Download or read book The Creativity and Camaraderie Club Handbook written by Mary Reilly Mathews LCSWR and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Creativity & Camaraderie Club will give you permission to quench your thirst for creative expression and play. It will feed your hunger for meaningful community as you pursue old passions or explore new ones. You will expand your understanding of ? creativity? into many arenas of wholehearted living, You are a great candidate for a Creativity & Camaraderie Club if you: ? want to have more fun?just because you feel like it! ? want to re-new your wholehearted engagement in life ? desire to open your heart to new community connections ? are an ?already creative? ? a writer, painter, dancer, knitter, potter, entrepreneur, etc. who wants more structured accountability to keep creating ? are one of the ?creatively wounded? who thinks ?I?m not creative?, ?I have no imagination? (just glance at Appendix B to see what ?non-artists? have done as a result of monthly meetings!) This ?how ?to? manual covers everything you need to know to successfully create your own Creativity & Camaraderie Club. The clear, detailed structure was created by two psychotherapists with decades of experience knowing ?what works? to help your group thrive and survive. There is no other book on the market that offers the detailed structure that creates and maintains a successful creativity club. You will learn: ? that everyone is creative ? how community supports more creative living ? seven guiding qualities of a successful group ? twelve ?kisses of death? that sabotage any group ? who to invite, who to avoid ? why a Creativity & Camaraderie Club is better than a book club ? an expanded definition of creativity that includes all arenas of wholehearted living ? how to honor all aspects of the creative cycle ? checklists for hostess responsibilities ? group ground rules ? sample invitation ? the developmental phases of a group ? how to protect group boundaries ? many resources to jumpstart your own creative experiments Will you enliven yourself with the gift of creative community? Have More Fun, Live More Wholeheartedly, Encourage Each Other