The Motivation Mindset: The Creative Toolkit - Creating Space - Risa Williams, Miguel Chavez and Mike Sonksen

Have you taken yourself out on an "artist's date" recently? Do you struggle to find time in your busy schedule to do anything creative?

In this special episode of The Creative Toolkit, Risa Williams talks to Miguel Chavez, a TV actor, and Mike Sonksen, a professor and poet, about how to create space to get creative. We're all so busy these days, how do we find a consistent space to let our ideas out and to get in an artistic mindset? How do we honor the creative sides of ourselves without letting stress and fear shut us down?

• Learn ways to find more time in our busy schedules to work on creative projects more often
• How to mentally prep your brain to get in the artistic mindset
• Finding "The Sacred Space" to get creative
• Making a "Grand Gesture" where you raise the stakes on purpose
• Setting intention before you begin
• Timers and deadlines
• Why you should take yourself on an artist's date

Tools/People discussed: Deep Work by Cal Newport, Maya Angelou, JK Rowling, Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, The Artist Date from The  Artist's Way, Natalie Goldberg, Risa's tool: The Inspiration Journal from The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit.

Host: Risa Williams, www.risawilliams.com, @risawilliamstherapy
Co-Hosts: Miguel Chavez, @miguelleehimself, Mike Sonksen @mikethepoetla