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Nevertheless, Create: Art, Intensity, and the Practice of Showing Up
The most powerful stories are the ones that breathe.
To create is to feel. To feel is to burn. To burn is to become. Nevertheless, Create: Art, Intensity, and the Practice of Showing Up is a guide for artists, writers, and emotionally intense humans who are tired of trying to shrink themselves to fit someone else’s idea of creativity.
Structured in three parts — Root, Burn, Breathe — this book explores what it means to ground your identity, harness your creative fire, and trust your rhythm. Fonseca offers personal stories, raw reflections, gentle tools, and journal-style prompts that invite you to meet your inner artist exactly where you not in perfection, but in presence.
This is not a book about pushing through resistance. It’s a book about learning to listen.
Inside you’ll
• Affirmations and reflections for creative life
• Tools for navigating burnout, self-doubt, and emotional sensitivity
• Practices that blend somatics and storytelling — helping you return to your body, your breath, and your voice
For every creative who feels deeply and longs to make something true. You don’t have to be fearless to create. You just have to begin.
To create is to feel. To feel is to burn. To burn is to become. Nevertheless, Create: Art, Intensity, and the Practice of Showing Up is a guide for artists, writers, and emotionally intense humans who are tired of trying to shrink themselves to fit someone else’s idea of creativity.
Structured in three parts — Root, Burn, Breathe — this book explores what it means to ground your identity, harness your creative fire, and trust your rhythm. Fonseca offers personal stories, raw reflections, gentle tools, and journal-style prompts that invite you to meet your inner artist exactly where you not in perfection, but in presence.
This is not a book about pushing through resistance. It’s a book about learning to listen.
Inside you’ll
• Affirmations and reflections for creative life
• Tools for navigating burnout, self-doubt, and emotional sensitivity
• Practices that blend somatics and storytelling — helping you return to your body, your breath, and your voice
For every creative who feels deeply and longs to make something true. You don’t have to be fearless to create. You just have to begin.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 29, 2025
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About the author
Christine Fonseca
40 books390 followersChristine Fonseca is a bestselling author, licensed educational psychologist, and mentor for deep-feeling creatives. For more than three decades, she has guided artists, writers, and visionaries to embrace their emotional intensity, reclaim their creative fire, and cultivate a practice that is both sustainable and soulful.
Renowned for her pioneering work in emotional intensity, creative empowerment, and somatic writing, Christine dismantles the myth that sensitivity is weakness. Instead, she reveals it as a source of artistry, leadership, and transformation. Her voice is equal parts poetic and practical, timeless and magnetic — inviting readers into a deeper relationship with their art, their body, and themselves.
Christine’s books and teachings have touched audiences across the globe and been featured in Psychology Today, Parents.com, The Neurodiversity Podcast, and on international stages. She is the author of multiple bestselling works, including Nevertheless, Create: Art, Intensity, and the Practice of Showing Up; Write Through: Feeling Your Way to the Page; and Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings
For more information, visit her website - www.christinefonseca.com
Renowned for her pioneering work in emotional intensity, creative empowerment, and somatic writing, Christine dismantles the myth that sensitivity is weakness. Instead, she reveals it as a source of artistry, leadership, and transformation. Her voice is equal parts poetic and practical, timeless and magnetic — inviting readers into a deeper relationship with their art, their body, and themselves.
Christine’s books and teachings have touched audiences across the globe and been featured in Psychology Today, Parents.com, The Neurodiversity Podcast, and on international stages. She is the author of multiple bestselling works, including Nevertheless, Create: Art, Intensity, and the Practice of Showing Up; Write Through: Feeling Your Way to the Page; and Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings
For more information, visit her website - www.christinefonseca.com
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September 24, 2025
Nevertheless, Create
Great book for the creative, caught in the traps we set for ourselves. I very much enjoyed this book and recommend it for creatives of all types, including writers.
Great book for the creative, caught in the traps we set for ourselves. I very much enjoyed this book and recommend it for creatives of all types, including writers.
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