Dr. Martha Beck

Anything you do that's creative is And everything we do is creative. Getting dressed or buying our clothes is a creative act. It involves aesthetic choices. Making food is a creative act. A conversation can be a creative act, a dinner party. Pretty much everything humans do can be seen as creative.

Anything you do that's creative is And everything we do is creative. Getting dressed or buying our clothes is a creative act. It involves aesthetic choices. Making food is a creative act. A conversation can be a creative act, a dinner party. Pretty much everything humans do can be seen as creative.

And if we go into that mode, everything becomes suffused with a sense of beauty and presence and even awe, which is why in Zen they say, before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. But the same activities are imbued with a kind of sacred astonishment to the one who has left anxiety behind.

And if we go into that mode, everything becomes suffused with a sense of beauty and presence and even awe, which is why in Zen they say, before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. But the same activities are imbued with a kind of sacred astonishment to the one who has left anxiety behind.

And if we go into that mode, everything becomes suffused with a sense of beauty and presence and even awe, which is why in Zen they say, before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. But the same activities are imbued with a kind of sacred astonishment to the one who has left anxiety behind.

The first thing is that most people are exhausted. And the first act of creativity the brain will undertake is returning us to homeostasis, to health. So if you are exhausted by years of anxiety and pushing your body to go against its circadian rhythms and its ultradian rhythms and basically all its rhythms,

The first thing is that most people are exhausted. And the first act of creativity the brain will undertake is returning us to homeostasis, to health. So if you are exhausted by years of anxiety and pushing your body to go against its circadian rhythms and its ultradian rhythms and basically all its rhythms,

The first thing is that most people are exhausted. And the first act of creativity the brain will undertake is returning us to homeostasis, to health. So if you are exhausted by years of anxiety and pushing your body to go against its circadian rhythms and its ultradian rhythms and basically all its rhythms,

If you've been robbed of peace and the kind of creativity children engage in, which is without any particular objective, you will first probably need to rest for a long time. Not that long. Four days. That's what it takes usually when someone's totally exhausted. Four days of absolutely no agenda, like lie on the couch eating ice cream and watching reruns of The White Lotus or whatever.

If you've been robbed of peace and the kind of creativity children engage in, which is without any particular objective, you will first probably need to rest for a long time. Not that long. Four days. That's what it takes usually when someone's totally exhausted. Four days of absolutely no agenda, like lie on the couch eating ice cream and watching reruns of The White Lotus or whatever.

If you've been robbed of peace and the kind of creativity children engage in, which is without any particular objective, you will first probably need to rest for a long time. Not that long. Four days. That's what it takes usually when someone's totally exhausted. Four days of absolutely no agenda, like lie on the couch eating ice cream and watching reruns of The White Lotus or whatever.

And on the third day, there will be a return of a flicker of hope. The first two days, you're just like, I'm a waste of space and I hate myself. The third day, you're like, oh, I remember life. It wasn't that bad. And on the fourth day, you'll think, huh, maybe there's something I could do. I want to make, I want to like, build to make pottery after watching the great pottery throwdown.

And on the third day, there will be a return of a flicker of hope. The first two days, you're just like, I'm a waste of space and I hate myself. The third day, you're like, oh, I remember life. It wasn't that bad. And on the fourth day, you'll think, huh, maybe there's something I could do. I want to make, I want to like, build to make pottery after watching the great pottery throwdown.

And on the third day, there will be a return of a flicker of hope. The first two days, you're just like, I'm a waste of space and I hate myself. The third day, you're like, oh, I remember life. It wasn't that bad. And on the fourth day, you'll think, huh, maybe there's something I could do. I want to make, I want to like, build to make pottery after watching the great pottery throwdown.

Like you start to get spontaneously creative after four days of rest.

Like you start to get spontaneously creative after four days of rest.

Like you start to get spontaneously creative after four days of rest.

No, no, no. I think of it more as filling the well. You want to consume pleasures. And we're so resistant to this, especially, you know, you're the kind of person who works out hard and performs at high levels in everything he does. And everything in the culture says that's the right way to do it. But you will destroy yourself if you do nothing else.

No, no, no. I think of it more as filling the well. You want to consume pleasures. And we're so resistant to this, especially, you know, you're the kind of person who works out hard and performs at high levels in everything he does. And everything in the culture says that's the right way to do it. But you will destroy yourself if you do nothing else.

No, no, no. I think of it more as filling the well. You want to consume pleasures. And we're so resistant to this, especially, you know, you're the kind of person who works out hard and performs at high levels in everything he does. And everything in the culture says that's the right way to do it. But you will destroy yourself if you do nothing else.