Creative Success Newsletter, Number 56--June 2005

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2005 is now half over! Are you meeting your goals? It's not too late for 2005 to be a year of advancement and results for you. Check out our two new resources:

New CD: Goal Attainment Workshop

Are you tired of setting goals and never reaching them? Do you have the same goals this year as you did last year? This interactive CD with Gail will teach you how to set the right goals in the first place, outsmart the 10 most common barriers to success, and implement 5 key strategies that really work. This CD will transform your relationship with your intentions and yourself forever. As a bonus to the first 100 people who order, we will also send you the 2005 Goal Attainment Worksheet!

http://www.creativesuccess.com/products/index.html

New Creativity Group for Women

As you requested, live in Boston, beginning in September: A Creative Success Circle for Women, an 8-week powerful coaching group with Gail--Limited to only 6 highly motivated women who are ready to finally blast through their resistance and complete a significant piece of work. Don't miss this special opportunity.

http://www.creativesuccess.com/specialprograms.html

Success Strategy #31: Tuning into Your Own Personal Conscious Success Formula

You are a different person than you were 6 months ago. June is a great midpoint in the year to tune into who you are now, review your plans, and acknowledge your growth and new perspectives. In short, it is time to rewrite your personal definition of "success"--not rely on your family script, cultural expectations, or our consumer-based mantra that needs us to shop until we drop. It's time to claim your own personal power and embrace your unique view of a great life. To spark your thinking, I share with you one of my favorite quotes on success:

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether
by a healthy child, a garden patch or a
redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.

That is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Task

This month, go out into nature with your journal or a tape recorder, and design your own updated recipe for personal success in your life. Listen to your inner voice of wisdom and only note down ingredients that reflect the truth about you and your path on this earth. Pay attention to the many ways that you are successful already and envision future goals and dreams as a passage to greater fulfillment, not a diminishment of who you are today. Release other people's expectations for your life and focus on the jewel that you are. Enjoy!

Creative Acts and Resources

Harp Music to Soothe the Soul

If you or someone you love are on a healing journey, therapeutic music supports the body, mind, and spirit and stimulates a feeling of deep inner peace. Gifted harpist and healer Christine Grace Magnussen has created an outstanding CD called On the Wings of a Dove. Music increases the release of endorphins, relieves anxiety, and offers a welcome distraction from pain. To hear a sample cut and to order:

http://www.harpspirit.com

Creativity Collection

I just discovered a new book to ignite your creativity called Inspiring Creativity: An Anthology of Powerful Insights and Practical Ideas to Guide You to Successful Creating, edited by Rick Benzel, who also edited The Artist's Way. Rick has compiled an excellent collection of diverse essays by 22 creativity coaches that will lead you on a clear path to increased self-confidence and greater satisfaction in your creative work. Available at Amazon or

http://www.cca-press.com

Persistence Pays Off

Catherine Wald has written a sage book of expert advice about rejection called The Resilient Writer: Tales of Rejection and Triumph From 23 Top Authors. Regardless of your "art," Catherine's interviews and axioms such as " from painful rejections come powerful lessons" and "no one but you can keep you from writing" are powerful reminders that the creative journey requires fortitude and faith.

http://www.rejectioncollection.com

Summer Residencies for Artists

The Helene Johnson and Dorothy West Foundation for Artists in Need offers residencies in June through August for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and other artists in beautiful Martha's Vineyard. There are seven spaces available in the homes of the Harlem Renaissance poet Helene Johnson, her cousin Dorothy West, Mrs. Adam Clayton Powell, and neighboring houses. Applications are accepted year-round and judged by a panel of artists. Contact Abigail McGrath at 212-564-7932 or foundforartists@aol.com.

Gail McMeekin

Career, Creativity, and Life Choices Coaching, Consulting, and Writing

Author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women and The Power of Positive Choices Package and other inspiring products and courses

http://www.creativesuccess.com/

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