About this podcast
Excerpts of interviews with artists, psychologists and others on creativity research, emotional health, high sensitivity, giftedness. Note: PAID episodes have free previews.
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Episodes
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- How we can resist despair and keep creating even in turbulent times · 22 min“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do…
- Highly sensitive and autistic women - Often a hidden world. · 13 minTherapist Julie Bjelland says "the reason we call it hidden is because many of the things that we experience as autistic women are in fact things that are internal, that are not…
- How CBT can help Neurodivergent people and others with emotional health challenges. · 4 minThe Autism Research Institute notes “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorder in the United States, affecting about 18% of the general population. Research has shown…
- How to support stress relief: use links between thoughts, behavior, feelings · 1 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com What is CBT? The Psych Central mental health site notes “Cognitive behavioral therapy…
- How Dopamine affects the brain can be a key to improving our lives · 3 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com “We live in a world that’s designed to hijack your dopamine. We’re scrolling, sending…
- How to understand toxic relationships, and gain healthy ones · 3 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com Therapist Jessica Baum writes, “You might not use the word safety when talking about…
- Artists and Creators May Often Feel Insecure. How to Gain Confidence · 4 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com Do feelings of insecurity and self-doubt impact our creativity? Of course. In this…
- Stress in Early Life Leads to Adult Trauma and Nervous System Dysregulation · 9 min“From a young age, many of us learned to brace for life instead of relax into it. “This constant vigilance trains the nervous system to stay in survival mode: blocking rest…
- What is our Shadow? From a talk by Jungian psychologist James Hollis · 5 minDr. Hollis, a Jungian analyst, is author of multiple classes on the Jung Platform site. This is a brief audio excerpt from his free video talk Introduction to Jungian Shadow…
- Anxiety is hard enough to deal with. It's more challenging when we blame ourselves. · 7 min“It makes us feel very alone, isolated, different, less than.” Jeffrey Rutstein continues, “That’s one of the things that also makes anxiety so hard to bear. So many of us not…
- Releasing Emotional Blocks - from an interview with Amy B. Scher · 11 min"When we are storing these emotions in our body and they become stuck, they are preventing us from having the clear, clean, energetic flow through our muscles, glands and organs…
- How to navigate sensory overload and trauma as a highly sensitive person · 24 minEmpaths and highly sensitive people "aren't just open to trauma. They're open to everything, and it can feel traumatic when you're young and don't have any guidance." - Dr…
- How Polyvagal Theory and Therapy Help Trauma Recovery, with Dr. Cheryl Arutt · 13 minPsychologist Cheryl Arutt has found with her therapy clients that "Creative artists, actors and writers and people who do performances, have a different relationship with their…
- Autistic Women: Perspectives by Hannah Gadsby, Kayla Crome, Daryl Hannah, Sue Ann Pien, Zhara Astra, Julie Bjelland · 28 min"Autism informs everything that I do - it's you know my processing unit so it's how the information goes in and out. So it's always informed me. Since being diagnosed, it's…
- "I need my stress to achieve." - No, "Stress makes you stupid.” Emily Fletcher of Ziva Meditation · 9 minEmily Fletcher – founder of Ziva Meditation – notes “Stress is actually keeping you from performing at the top of your game. “I tend to work with a lot of high performers. “My…
- Embracing Our Emotions with Ziva Meditation founder Emily Fletcher and actor Travis Van Winkle · 10 minThis audio is from the video version of an episode of the podcast ("Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?") by Emily Fletcher - the episode is titled "Embracing Your Emotions with…
- How to Recover and Rewire to be More Resilient With Mind Fitness Training · 5 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com "Wild animals go through traumatic events all the time but they don't [usually]…
- Embracing neurodivergent people as positive and valuable in a workplace · 20 min"Have you heard the statistic that neurodiverse employees are 90 to 140% more productive than non-neurodiverse? Isn't that amazing?" Therapist Julie Bjelland, LMFT from "Episode…
- Sensory Overload can lead to anxiety, fatigue. How to renew energy and calm? · 9 minAs various researchers and therapists note, being a highly sensitive person or another form of neurodivergent, with different "neurological wiring," we can experience many…
- What is being dysregulated, and how can we better process our emotions? · 10 minTherapist Emma McAdam: "If emotions are getting in the way of you living your life, you can learn how to slow down, think clearly..." Psychologist Melanie Joy notes "this is an…
