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How to Go From Blocked to Creative



                                     Scott Krajca, CPC, CHT

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              ave you ever been stuck creative-               nothing. The inspiration is gone. There is no
        Hly or just didn’t feel like anything was                     rhyme or reason to it. It’s just gone.
        coming through? Have you always felt that you
        could only write a song when inspiration came         When we cannot ascribe a specific reason to the
        through? What if you could be creativeeven if         block or the hardship in life that has come up,
        you don’t feel inspired at first?                     it is just simply some sort of unconscious issue
                                                              that is coming up. I think the fallacy is that we
        What is a Creative Block?hat is a Creative Block?
        W                                                     have to try and figure out the block or “heal it.” I
                                                              have learned that, yes, there are some things that
                                                              should be healed. For example, if you get angry
                                                              or blow up at a partner because they do some-
                                                              thing that irritates you, there’s probably some-
                                                              thing there to examine and heal.


                                                              For something like a creative block, there could
                                                              be many reasons for it. Both conscious and
                                                              subconscious. But what I have learned is that it
                                                              might not be worthwhile to sit and try to figure it
                                                              out. It’s probably more worthwhile to figure out
                                                              how to work around it. Committing to a creative
                                                              practice vs. waiting for inspiration can be life
                                                              changing.


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                                                              Going from Blocked to Being Creativeoing from Blocked to Being Creative
        Being a certified hypnotherapist I have seen a lot
        of different conscious and subconscious issues
        that can block a person’s ability to experience
        happiness, peace, joy or creativity. You could be
        in the prime of your life or creativity and then
        somehow, someway a roadblock comes up and
        either stops us or forces us to find another way to
        keep moving forward.


        I am not even talking about huge life issues that
        come our way (i.e. relationship breakups, death
        in the family, accidents, etc…). I am talking
        about something that looks like this: You’re in
        the flow, writing lyrics or music and feeling
        highly inspired. All of a sudden you pick up a
        pad of paper, or an instrument, or get on your
        computer and there is nothing. Absolutely             I would imagine this section may set some peo-



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