CL254: Mindfulness For Creativity – Interview with Diane Gehart

Mindfulness For Creativity

 

Interview with Diane Gehart Mindfulness For Creativity.

Diane R. Gehart, Ph.D., is an author, an award-winning professor of Counseling and Family Therapy at California State University, Northridge, as well as a practicing psychotherapist. Her new book combines wit, wisdom, and a touch of sweetness to help you uncover playful ways to transform any aspect of your life. It’s called Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers: A Lighthearted Way to Stress Less and Savor More Each Day and in it she offers a recipe of surprisingly efficient and fun ways to increase your daily dose of joy.

Mindfulness for Creativity

In this episode, we cover:

Mindfulness for Creativity

  • 2:05 - Getting a 'B' in Buddhism
  • 3:28 - Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • 5:11 - Overstressed and Overstimulated
  • 7:03 - The Relaxation Response
  • 9:35 - Being Intentional
  • 11:08 - Eating Meditation
  • 11:18 - Raisin Meditation
  • 17:42 - Mindfulness for Creativity
  • 18:39 - Eating Without Judging
  • 19:51 - Adding Pauses - The Diamond Cutter
  • 20:58 - Meditation for Writers Block
  • 21:56 - Speed Writing
  • 23:56 - Befriending Problems
  • 24:15 - Buddhist Psychology
  • 25:57 - Elizabeth Gilbert

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