By Co.Design and the Creative Independent — 2018
Ten pros share their tricks for staying engaged with your work.
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Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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We become more effective agents of change when we are nurturing our own happiness and personal growth.
Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.
I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.
The pandemic was rough for Black and Latina families, but many women in these communities met the challenges head on.
Creative Growth is a place for artists with disabilities to gather, work, talk, and think without fear of reproach or dismissal.
What do actors, writers and other artists, and psychologists and therapists, say about this common experience of rejection–and how to better deal with it?
No matter how talented you are, if you work in the creative arts, you’ll likely experience rejection—whether it’s losing a job, or getting your ideas, art, funding applications, or pitches turned down.
Criticism and even rejection don’t just “make us stronger.” They actually can embolden our creative ideas and output. But how do you accept criticism and rejection in a positive way?
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