The Coach's Guide to Completing Creative Work Top Tips for Working with Procrastination, Perfectionism and More

This book brings together 38 creativity coaches from around the world to offer coaches, therapists, creatives and clients accessible and practical tools to get their creative work done. Curated by two leading creativity coaches, these chapters seek to help coaches and clients alike tackle common challenges that all creatives face when finishing a project. Chapters cover topics such as procrastination, failure, accountability, perfectionism, mindfulness, the importance of support, perseverance and more, with each section finishing with tips for both clients and coaches that can be used in sessions. Filled with rich case studies and true stories from creativity coaches throughout, this book addresses the current issues of our times, such as the distractions of social media, remote working and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicable to a range of creative disciplines, this book is essential reading for coaches, therapists and their creative clients looking to complete their creative work efficiently and effectively.

Co-Editor's Introduction Lynda Monk 1. Why Completing Creative Work is So Darn Hard Eric Maisel 2. The Stories We Tell Ourselves Clare Bunting 3. Failure Is an Option Dianne Ochiltree 4. How Creative Rituals Help Get Things Done LA Bourgeois 5. The Joy of Completion Clare Thorbes 6. Spotlight Your Intentions Cari Griffo 7. How an Accountability Partner Helped Me Finish My Book Shannon Borg 8. Completion: Journey or Destination? Alia Thabit 9. Three Steps to Perseverance Nick Lazaris 10. A Mindful Approach to Completing Creative Work Thomas Deneuville 11. Planting Your Work Midori Evans 12. Use Performance to Encourage Completion B. Morey Stockwell 13. How Community Can Help Solitary Creatives Finish Jana Van der Veer 14.The Value of Support Lisa Tener 15. Shaping Routines That Work Anne Carley 16. Moving from Self-Doubt into Self-Leadership Sharon Stratford 17. How Grace, Gratitude, and Generosity Can Help Us Find the Path Forward Michele Blackwell 18. The Power of a Secular Shabbat Practice Helen L. Conway 19. When the End is Near: Creative Finishing Jacqui Beck 20.Three Steps to Permanently Stop Procrastination Steve Davit 21. Actually, You Do Have Time for Completing Your Creative Projects Sheila Bender 22. Finding a Kinder Way to Let Go Ahava Shira 23. A Creative Structure for Completing Cindy Yantis 24. The Quest(ions) to Completion: Lessons in Following Your Bliss Erin Hallagan Clare 25. How Pietro Used Discipline and Self-imposed Contraints to Complete His Artistic Project Coleen Chandler 26. Working From the Inside Out Jackie Beaver 27. Finishing Paintings Anni Barsoum 28. How to Get from There to Here: Using Task Blocks to Complete YourBook Jude Walsh Whelley 29. Finishing by Design Jamie Palmer 30. Factoring In the Impact of Your Creative Work Danielle Langin 31. Timely Completing via Right Thinking Eric Maisel 32. Mind Yourself Nicky Peters 33. The Show Must Go On: So Must the Process Nicolle Nattrass 34. How to Stay When You Feel Like Bailing Marcy Nelson-Garrison 35. Neuronal Energy Shot: Using Guided Imagery to Activate Performance Energy Denise Wonnerth 36. Timely Completing Using Your Existential Intelligence Eric Maisel 37. Encouraging Motivation During the Final Stages Aneesah Wilhelmstätter 38. Creative Mental Fitness Nefeli Soteriou 39. Sylvia and Her One Thing Pragati Chaudhry 40. Journaling for Completion Lynda Monk Co-Editor's Conclusion:12 Tips for Completing Your Creative Projects Eric Maisel

Eric Maisel is the author of 50+ books, among them being Inside Creativity Coaching: 40+ Inspiring Case Studies from Around the World, The Creativity Workbook for Coaches and Creatives: 50+ Inspiring Exercises from Creativity Coaches Worldwide and Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing, all published by Routledge. Lynda Monk is the director of the International Association for Journal Writing (IAJW.org) and co-editor of Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing. She is co-author of Writing Alone Together: Journaling in a Circle of Women for Creativity, Compassion and Connection. She is passionate about the transformational and healing power of writing.