In this interview with Creative Live founder Chase Jarvis, NYT-bestselling author Neil Strauss discusses the importance of authenticity, gut instincts, and preventing self-doubt from restricting your creativity.

If you're a creative person, you're probably all too familiar with the pain of getting stuck in a creative rut.

Even when you finally come up with an idea you find exciting, your ever-critical brain quickly stops you from exploring it – challenging the legitimacy of your idea and making you doubt your own potential.

To writer and journalist Neil Strauss, the author of The Game and The Truth, this process is all too familiar.

30 Days of Genius: Neil Strauss is a part of a 30-episode series in which Chase Jarvis invites successful creatives and entrepreneurs to share their learned insights on success, life, and health.

Strauss has worked as a journalist for The New York Times for ten years, and has also written for Time and The Rolling Stone magazines.

In 30 Days of Genius: Neil Strauss, Strauss unpacks how honestly expressing your experiences, ideas, and feelings is the key to turning your art into a masterpiece.