{"id":3903,"date":"2016-12-21T07:43:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2016-12-22T00:50:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:50:18","slug":"180-how-to-overcome-creative-paralysis-and-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/180-how-to-overcome-creative-paralysis-and-writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP 180 How To Overcome Creative Paralysis And Writers Block (with Author Amanda Turner)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"player_container player-3903\" ><div class=\"spp_player_textabove\"><b>  <\/b><\/div><div id=\"sm2-3903\" class=\"playercontent sm2-bar-ui compact flat full-width full-width-player\"><div class=\"bd sm2-main-controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-inline-element sm2-button-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sm2-button-bd\" style=\"background: transparent 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mental and physical health\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ICP-180-Amanda-Turner-Mental-Physical-Health-720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ICP-180-Amanda-Turner-Mental-Physical-Health-720-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ICP-180-Amanda-Turner-Mental-Physical-Health-720-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Click image to tweet)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vagabondingwithkids.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Turner<\/a>, has created a life being able to write whilst living in different countries around the world with her family.<\/p>\n<p>As with any creative project:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAny writer knows that writing isn\u2019t always easy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/179-amanda-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\">In episode 179<\/a>, Amanda shared her story and experiences as an author and part-time digital nomad.<\/p>\n<p>Offering insights into her own writing and creative practice, Amanda shares how she gets her creative work done.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nDespite a multitude of distractions, and her own resistance, hear how she overcomes creative paralysis and what some people call writers block.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/SaI33\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI turn miserable if I\u2019m not making progress\u201d &#8211; Amanda Turner<\/a><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>[01:26]<\/span> Introducing this short action episode on overcoming writers block and creative paralysis.<\/p>\n<p><span>[01:49]<\/span> What happens when Amanda does not have the opportunity to create.<\/p>\n<p><span>[03:50]<\/span> How Amanda maintains creative momentum.<\/p>\n<p><span>[04:51]<\/span> How to be selfish with your time.<\/p>\n<p><span>[07:05]<\/span> Overcoming the fear of success.<\/p>\n<p><span>[10:03]<\/span> Writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n<p><span>[11:27]<\/span> How progress can lead to more progress.<\/p>\n<p><span>[12:32]<\/span> How to find time to create and write.<\/p>\n<p><span>[14:20]<\/span> Summarising this short action episode.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/A88D6\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBe honest about your own time and how you spend it\u201d &#8211; Amanda Turner<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Links and Resources:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akturner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AKTurner.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vagabondingwithkids.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vagabonding with Kids (incl. Amanda&#8217;s free travel guide)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/face4radio.strikingly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Face For Radio (podcast)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Books mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Art of Asking<\/li>\n<li>The War of Art<\/li>\n<li>The Artist\u2019s Way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>If you enjoyed this podcast, you&#8217;ll also like:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/179-amanda-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICP 179 Amanda Turner (full interview &#8211; part two)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/177-amanda-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICP 179 Amanda Turner (full interview &#8211; part one)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/178-living-nomadically-how-to-avoid-distraction\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICP 178 Living Nomadically: How To Avoid Distraction And Get Your Creative Writing Done (with Amanda Turner)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Thanks for listening<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Good luck taking action today. <a title=\"How did you get on?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/contact\/\">Let me know<\/a> how you get on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Right Click Here To Download This Episode Now Scroll down for detailed episode notes and quick access timings In this episode you&#8217;ll learn: How to find time to write How to be selfish with your time How to maintain creative moment Author, Amanda Turner, has created a life being able to write whilst living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,38,27,85,32,81,35,114,6,2,23,34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-action","7":"category-creativity","8":"category-entrepreneurs","9":"category-health","10":"category-health-and-wellbeing","11":"category-mindset","12":"category-mindset-and-motivation","13":"category-motivation","14":"category-outdoors-and-adventure","15":"category-podcast","16":"category-podcast-show-notes","17":"category-productivity","18":"category-writing"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3911,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/3911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationalcreatives.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}