What is the The Muse is IN?
Founded in 1997 by Jill Badonsky, M.Ed.,
(that's her head to the right over there)
The Muse is In is a company dedicated to the facilitation of creativity through coaching, consultation, workshops, key-note speeches, multi-media presentations, publications, books, products and an occasional whack on the side of the head. email for info

Who are the Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard)?:
Click here to find out because the explanation takes up too much space and ruins the design on this page and we're really trying to look less cluttered because THAT can get out of hand REAL quick.

When you have surrendered to the flow of the process,
when you let go of your perfectionism and control,
when you just show up to the creative call -
it becomes unclear whether you are creating the journey
or whether the journey … is creating you.
~Jill Badonsky

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The Muse is IN works with:
Artists, writers, stand-up comics, performers, storytellers, film-makers, photographers, actors, crafters, and any individuals wanting one on one creativity coaching, workshops, or publications to overcome blocks to their creative call or simply to create more pleasure and joy in their lives. Through The Muse is In techniques and tools, thousands have found their way through challenges such as procrastination, perfectionism, overwhelm, fears, self-sabotage, lack of direction and focus, loss of inspiration, difficulty finding time for creative passion, lack of support and general crankiness related to not doing their creative stuff. Our specialty is blocked, resistant, and rebellious creative types. Cranky people seem to be less cranky with us as well.

Groups and organizations needing a dynamic, practical and entertaining training, workshop, or keynote speech to provide fresh information on applying creativity to a flourishing business, prolific art, writing, or resourcefulness, delight and fulfillment in living life daily.

email info@themuseisin.com for more information.

Anyone wanting more creativity in their lives through classes, workshops, teleconferences, products and newsletters that move you through creative blocks.

This website is dedicated to inspiring you, providing you with opportunities to prosper creatively, laughter to keep life as light as possible, and unprecedented information on the creative process.
Okay then.. that's about enough of that dribble.

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See who "the Muse" is by scrolling below the illustration which she insisted on inserting here.

Who is the Muse?
Jill Badonsky, M.Ed., is an internationally recognized workshop leader, keynote speaker, creativity-coaching pioneer, illustrator, and humorist. She has creatively consulted with national magazines, filmmakers, comedians, artists, writers, women in business, and spiritual groups through-out the country. Her background is in occupational therapy, writing, marketing, educational media and instructional design. She writes a monthly column for Creativity Portal and is editor of the monthly Muse Flash.

Jill is a certified Yoga teacher; teaching yoga in corporations, spas, retreats, and prisons for over 20 years. She teaches a Vinyasa flow of Hatha poses augmented with suggestions that help participants discover their inner Muse by quieting the mind and experiencing the metaphor of creativity that exists when they stretch, twist and free the body.

Jill is founder and director of Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching - an unprecedented model for coaching resistant, blocked, and sensitive creative people or anyone experiencing procrastination, overwhelm or other blocks to positive changes. She is author of The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence and the award-winning, The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder from Running Press. She wrote and performed the one woman show, I Can’t Always Handle Reality, But It’s Really the Only Place to Get a Good Cup of Coffee. Jill lives in the San Diego with two cats and a bougainvillea.

"Jill is an awesomely gifted creative guide!
Her vivacious art, words and work are creative accelerators, and I
enjoy her book, The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder.
I go to her site to experience a high creative vibration."
- SARK, author and illustrator of many books.

The cool animation and website design was created by: www.kahn-design.com Thanks Jeff!!!
Art by Jill Badonsky.

"Jill is an awesomely gifted creative guide! Her vivacious art, words and work are creative accelerators, and I enjoy her book, The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder. I go to her site to experience a high creative vibration." - SARK, author and illustrator of many books.

"Jill is an awesomely gifted creative guide!
Her vivacious art, words and work are creative accelerators, and I
enjoy her book, The Awe-Manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder.
I go to her site to experience a high creative vibration."
- SARK, author and illustrator of many books.