Living the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Living the Artist's Way

by Julia Cameron narrated by Eliza Foss

I was so excited when I was accepted to review this book.  I had read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron ages ago when it was first published.  I had done my morning pages religiously up until I had my stroke.  Then I got frustrated.  I was so angry that words didn't come easy to me.  I struggled for even the simplest of thoughts.  So, I shut myself off from something that really would have been beneficial to me.  When you think about it, morning pages aren't about what you write, they are about just the act of writing.  

Living the Artist's Way reminded me of that and then took it one step further.  In this book, Julia Cameron talks about how we can use our writing to ask our higher self (the higher being or whatever else you feel guides you) to answer questions in our writing.  These pages are done separately from our morning pages.  

She takes you through 6 weeks of learning how to listen to that guidance and trust in it.  There are too many times that we ignore it.  How many times have you thought that something was going to happen, but then ignored that feeling?  Then afterwards, you think to yourself that you should have listened to that gut feeling.  Julia Cameron helps you to start to listen to that feeling and to actually tune into even more.  

Even if you have never done morning pages, this book is definitely worth reading.  You don't need to have read her original book to gain major insight from this one.  I definitely recommend it!

Thank you NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for providing this audiobook to me for free in exchange for an honest review.