The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor

Ever Wondered About the Success Secrets of Highly Creative Women?

Did You Know That:

You are creative, even if you think you aren't?
If you honor your creative impulses, they will multiply?
Taking time off fuels your creativity?
Being blocked or stuck is a normal part of the creative cycle?
De-stressing your life sparks new inspirations?
Mistakes are actually rerouting opportunities?
Everyone's creative ideas get rejected sometimes?
You can make money with your creative energy?

This book will show you how to harvest your creative potential in today's marketplace or to fulfill your personal dreams. This book sold out its first printing in 8 weeks, received a 5 Star Amazon Review, was a One Spirit Bookclub Selection three times, and has been featured in Redbook, Woman's Day, The Boston Globe, Investor's Business Daily, Artist Sketchbook, Health, Christian Science Monitor, and Femail Creations, among others.

You will be inspired by the stories of 45 fabulous women including best-selling authors Sarah Ban Breathnach and Barbara Sher, designers Chris Madden and Sigrid Olsen, and actresses Christina Pickles and C. C. H. Pounder, as well as businesswomen, artists, and scholars in a diversity of fields, each with her own brand of success. Their stories will intrigue you and you will be guided step-by-step towards manifesting your own creative visions with Gail's proven coaching program. You will learn to follow your fascinations, fend off your saboteurs, overcome roadblocks and rejection, set priorities, avoid burnout, and honor your creative style of working and marketing.

"Gail McMeekin's The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women is a relentless barrage of good news. It's a thundershower of inspiration, a hailstorm of possibility, a lightening bolt of vitalizing energy. Every time I sit down with it, I'm lifted up and carried away. This book is a perfect rite of passage for any young woman. And it's a mirror to all of us, young and old--a bright, shining reflection of what's possible when we believe in ourselves and follow our hearts. Brava to Gail McMeekin for this powerful and creative compilation!"
Jan Phillips, author of Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity

“Women who create are everywhere, but their success stories have been underreported. Gail McMeekin helps change that in her inspiring book for women--and men--who have the creative urge and the desire to live authentically.”
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., author of Fearless Creating, DeepWriting, and Deep Writing

“The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women is such a wonderful reading experience. I couldn't wait to hear each story and glean all the wit, humor, and wisdom from each woman's own experience--to me the most uplifting way to teach that I can think of. McMeekin's style is so readable and well-paced, I felt I was sitting at her kitchen table getting all the best news about my own group of friends.”
Carol Adrienne, co-author of The Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide and author of The Purpose of Your Life.

"This is much more than an ordinary 'self-help book'--this book introduced me to women who are defining success for themselves and are willing to share their insights. I feel that I now have a whole new set of mentors who are full of heart, insight, and wit."
Barbara G. Stanbridge, CEO, CHANGE-HRD, and president of the National Association of Business Owners (2000-2001)

"For every woman who has ever wished for an accomplished, wise mentor who would share her most valuable creative secrets, I have good news: Gail McMeekin's new book--The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women--makes that wish come true. Gail has gathered an amazing team of gutsy, smart, and innovative women who freely share their creative ups and downs, so that others may have the courage and inspiration to bring their own creative dreams to life."
Cheryl Richardson, author of Take Time for your Life, first president of International Coach Federation

The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor (Conari, 2000)
$16.95