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A list about the mental health of an artist. Books for artists struggling with artist block, burnout, or just feeling lost or in need of advice
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Career's Quest: Proven Strategies for Mastering Success in Your Profession: Networking and Building Professional Relationships
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Shubham Shukla (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 230,551 ratings
score: 190,
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The Perfect Bait
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4.31 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Healing with the Arts: A 12-Week Program to Heal Yourself and Your Community
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3.92 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 115,483 ratings
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
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3.97 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
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Ashley Marie Berry (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Gifts of Imperfection
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 217,059 ratings
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Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life
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4.35 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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How to Keep House While Drowning
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4.21 avg rating — 74,551 ratings
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Living the Artist's Way
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3.28 avg rating — 407 ratings
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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3.96 avg rating — 117,829 ratings
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 553,121 ratings
score: 97,
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 238,177 ratings
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Fearless Passion: Find the Courage to Do What You Love
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Yong Kang Chan (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings
score: 96,
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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James Clear (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 1,221,287 ratings
score: 96,
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
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Austin Kleon (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 59,500 ratings
score: 95,
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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4.09 avg rating — 171,616 ratings
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The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
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Amanda Palmer (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 36,490 ratings
score: 94,
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Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are
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Danny Gregory (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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Austin Kleon (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 328,494 ratings
score: 93,
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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 19,796 ratings
score: 93,
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Why Art?
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3.88 avg rating — 2,128 ratings
score: 92,
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Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People
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Camille DeAngelis (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 194 ratings
score: 91,
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I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation
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Natalie Nourigat (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
score: 91,
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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
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Danny Gregory (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 28,167 ratings
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Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
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4.51 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
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4.08 avg rating — 40,611 ratings
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
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4.02 avg rating — 16,604 ratings
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Drawing on the right side of the brain
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3.87 avg rating — 375,156 ratings
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Making Comics
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4.47 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
score: 88,
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