Good day and welcome to episode 260 of Live Happy Now. This is Paula Phelps and this week we are going to tap into our creative side.

You know, using our creativity is a proven way to increase our personal well-being. It can put you in a

positive mood and that starts an upward spiral that makes you feel more creative,

and thereby further increases your happiness.

But somehow life creeps in and takes over the time we'd love to spend exploring our creativity.

And before we know it, we feel like we've lost touch with our creative side entirely.

Well, this week's guest is an expert in tapping into creativity. Martha Alderson is an author

who also works with best-selling authors, Hollywood directors, artists, and performers all over the

world to help them find their creativity. Now, you can try this at home. Her new workbook,

Boundless Creativity, is a one-month exploration into your creative side.

So let's hear what Martha has to say about it.

Martha, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you for inviting me.

I'm thrilled to be here.

This is such a great workbook that you've written for us, and what a great time for us to

work on our creativity.

It seems like it. I know that a lot of people

are under enormous stress for all sorts of reasons because of the virus. But if people do have

free time and they're looking to fill it creatively, I think by going through the program and the

workbook, it's just a great way to

let go of everything that's happening around us, all the news, all the problems of the world,

and just sink into your creativity and into really your spirit and who you are at your core,

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