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"No one will do it like you"
An end of year love note from me to you about trusting your creative dreams and yearnings.
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Chelsea Bieker
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The sneaky thing that might be standing in the way of your creative work.
Why the Self story is the most important story
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War-Paint: The Theater of Visceral Experience
When memory crashes in; your gut, your heart, your lungs; taking imperfect swings; a somatic guided recording from me to you
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Chelsea Bieker
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How to trust yourself and your creative vision
A Creative Mornings talk on building unshakable self trust in your creative process, action as antidote, the thing I watched that made me wish I'd…
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Chelsea Bieker
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The Act of Creation is the Reward: The three things I'm doing to revitalize and redefine my relationship to my Artist Self
If I write it, will it make it true?
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Chelsea Bieker
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I wrote about my hormonal crash after I stopped breastfeeding
...and wellness, and grocery stores...A note about some great DV books if you're disenchanted with the current discourse...A little exclusive…
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Madwoman is going on tour! A big update!
Come see me, promoting books in the age of the digital living room, thoughts about attraction, and the lashes of my dreams...
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Chelsea Bieker
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Hot and Haunted: A Guide to Your Perfect Author Photo
It's a long one.
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Chelsea Bieker
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Fathers Sway Above it All
In honor of father's day, revisiting an essay I wrote four years ago in The Paris Review
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Chelsea Bieker
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It's Not a Problem
Writing this to convince myself; situational reframe; regret in grief; enoughness and how it corresponds to creativity; a repeat lipstick
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Chelsea Bieker
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Writing Toward Personal Fantasy
No, not dragons; grief holes; the return to MAC Lipglass
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Chelsea Bieker
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Setting the Stage for Your Creative Work
How I set the stage; a personal recorded visualization just for you!; a note on envy...
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Chelsea Bieker
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We Were The Universe is out TODAY
The book you need this spring!
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Chelsea Bieker
Don't Quit Before The Miracle
Some of the best advice I ever got; a breakthrough from a friend; the before bed routine that's been changing my life; some cover reveals, and April…
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Chelsea Bieker
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