Crush Self-Sabotage and Live Fully! (eBook)

Free yourself, maximize your creativity and live fully!Artists are constantly hustling between studio practice, marketing, sales, and keeping up with the demands of their personal lives. Many artists feel intimidated by today's art world, which demands constant social media presence and selling their art themselves. If you ask any artist, they will tell you that they only want to be in their studio. Consequently, many artists experience frustration, insecurities, and self-doubt that affect their art business and quality of life.As a psychologist and wife of a successful artrepreneur, Dr. Yanina understands the struggles artists experience as they navigate the complex art world. As an artist and gallery owner, Sergio knows first-hand the challenges involved in building a successful art career. In Crush Self-Sabotage and Live Fully, the authors share their insights and experience to empower you to boost your confidence and live your best life. In this book, you will learn . . .Practical strategies to overcome self-sabotage that's depleting your energy, mental space, time, and disrupting your creative flow.Ways to free yourself from negative thinking that leads to unnecessary stress and anxiety.Things you can do to improve self-trust, move forward, and live your life to the fullest.How you can tweak your mindset, become more confident, and maximize creativity.Insightful self-reflection exercises that guide you on a journey of self-discovery, self-awareness, personal growth, and ultimately, a healthier lifestyle.And more life-changing strategies!Even if you don't consider yourself a creative person but long for a healthier mental state, this book is also for you! It's time to stop the nagging voices in your head that say you or your art are not good enough. This book will tell you how.Praise For Crush Self-Sabotage & Live Fully!Tired of the nagging voices in your head that say you are not enough-that your art isn't good enough? The power of this thoughtful and practical guide to ending self-sabotage resides in the authors' belief in artists. Born out of their own lived experiences, Crush Self-Sabotage and Live Fully! is written in a warm and engaging conversational style. Dr. Yanina Gomez and Sergio Gomez offer richly illustrated examples and approaches that we can turn to time and again. It shows us how to enhance our positivity and reframe our mindset to experience freedom from self-doubt and the grip of a well-intentioned inner critic gone rogue so we may flourish as the healthy creative human beings we already are. -Jennifer Pazienza, PhD Art EducationArtist and EducatorIf you are a visual artist at any level in your career, you will want to read this valuable resource. Dr. Yanina lays out in very concise and practical terms the strategies to tackle the real hurdles we artists experience-hurdles that are products of our mindsets. The down-to-earth perspective of Sergio's experience with how he faces negative mindsets as an artist himself is powerful and illuminating. This book is all about empowering us as artists to take action to live! As a professional artist for over thirty years, I am so relieved that I have Crush Self-Sabotage & Live Fully! as a treasured guide going forward!-Christine Blair, MFA Visual Artist