Julia Cameron's Creative Self-Care Kit: The Artist's Way Starter Edition

Becca Roberts Evans: It’s not really accurate to call this a book or a program, it’s actually a magic spell. If the user simply follows the instructions, the magic radically transforms their life for the better.

Seriously though — just try it, I dare you. You’ve got nothing to lose. The wisdom and power packed into this volume is worth way more than the price tag.

United States on Nov 01, 2023

Pamela Cardoso: The books I ordered came before I was expecting and in good shape

Poland on Oct 26, 2023

Erika: Love this book. It completely changed my life. Highly recommend reading it!

United States on Oct 20, 2023

Kelly MunroeKelly Munroe: They've just arrived! I'll have to check back in with my report in a few weeks. I'm giving them 5-stars because I'm anticipating great results.

United States on Oct 07, 2023

B. Lee: This book is wise, and the journal is a great companion. I will say that the journal pages are a bit large for my liking... I can do three morning pages, but not three huge morning pages most days. The excerpts in the journal are helpful to spur paragraphs when the pen peters out, however. Well worth it!

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Eleine: Highly recommend

Canada on Jul 30, 2023

E. Jacobson: I approached this very skeptically but am really enjoying the process. Highly recommend. Only negative is the journal. It's impossible to write comfortably in - it should be spiral bound for goodness sake. Plus, I find the quotes all over the pages of the journal annoying - it's supposed to be MY thoughts on the pages - not hers lol. Instead of buying this product, just get "The Artist's Way" by itself and then two nice (because you deserve nice) spiral bound notebooks - one for the exercises and one for a journal.

Canada on Jan 09, 2023

Amazon Customer: I am still working through the book. I will write a pros and cons.

Pros:
Looks beautiful, it has a glimmery goldish touch to the covers and I love the quotes on the inside too.
Smells good.
Easy to read.
Tasks are clear and laid out well.
I like that the author is straight forward and upfront about expectations, I do feel like I'm doing an actual course!
From what I have read and I'm experiencing so far, the tasks are very therapeutic. I can see how this would be life-changing for some people.
It is spiritual, but the author makes it very clear that when she refers to a God, you can change this to any kind of higher power, a creative power for those who are not religious.

Cons:
The journal is very large, I think I will go with 2 full pages of daily writing instead of three. It is hard to write on, I think spiral bound may have been a better choice for me. I won't mark it down though for this, as I knew when I bought it.

Australia on Dec 03, 2022

Greg Goremykin: So my initial review got rejected, I think I got too overly personal and definitely too obscene. Though I wish I could edit the one I submitted, because there is no way I want to type all of that again.

But maybe less is more anyways. After having it recommended time and again over the years to me, after I had it recommended by three friends I knew in completely different capacities I figured the universe was may trying to tell me something.

I didn't take it very seriously for the first couple of weeks until something popped up in the spontaneous writing bit about an issue I thought I'd resolved decades ago. I went back to the beginning, took it as seriously as a graduate class or a big project at work, and worked, and it was a work I enjoyed, and with a pay-off just for me. I learned things about myself, my emotional reactions, where they came from, why they were broken, and also how to fix them, and maybe honed my craft, too, as just a natural outflowing of this, and I usually hate the term, but self-awareness. I am a true believer.

This book changed my life in the biggest way imaginable, coming to grips with what a heart-of-my-heart's suicide had left in...

United States on Mar 17, 2021

Buyer Frequente: I am really glad I got the whole set with the workbook instead of only the artist's way and then using notebooks. There's something special, useful and compelling about using a numbered workbook. I am in my fourth week of using the workbook and reading and there's a distinct sense of control and clarity in my life. I am a long suffering binge eater but I started to feel a slight curb in the way I experience urges just from doing a bit of writing every morning.
The workbook is quite large. You could spend 30-45 minutes every morning just filling up 3 pages. You'd definitely need to wake up 30 minutes earlier which is still worth it.
I have often wanted to stop but now I don't dare. If I feel so many changes at week 4... imagine what growth will happen at week 12.
Also, the Artist's Way book itself is a delight. Lovely gold front. It feels special. This is also a powerful gift for your friends to help them on their own creative and personal journey.

India on Nov 10, 2020