after a few of her great exercises designed to help us find the space where we feel most inspired, a few people and I pushed the button to talk. It felt amazing to talk about my struggles as an artist and Tara of course was full of great exercises and practices that I could do to help me in my artistic journey. As well, it was such a beautiful experience to listen to the other artists and develop these new connections. I even ended the call with a new deadline for myself with a scheduled check in. If I had let the fear take over, I would have remained quiet or maybe not have made the call at all. I certainly would have still learned quite a few things by being a silent participant but for me half of the challenge was to conquer the fear of expressing my artistic fears to a bunch of strangers. Believe me, I feel really good right now.

Is there something in your life that you want to conquer? A scary next step to becoming the successful artist you want to be? Genevieve and I are full of great resources to help inspire creativity so just drop us a line and we'll help

I highly recommend checking out Tara's workshops. She has a couple of small group counseling circles starting in February - monthly, phone-based, 90-minute group sessions over a five month period.  This is a great opportunity!