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Buoyant

Susie deVille

Reconnect with creativity, overcome burnout and fear, and build a business and life aligned with your authentic self.

17 min6 Chapters
Buoyant

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What's it about?

Buoyant (2022) explores how entrepreneurs, professionals, and creators can recover the curiosity and imagination often weakened by pressure, routine, and fear of failure. Susie deVille explains how surroundings, daily habits, physical movement, play, and creative experimentation can restore energy and produce fresh ideas. Combining personal experience with practical exercises, the book encourages readers to move beyond self-doubt, reconnect with their natural creativity, and build work and lives that feel more purposeful and free.

Key ideas

  • Pressure, routine, and fear of failure often weaken the curiosity and imagination that entrepreneurs, professionals, and creators depend on.
  • Your surroundings and daily habits shape your energy, so changing them can bring fresh ideas back.
  • Physical movement and play are practical ways to restore energy and spark creativity.
  • Creative experimentation helps you move past self-doubt and reconnect with your natural creativity.
  • The book blends the author's personal experience with practical exercises for building work and life that feel purposeful and free.

About the author

Susie deVille is an American author, entrepreneur, artist, and coach who helps business owners and professionals strengthen their creativity and confidence. She is the founder of the Innovation and Creativity Institute, where she develops methods for overcoming mental barriers and generating new ideas. Her work brings together entrepreneurship, personal development, artistic practice, and practical approaches to living and working with greater freedom.

Questions people ask

Who is Buoyant by Susie deVille for?

It is written for entrepreneurs, professionals, and creators who feel their curiosity and imagination have been worn down by pressure, routine, or fear of failure.

What is the main idea of Buoyant?

Creativity and energy can be recovered through your surroundings, daily habits, movement, play, and experimentation. Doing so helps you overcome self-doubt and build a more purposeful, free life and business.

Is Buoyant worth reading, and how long is the summary?

It suits anyone dealing with burnout or fear who wants practical exercises rather than theory alone. The Durar summary takes about 15 minutes to read or listen to.

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