Vivien McKnight
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Honouring Creativity - Liberating Passion Expert
Vivien McKnight Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Creativity Development, dealing with everyday stagefright, storytelling C
- Best Sellers
- Speaking Fearlessly ebook
- Career Focus
- Speaker, Creativity Developer
Vivien knew from an early age knew that communicating with others was something she just loved to do! She founded Vivien McKnight Creativity Coaching as she had a big wish to help ordinary peple become extraordinary in both their professional and personal lives. Someone once asked her “What would you most like to know about yourself?” to which her answer was “I would like to know what I am capable of doing, what I can really achieve.” This is the question that she energizes other people to answer about themselves.
She has a long history in business and language training, during which time she inspired and motivated many people to achieve great success. She became more and more aware that exploration and enquiry are essential if new places are to be reached. Without the acquisition of new knowledge we cannot grow and develop. Her coaching style is holistic and her philosophy based on the premise that transforming your life means discovering your beliefs, values, passions and purpose and bringing these into line with your goals and dreams.
Vivien lives on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. From here she gives talks and workshops throughout Europe and beyond. She runs on-line courses with participants worldwide as well as having individual clients.
The results of her work have been that people live their lives with more confidence and passion than before. They find out who and what they are meant to be and thrive on this knowledge and the changes that it brings for them.
In addition to working with performing artists from all disciplines, she also works with artists, writers and photographers. People from all walks of life who have a great fear of speaking in public come to her. Vivien believes that we all have a creative being inside us trying to get out and she encourages people to release this and enjoy a creative life, whether as an observer or a participant. She carries out her work with sensitivity and humour, which is a winning combination for her.
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THREE TIPS FOR CREATING HAPPIER HABITS
One of the main reasons why humans have so much trouble being happy is that, in the majority of cases, we don’t know what happiness is. The Dalai Lama said that the purpose of life is to be happy - but if we don’t know what happiness is, how do we search it out? There are two common misconceptions about reaching a state of happiness.r
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WHAT IF I HAVE THE "WHAT IF" SYNDROME?
“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” - Abraham Lincoln
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Allowing your creativity a chance
Creativity is not just for artists. We have been conditioned to believe that we are not creative. Poppycock! We are all born with creative potential but sadly for many this potential withers in the barren lands of our education systems and some sectors of society. Creativity is imagination in action and all of us can stimulate our imaginations and be spurred into action. Learning how to flex our creative muscles can be great fun and putting into place habits and routines that help us be more creative is very rewarding and satisfying.
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Fear of Imperfection
“The forest would be sad if only the birds that sang best, sang.” - Unknown To feel imperfect: to feel deficient or faulty in some way There are many, many reasons why people don’t move forward with their lives and, for the most part it, comes down to fear of something.
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ARE YOU AFRAID OF SUCCESS?
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are meant to shine, as children do....and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
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Taming Everyday Stage Fright Terrors
Fear is one of life’s biggest roadblocks and fear of speaking in public is considered to be the number one phobia. Incredible isn’t it, especially when communication forms such an important part of our lives? We are constantly communicating something to somebody and if fear of expressing our thoughts or ideas in words becomes paralyzing for us, we find ourselves at a great disadvantage.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Vivien McKnight
No-one can make you feel inferior without your permission – Eleanor Roosevelt
Realise deeply that the present moment is all you ever have – Eckhart Tolle
The forest would be sad if only the birds that sang best, sang. - Unknown
Whatever you can or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius power and magic in it. - Goethe
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about - Charles Kingsley
Don’t blame the world – find a solution – Unknown
You see things and you say “Why”. But I dream things that never were and say “Why not?” – George Be ard Shaw
Alice came to a fork in the road. “Which road do I take?” she asked “Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire Cat . “I don’t know” Alice answered. “Then”, said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go dot it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive - Howard Thurman
Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps – David Lloyd George
Contacting Vivien McKnight
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creativity & Audition Coaching?
Through this coaching process, you now have an opportunity to examine the blocks, doubts and fears that can hamper your creative efforts whatever line of work you are in. All human activity can be considered to fall within the artists sphere. Working together we can establish and reinforce your creative practices and ensure that you enjoy a greater balance between your personal and professional lives and move beyond any blocks or fears. We analyse strategies for achieving these objectives and decide which ones suit you best.
Alongside this opportunity, is the knowledge that you are supported and respected as you move forward. The result for you is that you emerge from behind a mask. You are recognised for who you really are and this is turn means that you give yourself the best possible chance of being successful.
What can creativity coaching do for you?
- To go with confidence
- To stop being your own worst enemy
- To see auditions as opportunities
- To remove self sabotage
- To change your perceptions of auditioning
- To learn that rejection needn’t be taken personally
- To change your thinking and change your behaviour
- To choose techniques and strategies to help maintain the new, positive thinking
All you need to get started is a willingness to make changes in areas of your life that are making you unhappy and dissatisfied.
Other highlights
On line courses through Daily OM:
Top 10 Habits of Highly Creative People -
http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=248&aff=
Speaking with Confidence - http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=157