We have to be good at what we currently do in order to expand ourselves. That seems like a sensible approach. The Artist's Way is an extremely sensible, pragmatic approach. This stuff works and it works for very specific reasons. Well, you start to lose hope.
Depression is about the loss of hope.
The mental and emotional energy it takes to hold down our enthusiasm is a high-level energy. We get depressed by resentments and frustrations that we just leave unprocessed. And the holding environment, if you will, of the Morning Pages will change that for people. I have to be what I call lovingly candid. I'm not being helpful to them or to myself or to reaching a solution.