Get your FREE copy of Austin’s infographic, Creativity in the Workplace: How to Build Cultures of Innovation. Here’s a talk I gave on “Mindfulness and Creativity in the Workplace”, as part of the “Authors at Google” program on October 8th, 2015. Big thank you’s to Google, to the author of the forthcoming book, Pause, Racheal O’Meara, host […]
The Childlike Artist Within YOU
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” What does this really mean, and how can we use Picasso’s wisdom as a means […]
Release, Receive, Return Anew: The Creative Power of The Labyrinth
Want more creativity in your life? Download your FREE copy of The Creator’s Cheat Sheet today! The labyrinth at Grace Cathedral has been one of the most important portals for both creative insight and healing in my life. It seems strange that a single path winding about 11 concentric circles could be so powerful. Now, having walked them […]
Bassnectar, The Perennial Philosophy, and Creative Self-Expression
This weekend, one of the most powerful, innovative, and lucrative electronic dance music (EDM) acts returns to his home in the Bay Area. Lorin Ashton, aka Bassnectar, will be headlining on Sunday evening at the Bay Area Vibez Festival. Set in way West Oakland at at park overlooking The Bay, the Bay Bridge, and the San Francisco […]
Creativity, Destruction, and the Power of Fire
This week, one of the most important and tranquil retreats for Bay Area dwellers, burned in a massive fire two hours north of the San Francisco Bay. For well over a hundred years, Harbin Hot Springs had been a sanctuary for healing, rest, and rejuvenation, and with its loss, many of us who took refuge […]
Creative Insights as Messengers from the Universe
For more on creativity and innovation visit https://austinhillshaw.com/ Insights are one of the most interesting aspects of the creative process. In this video, Austin Hill Shaw, founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative, talks about a creative insight that changed his life forever. He also looks at the […]
Deconceptualize Your Concept of Time
Conceptual time, our ability to uses watches and calendars to schedule, plan, and carry out those plans, is one of our most powerful tools for organizing our lives. It is essential in manifesting our creative insights. But it can also be a trap, preventing us from experiencing our lives directly by feeling either bored (too […]
[VIDEO] How to live a truly meaningful life
What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Having lived in a country with active terrorist cells for two years, I learned a lot about how people make their lives have significance. The answers, I’m sad to say, aren’t always pretty. To avoid such pitfalls in your own life, watch the entire video […]
How to Ask for Help from the Natural World
In the summer of 2010, in the midst of a personal crisis, I spent four days alone in the high country of the Sierra Nevada mountains, four days that have forever changed my relationship to the natural world. Learning to ask for help is one of the most important things you can do as a creator. […]
NLP, Empowering Beliefs, and the 8 Minutes of Awesome Interview, Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2. Jennifer Lipski is a strong advocate of growth through community. Through her organization, My Meta World, she helps others find their inner wisdom in community, and builds community through her program “8 Minutes of Awesome: Must-Watch Videos with Awesome People” In March 2015, she interviewed me for her show. True to form, we failed […]