The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 12!

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 11.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 10.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 9.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 8.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 7.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 6.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 5.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 4.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 3

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 2.

The Creative's Journey / The Hero's Journey - a 12 part series that I made with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum from Magenta. We filmed this a couple years ago, so while the particulars of our stories have changed, the stages and patterns of the journey are no less apropos. This is part 1.

Kicking off 2023 with a special 12-part series, discussing our journey as creatives in relationship to the archetypal Hero's Journey. Recorded in Sebastopol, CA with Jeff Barnum and Louisa Barnum of Magenta Studios. Bookmark this one! And if you prefer to watch, check in out on YouTube.

What is patience in creative work? Hint: it’s not waiting. Patience doesn't mean waiting for the right time to do something - which is a big fallacy that people fall for. Patience is not for the doing, it's for the completion and outcome. I hope this episode will illuminate you on how you can be more patient with yourself and your process, and get clear about when you’re doing something else in the name of patience. Also here is a worksheet here called a letter of forgiveness. I want yo...

In her book, ‘Big Magic’, Elizabeth Gilbert says that the central question upon which all creative living hinges is: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden inside of you? If you’ve been following this Creative’s Handbook miniseries so far, by now you have an affirmative answer to that. But the question follows: do you have the courage to keep going in the face of certain adversity? Can you persevere? Because when you start creating, there are always going to be t...

What does ‘Pivot’ mean? In the business world it's a buzzword where to pivot means to make any big change in your niche, service or direction of business. However ‘Pivot’ means more than that in reality. On this episode of Creative Handbook’s miniseries I delve deep into one of the most flexible P’s in my book. Pivoting can happen at any stage of your creative process. So how and when do you pivot successfully? Here is the worksheet for this week: Worksheet 6 - Pivot Link to video: http...

Why do we need to schedule pleasure and leisure time? Because there's a limit to our ability to be productive. Which is why the great creatives of the previous generations: Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and the rest spent at most 4 hours a day in the creative endeavors. The need for rest is backed up by scientific studies, which is also why modern companies have adopted a workday where leisure time is factored in. On this episode we dive deep into how pleasure goes hand in hand with creat...

You don't rise to the occasion, you fall back on your training. That’s what the Marines say. Whatever you do habitually determines whether you will succeed in your endeavors. So what can you say is your creative practice? Do you have a practice or do you hate systems too and the boundaries they come with? What happens when you fall off the wagon and break your practice for a day or week? On this week’s episode of The Creative’s Handbook miniseries we delve into the fifth eleme...

How do you achieve what you’re come up with after the first 3 P’s? First and foremost, you need to write down a schedule. Why is this necessary? How do you go about it? That’s what’s in this episode. On this 4th P of The Creative’s Handbook miniseries, we cover the space that PREPARATION occupies in the creative process. How to stay faithful to your framework when you’re on a roll or when blocked. And when it may be necessary to change your schedule. There’s no worksheet this week - simpl...

When I first moved to LA, I had all these dreams and aspirations of making big movies and winning an Oscar. But winning an Oscar is not a goal. I don't have control over it. When I look back, I see just how much of what I thought were goals were just dreams and in some ways they really became pipe dreams because they weren't clear enough for me to make specific marked progress along that. It took me way too long to figure out that I needed to be making smart goals. And that as author Maria Ni...