Riddled with Self-Doubt? You’re not Alone.
Fair warning: I’m going to tell you about my new book.
Hopefully, you will not find this tiresome — as it’s written, basically, for you: a highly creative person who is held back (at least sometimes) by crippling doubts about your ability to make something from nothing, whether that’s a new company, a cake, a quilt, or a novel.
WRANGLING THE DOUBT MONSTER is the little book every creative person needs now.
I wrote it in a trance, as if possessed by an all-consuming idea.
I wrote it as if I were a dam and a great surge of water was about to burst forth.
I wrote it as a way to speak out — to you, to myself, to all of us tortured by a doubting conscience.
I wrote it to put some love and empathy and encouragement into the world…because I can at least do that, if nothing else.
This is not a how-to book. It isn’t a workbook. It isn’t a set of personal essays. It is a book you will want to dip in and out of. To keep by your bedside or on your desk or in your studio.
It is a book that will, on every page, remind you that you are not alone with your doubts. These feelings are a shared enterprise.
And on every page, you will be reminded that you hold the keys to your artistic identity — you can make this happen, and you will.
BUY ONE FOR AN ASPIRING CREATIVE FRIEND OR RELATIVE.
Advanced Praise:
“Those who think the psychology of doubt will receive yet another staid definition or self-help approach in Wrangling the Doubt Monster will be surprised (and pleased) to learn that…Bernstein delves far beyond psychology alone…[H]ighly recommended for a diverse audience, from artistic library patrons to young adult aspiring artists, adult book clubs interested in self-help books that promote discussion and change, and psychology readers who would identify and resolve their own doubting personalities.”
— MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
End of commercial. I’m not fond of selling…but I am fond of helping.
