Show notes
Do you have ideas, but then critique them to death? Do you want to be more creative, but your inner critic pushes the creativity away? Are you afraid of rejection? If so, listen to this episode and learn about three things that impact our inner critic and what to do about it. You can start being more creative and put your ideas into action.
What You’ll Learn
* Three types of friends who impact your ideas
* How your ego might be getting in the way of your creativity
* The power of saying yes
Resources to Help You Overcome Your Inner Critic
* On Writing by Stephen King
* Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
* The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
* The Artist’s Way by Julie Cameron
* Climer Cards
The Weekly Challenge
Notice where you can say “yes, and” more often in your life. Practice by saying “yes” at least once this week, but see if you can do it once each day. What changes? What did you notice?
Transcript
Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the PDF Transcript or read it below. Enjoy!
Transcript for Episode #045: How to Say No to Your Inner Critic
Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 45. Today’s episode is about how to turn off that inner critic, and this topic comes from a question from a listener. I will talk about that in a moment, but first I want to address a little housekeeping. It has come to my attention that the contact form on my website has not been working, and I am so sorry. If you have emailed me lately and I have not responded to you, it is because I have not gotten your email. So if you could please so kindly email me again, that would be great. You can email me directly and skip the whole contact form. That email address is [email protected]. However, I believe the contact form is corrected now, ,so if you do want to try that, feel free.
If you email me, I typically respond within a couple of days. If I have not responded within a week, send me another email. Now, do not send me an email like every three days because something may be going on, but for the most part I am pretty prompt. So if you have a question you want me to talk about on the show or just something you are curious about, or if you are interested in bringing me into your organization and teaching your team how to be more creative together, that is what I do and I would love to talk to you about that, so send me an email. My phone number is also on the website and if you prefer to call me, you can do that as well. I apologize if you have emailed me and I have not responded. If it was from the website, that is most likely what happened.
Let’s dive in to this topic. This is from an email I got from Shawn Sundsvold. Shawn, I hope I am saying your last name right. I am going to actually read the email to you all. “Amy, I love your show. I have binge-listened to certain episodes until my ears rang. I’m attempting to soak up all I can. I am one of those who would be the first to admit that I tell myself I’m not creative. Most of my life, I have always been surrounded by the typical creatives like songwriters, musicians and writers. I’m not one of them. I do write, but never really worked to publish anything. You talk in Episode 31 of creativity training...
What You’ll Learn
* Three types of friends who impact your ideas
* How your ego might be getting in the way of your creativity
* The power of saying yes
Resources to Help You Overcome Your Inner Critic
* On Writing by Stephen King
* Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
* The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
* The Artist’s Way by Julie Cameron
* Climer Cards
The Weekly Challenge
Notice where you can say “yes, and” more often in your life. Practice by saying “yes” at least once this week, but see if you can do it once each day. What changes? What did you notice?
Transcript
Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the PDF Transcript or read it below. Enjoy!
Transcript for Episode #045: How to Say No to Your Inner Critic
Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 45. Today’s episode is about how to turn off that inner critic, and this topic comes from a question from a listener. I will talk about that in a moment, but first I want to address a little housekeeping. It has come to my attention that the contact form on my website has not been working, and I am so sorry. If you have emailed me lately and I have not responded to you, it is because I have not gotten your email. So if you could please so kindly email me again, that would be great. You can email me directly and skip the whole contact form. That email address is [email protected]. However, I believe the contact form is corrected now, ,so if you do want to try that, feel free.
If you email me, I typically respond within a couple of days. If I have not responded within a week, send me another email. Now, do not send me an email like every three days because something may be going on, but for the most part I am pretty prompt. So if you have a question you want me to talk about on the show or just something you are curious about, or if you are interested in bringing me into your organization and teaching your team how to be more creative together, that is what I do and I would love to talk to you about that, so send me an email. My phone number is also on the website and if you prefer to call me, you can do that as well. I apologize if you have emailed me and I have not responded. If it was from the website, that is most likely what happened.
Let’s dive in to this topic. This is from an email I got from Shawn Sundsvold. Shawn, I hope I am saying your last name right. I am going to actually read the email to you all. “Amy, I love your show. I have binge-listened to certain episodes until my ears rang. I’m attempting to soak up all I can. I am one of those who would be the first to admit that I tell myself I’m not creative. Most of my life, I have always been surrounded by the typical creatives like songwriters, musicians and writers. I’m not one of them. I do write, but never really worked to publish anything. You talk in Episode 31 of creativity training...