From Talent Development Resources -- Information and inspiration to enhance creative expression and personal development; exploring the psychology of creativity and personal growth.
http://anxietyreliefsolutions.comRelated postActors and Anxiety -- Get Help For Your Stage Frighthttp://anxietyreliefsolutions.com/act...In a CNN interview in 2002, Edie Falco said she had not experienced anxiety attacks in "many, many years, but everybody I know and love has gone through periods of anxiety. Everybody I know who has been pursuing a career in the arts. It's a very difficult life to have chosen."And 15 years ago, when I was going through this, there were a lot of rough times, yo...
Felicia Day on Being Creatively Bored and Doing Something About Ithttp://bit.ly/anpITDFelicia Day is an actor, writer, producer (“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog”) created, writes and stars in “The Guild." This clip is from a recent interview on net@night, hosted by Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte, where she commented about feeling "creatively bored" with the kind of repetitive acting jobs she was getting, and decided to write a project based on her passion for gaming, which became The Guild.F...
In this clip from her TED conference presentation, writer Elizabeth Gilbert addresses a number of topics related to being creative - including fears and anxieties about "the work you were put on this Earth to do."One source of that fear can be the widely-accepted notion that artists are likely to be mentally "unhinged" more than other groups of people, that "creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked." She goes on to ask if people in the audience are "cool with that idea." It is an...
Dr. Elaine Aron notes: "Not all sensitive people are shy; not all shy people are sensitive. But especially if you are both, although you may have one or two drinks to get through parties, you probably don't drink very much compared with other people. You need to know and respect your drinking comfort zone."Continued on Talent Development Resourceshttp://talentdevelop.com/2062/
Many writers have described Kristen Stewart as "cautious" and "shy." Follow the link for more on her probable introversion and sensitivity. http://talentdevelop.com/2002/
Two psychologists consider "Twilight" to be an important positive psychology movie. See their comments at http://talentdevelop.com/1990/
Brief comments by Russell Crowe on preparation as an actor, Cher on striving for excellence, and Dr. Elaine Aron on why public speaking and performing are natural for highly sensitive people. See notes, more quotes, links etc at http://talentdevelop.com/1981/
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Excitabilities are high intensity qualities of personality. Here are quotes by writer Stephen King, and actors Amanda Bynes and Sandra Bullock. For articles and more info see the post on Talent Development Resources http://talentdevelop.com/1906/
The trait of high sensitivity is experienced by 15 to 20 percent of us. Here are some quotes by and about Winona Ryder, Heath Ledger, Amy Brenneman, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Ellen DeGeneres.For more information about the trait and living a happy and thriving life as a highly sensitive person, visit the Highly Sensitive site http://highlysensitive.org