Choose to Contribute
Creative Dose: Focus on the Work
We’ve Only Just Begun
Chapter 4 | “Nothing I Do Is Any Good” - High Self-Criticism
Put the Hammer Down
Self-Criticism Constrains
Attend To Your Self-Talk
Release Outdated Expectations and Shake Off Shame
Creative Dose: Get At the Source
Come To Your Own Defense
Creative Dose: Compassion for the Selves
Stay In the Present
Creative Dose: The Anti-Rumination Hand Squeeze
Creative Dose: S.H.I.F.T. to Three+3
Get Perspective and Gain Control
Create A Healthy Mental Distance
Creative Dose: Self-Talk Reboot
Break On Through To the Other Side
Creative Dose: Inner Critic Undoing
Change Your Mind By Hand
Creative Dose: Swipe Left
Cease Self-Censoring
Question and Challenge
Creative Dose: Get Up, Stand Up
Tune In to Tune Out
Creative Dose: Turn Down Da Noise, Turn Down Da Funk
Reassign Duty
Creative Dose: The Inner Critic As An Intern
Walking Away From the Hammer
Chapter 5 | “I’m Not Good Enough”- Deficiency Anxieties
Enough is Enough
Use Your Brainpower For Good
Think Like a Scientist
Creative Dose: Emotion and Thought Inquiry
Shift to Ample
You Are Enough
Creative Dose: Take Inventory
Readjust to Trust
Creative Dose: The Parallel Trust Universe
Be A Friend Indeed
Creative Dose: Quantum Companionship
Learn, Expand, and Mix It Up
Believe That You Can Be Informed and Able
Know the Four Stages of Competence
Creative Dose: Quick Learnin’
Build Skills With Intention
Creative Dose: Practice Deliberately
Amp Up Your Ability to Listen
Creative Dose: Take In, Reflect Back
Raise A Barn
Creative Dose: Join Forces and Plus It
Steal Like An Artist to Remix
Creative Dose: Be a Mixmaster
Beyond Enough
Chapter 6 | “I’m Not As Creative As Everyone Else” - Comparison Syndrome
Comparison Syndrome Takes Deficiency Anxiety to Eleven
Unenviable Envy
Break the Compulsion to Compare
Arrest: Stop the Triggers
Creative Dose: Trigger-free and Happy
Assess: Become Self-Referential
Creative Dose: Apples to Apples
Creative Dose: Keep Your “But” Out of It
Attune: Embrace Your “Onlyness”
Creative Dose: Determining Distinctiveness
Move From Stagnation to Action
Ascertain: Learn from Envy
Creative Dose: What Lies Beneath Your Envy
Admire: Transform Envy
Creative Dose: A Comparison Syndrome Intervention
Creative Dose: To Admiration and Beyond
Acknowledge: Recognize Effort and Reward Success
Creative Dose: A Celebration of Effort and Achievement
Act: Start Your Own Adventures
Creative Dose: Take Action
Leveling Up
Chapter 7 | “I’m Not Creative” - Creativity Denial
What State Are You in?
Confirm Your Creativity
Acknowledge Your Abilities
Creative Dose: “Yes, I Am”
Use Your Imagination for Good
Creative Dose: What’s in the Box?
Bestow Upon Yourself
Creative Dose: “I dub thee...”
Overcome Overwhelm
Transform Imposition into Opportunity
Creative Dose: Word Choice
Reclaim Time, Create Mental Space
Creative Dose: To Don’t List
Hack Your Body-Mind
Creative Dose: Cop a Power Pose
Dispel Creativity Misgivings
Intend Inspiration
Creative Dose: Inspiration-Hunting
Become an Idea Machine
Creative Dose: 10 Ideas a Day
A Change of State
Chapter 8 | Step Into Your Creative Power
The Road Home
Be More Of Yourself
Become Self-full to Become Self-less
Creative Dose: Refilling the Cup
Use Your Creativity for Good
Creative Dose: Where Experience, Skill, and