{"id":29873,"date":"2025-09-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29873"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:42:31","slug":"nine-modern-day-muses-and-a-bodyguard-and-jill-badonsky-interview-by-la-bourgeois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/30\/nine-modern-day-muses-and-a-bodyguard-and-jill-badonsky-interview-by-la-bourgeois\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard, and Jill Badonsky Interview by LA Bourgeois"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nine<\/a>Let’s welcome back LA Bourgeois<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cNine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard, and Jill Badonsky Interview .\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Jill Badonsky\u2019s Creative Childhood<\/h2>\n

When Jill Badonsky was growing up, she wanted to herd imaginary friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had one of those childhoods that lead you to be an artist or a writer, and what got me through was my imagination,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the power of having these imaginary friends<\/strong>, my imaginary support system, was what turned into the Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard<\/i><\/a>.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

This book, now in its fourth edition, anthropomorphizes ten powerful creativity principles into whimsical and wise beings who support us in finding creative fulfillment.<\/p>\n

After all,<\/strong> who wouldn\u2019t love to have a conversation with a muse to break through an obstacle?<\/p>\n

Much more fun than doing it all alone!<\/p>\n

From Book to Coaching System<\/h2>\n

Badonsky also used these same principles to create her coaching system, Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching.<\/p>\n

In this way<\/strong>, she fulfilled her other childhood dream profession, being a teacher of something creative.<\/p>\n

Frankly, she\u2019s the only person who I\u2019ve ever interviewed who, when asked \u201cWhat did you want to be when you grew up?\u201d answered, \u201cI wanted to be exactly what I grew up to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

How fabulous!<\/p>\n

Inside Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard<\/i><\/h2>\n

But let\u2019s get to our Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard.<\/i><\/p>\n

The book begins with a quick overview<\/strong> and history, plus a list of tools needed for the journey, which include items such as Patience, Joy, and Trust.<\/p>\n

We begin with the Bodyguard, guardian of your creativity.<\/p>\n

Your bodyguard is here to protect you from the damaging influence of others as well as the ways that you can find to thwart your own creative brilliance.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s a quick introduction<\/strong> to each of the Muses:<\/p>\n