If you've been feeling stuck or scattered lately...

If you keep meaning to work on that creative project but somehow never do...

It's not because you're lazy or undisciplined.

The root resistance actually lies within how our brains are evolutionarily wired.

The human brain is wired to resist creative work (even in creative people to some extent)!

Your brain evolved to keep you safe. To avoid risk. To seek certainty and stick with what's familiar.

But creative work asks the opposite of you. It asks you to take risks, sit with uncertainty, and do things you've never done before.

So when self-doubt creeps in, or when you find yourself procrastinating, or when perfectionism keeps you from finishing... that's not a flaw. That's your brain trying to protect you from discomfort.

The problem is, growth lives on the other side of that discomfort.

Once you understand why resistance shows up, you can learn to work with it instead of against it. You can feel the doubt and move forward anyway.

Here are a few questions worth sitting with this evening before your start your week:

• Where is your need for certainty keeping you stuck right now?
• What would you create if you weren't afraid of looking like a beginner, or feeling a bit incompetent?
• What's one small risk you've been avoiding?

If you want to explore the psychology of creative work and where self-doubt originates more, I'm hosting a free live interactive session next Thursday, February 12th at 10:30am MT called "From Self-Doubt to Creative Confidence" on Domestika Live.​

We'll dig into the psychology behind why creative resistance shows up, and I'll share some practical tools (like the ARCC Model and the Rewire Process) that you can use to move through it. You'll also get a free workbook, and there's Q&A at the end.

You do have to be registered on Domestika to access it for free, so it's not 100% open to anyone, but registering on Domestika is quick and easy.

If you interested, you could also get my Domestika course, How to Achieve Your Creative Goals for %15 off the already low price tag using the code: JEFF_FAJANS-15COACH. It's a great course that's helped 1,900+ students build real creative momentum and make meaningful things happen with their creative work.

Let me know if you have any questions about the free live session the course, or just about the psychological triggers that might be holding you and your best creative work back.

— Coach Jeff 🤘

Coach Jeff Creative Momentum Coach I help creators and entrepreneurs bring their biggest ideas to life and reach their next level of creative success.