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Here’s the thing: I couldn’t quite grasp that what had been asked of me was real. I was conscious of the fact that, hello, my Inner Critic was running the show and that I’d created (hint, hint) a fearful experience around this request.

Finally, I had a good laugh at myself and responded to the email:

“Yes, I’d love to create a journal on overcoming the Inner Critic! The reason I didn’t respond right away is because I had to have a conversation with my Inner Critic. How meta.”

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You are creating right this very minute.

With every thought you think, you create literal vibrations or sensations in your body that your brain then translates and labels with words you know as emotions. In turn, your feelings cause you to act, react, shut down, open up, do, not do…and thus you create.

You create experiences based on the input your mind receives and then translates. Emotional experiences, active experiences, results-based experiences, relational experiences.

Creativity isn’t only for art and music. Or technology and engineering. Or food. Or clothing. It’s also for relationships and experiences.

So the good news is that you’re already creative. You were born that way.

Here’s the catch: you were also born with a fear-based “critic.”

And the not-great (but good-to-know) news? It’s easier to be critical than it is to be creative.

This is because the fear-based critical part of the human brain—evolution-wise—is much older and more experienced than the creative part.