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Halle Berry comments about her movie ‘Bruised' and how it relates to abuse and trauma:

"It viscerally impacts me. I’ve seen this. I grew up with a very abusive father who was alcoholic, very much like our Desi character. I know that man. That could have been my father or my uncles.

"But what I also know about these people is they’re not bad people. They’re good people with bad problems."

This is a brief excerpt from a Los Angeles Times podcast titled How Halle Berry channeled her childhood trauma in directorial debut, ‘Bruised.'

Mark Olsen is the interviewer.

Hear the full podcast in my article How Dealing With Intense Emotions and Trauma Can Release Your Creativity.

Also find much more in the article on understanding and dealing with trauma.

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Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein is a clinical psychologist, and an expert in the treatment of trauma.

This is a brief excerpt from an hour long podcast interview with Tami Simon, founder of Sounds True.

Dr. Rutstein talks about how being in a "state" impacts creative thinking and emotional health and life in general.

Hear the full interview and see excerpt videos from his free 5-video series “for those interested in self-regulation..." in my article Trauma Healing Free Video Series with Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein.

You can also go directly to the Sounds True site for the free video series: Take Back Your Nervous System.

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When you follow your passions into an arts career, you can find many creative and emotional satisfactions, even financial rewards, but artists also experience unique challenges and pressures.

“Actresses are made to feel entirely dependent in order to do the work they love.” Actor, Director Olivia Wilde

“I slowly started to fall into pressure, but I wasn’t living my most authentic self.” Transgender actress Leyna Bloom

“Writers are under enough pressure without adding to it. But add to it we do.” Colleen M. Story

“Always trying to figure out what’s your next job, show, or audition…The demands never end. As you juggle so many aspects of your career, it feels like the pressure is coming from everywhere.” Psychotherapist Mihaela Ivan Holtz

Read much more and see videos in article How to thrive in your career in the arts – living with pressure.

Note - Most of the audio is a transcription of my article text, with a synthetic voice - excerpt for the actual comments by Olivia Wilde from longer interview videos in the article. 

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Melora Hardin has wide-ranging passions as an artist, including acting, directing, dancing, writing and singing.

She says of her multiple talents: “I’m always very very keen to keep my eyes and heart and ears open to opportunities to be creative.

“That’s really my reason for being on this Earth, is to find more and more opportunities to be creative, and as long as I’m looking for those, and walking through those doors, and receiving those, and participating in those, I’m going to be fine.”

Quotes are from article with our 20 minute interview: Melora Hardin on acting, directing, singing.

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Melora’s site: Melora.com

Related article of mine: Do We Need Mental or Emotional Pain To Be Creative?
“People who are getting into this archetype of the tortured poet end up really torturing themselves to death.” Sting | Clinical psychologist Cheryl Arutt says “You don’t have to be in pain to do great work as an artist.”

Also see excerpts from my book Developing Multiple Talents.

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Julie Bjelland is a psychotherapist and author specializing in helping highly sensitive people (HSPs), host of The HSP Podcast, and Founder of the Sensitive Empowerment Community.

She explains:

Sensory Overload tends to be one of our biggest challenges as HSPs.

It is when our senses take in more information than our brain can keep up with processing.

You might be surprised that it is often the culprit of symptoms of emotional reactivity, anxiety, irritability, sleep issues, exhaustion, and even loss of productivity, creativity, and focus.

What makes it extra hard is that the world isn’t set up for those of us with high sensitivity.

Have you been challenged by your sensitivity and labeled as “too sensitive” or “overly emotional”? 

Do you know how Sensory Overload impacts you? Join me to learn more and uncover solutions that will help you thrive to your fullest level of wellness.
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This is a brief audio excerpt from a much longer video class by Julie Bjelland - Register free for Sensory Overload & The Highly Sensitive Person.

Also see my article with a related podcast episode of hers: "HSPs & Sensory Overload" plus videos and more: How to Live Better With Sensory Overload as a Highly Sensitive Person.
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“Creating art has always been a way to channel emotional intensity…” Psychologist Cheryl Arutt

Dr. Arutt thinks that actors and other artists who are willing, in their creative work, to delve into the really “messy” feelings of being human (shame, devastations, disappointments, betrayals, traumas and more), probably have a relationship with those feelings.

But, as she notes on her site, “You don’t have to be in pain to do great work as an artist.”

In our interview, she talks about actors and actresses with “bad boy” or “troubled” images, or problems with issues of anger and acting out.

She also comments about being an actor or other artist, and being aware of our Shadow Self.

See more in article Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Emotional Health and Creative People

Also listen to related episode: Psychologist Cheryl Arutt on Brain Science of Creativity.

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"Imagine there is a motor inside you. Most people whose motor is too fast experience feelings of anxiety." - Sensitivity expert Julie Bjelland.

She comments more about our sensitive nervous system:

"So we have more activation in the brain mirror neuron system...we literally fire some of the same neurons as someone that we're watching and observing. So that's why have moments where we feel like we're feeling what the other person's feeling. And that's a gift.

"But we also have to be careful about protecting our energy and not merging with everybody all the time. And in the Amygdala we see a lot of activation in the fight flight part of the of the HSP brain. And this can definitely create symptoms of anxiety for sure."

Learn about her free webinars, including: Highly Sensitive People and Anxiety.

See much more in article - How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety When You’re a Highly Sensitive Person.

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Listen to full-length interview, plus see videos and much more, in article Shelley Carson on enhancing our creative brain. > NOTE: this is a Private article for subscribers - follow link to learn more about memberships.

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"So many gifted HSP healers are struggling financially and yet the potential for financial freedom in a heart-centered online business is big right now.

"I want to teach you what I did and provide you resources that can help you grow a business that you love, that helps people, and that gives you financial freedom." - Sensitivity expert and entrepreneur Julie Bjelland

Register free for her Masterclass : Reach Financial Freedom: Growing a Heart-Centered Online Business You Love.

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Our self-concept, positive self-regard and simply confidence, are key influences on how fully we realize our talents and live our lives.

What can we do to nurture healthy self-esteem, self-appreciation, self-compassion?

Therapist, author and speaker Marisa Peer finds “One of the biggest and most common issues people face is the belief that they are not enough.”

Many creative people - even highly acclaimed artists - report feeling incompetent, inadequate or insecure, and having low self-esteem or unhealthy self-regard at times. But there are ways to shift those feelings.

See much more in the article Self Esteem and Self Confidence and Creative People.

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