The Reluctant Creative: 5 Effortless Habits to Expand Your Comfort Zone

Brookfield, Caroline: - Dr. Caroline Brookfield is a Reluctant Creative. She is a veterinarian, creativity speaker, stand-up comic, mom, and now an author. Faced with a false ultimatum of art or science, she chose science. Like many "left brainers," her creativity persistently demanded attention like a cat at dinnertime. Luckily, she learned, that with art and science we can have our cake and eat it too. Balance data and rigor with creative expression to survive the gusting winds of change, with a smile on your face. Caroline received her D.V.M with honours from the Ontario Veterinary College. She is a certified level 2 Creative Problem Solving facilitator, and holds a Certificate of Professional Management from the University of Calgary.Caroline plays in the Rocky Mountains near her home in Calgary, Alberta, that she shares with her long suffering husband, her brilliant teenage boys, a lazy rescue dog, and two cockatiels. Her lectures go unheeded by her family. The dog listens, sometimes.