The Modern Creative Woman
By Dr. Amy Backos
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Episodes: 161
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The art and science of creativity, made simple.
Through the lens of art therapy, neurocreativity, and cutting-edge research, you’ll learn not just why you create, but how to create with more freedom, intention, and joy. Dr. Amy Backos — author, art therapist, psychologist, professor and researcher, with 30+ years of experience — unpacks the evidence-based psychology behind creative living.
Come for the science. Stay for the transformation.
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160. The Neuroscience of Pleasure, Desire, and Creativity
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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159. Season 4 Premiere: Creativity, Meaning, & Art Therapy...Answers to Your Most Asked Questions
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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158. Thoughts Are Not Facts: New Relationship with Your Mind
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May 27, 2026 |
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157. The Creative Power of an Analog Summer
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May 20, 2026 |
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156. Art Is Political: Creativity, Democracy, and the Courage to Speak
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May 13, 2026 |
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155. Procrastination Cure
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May 07, 2026 |
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154. A New Way to Respond to Uncertainty
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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153. From Brain Fog to Clarity: How the Arts Restore Your Mind
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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152. Art Is Human: Why Creating Is Essential to Your Life
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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151. “Play” Like Yourself Every Time: Authentic Style and Creativity
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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150. Power, Perception, Prestige & Desire: Interview with Dr. Tanetha Jamay Fisher
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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149. Art as Medicine: The Science of Creativity and Well-Being
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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148. The Million Dollar Question
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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147. Creative Rest in Turbulent Times
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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146. Unhooking from your “I’m Not Enough” Story: Changing your Relationship to Thoughts
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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145. Process vs. Product: Why Being In the Moment Changes Everything
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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144. The Myth of Motivation (and What Actually Gets You Moving)
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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143. Staying Steady in Difficult Times: Psychological Flexibility
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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142. Art Therapy & Cultural Humility: Special Guest Dr. Louvenia Jackson
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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141. Getting into Your Zone
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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140. Containers, Not Motivation
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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139. How Beauty Heals: Neuroaesthetics, Art, and Peace
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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138. Creativity Built the World—Now It’s Your Turn
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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137. Live Your Values in the New Year
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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136. The Break Your Brain Is Begging For
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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135. The Neuropsychological Change Process and the Art Response
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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134. Stop Doing Too Much: Create Your Chill Holiday
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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133. That Quiet Drift Away From Ourselves...and How to Return
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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132. Taking Control of Your Brain
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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131. Creativity and Context
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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130. The Product Matters Less Than You Think
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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129. Why Compassion Is the Hardest (and Most Powerful) Thing You Can Do
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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128. Curating Your Psychological Environment: The Art of Inner and Outer Harmony
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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127. Your Body Knows: The Science of Embodied Cognition
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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126. Five Ways to Reignite Your Creative Power
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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125. Desire, Sex & Creativity: Interview with Sex Therapist, Skylar Collé
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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124. Tea, Community, and the Psychology of Awe
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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123. From Hopeless to Hopeful: Simple Creative Shifts
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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122. The $100 Experiment That Changed My Self Image
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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121. Add this One Habit for Peace of Mind
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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120. Women in Community
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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119. Happy Birthday to My Mom
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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118. Let's Catch Up!
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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117. Feasting with Your Eyes: Interview with Bebe Black Carminito
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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116. The Myth of Multi Tasking
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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115. Art as a Neurological Product (part III)
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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114. Art as a Neurological Product (Part II)
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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113. Art as a Neurological Product (part I)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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112. Women in Leadership: Interview with Dr. Shilpa Reddy
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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111. Expert or Someone Selling Snake Oil?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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110. Honor Your Foundations
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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109. Who's fault is this anyway?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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108. Accepting Your Fate
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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107. Ten Reasons Why You Aren't Making Art
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May 28, 2025 |
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106. Foundations of your Life
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May 21, 2025 |
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105. Modern, Creative Communication
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May 14, 2025 |
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105. BONUS Calm Breathing
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May 11, 2025 |
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104. The Met Gala
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May 07, 2025 |
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103. Integrating your Boundaries, Somatic Therapy, Art for Pain
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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102. Five Boundaries Every Woman Needs
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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101. Inner Boundaries
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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100. Healthy Boundaries
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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99. Happiness! Interview with Dr. Aymee Coget
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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98. Creating Yourself - the most fabulous art you can make
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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97. Your Most Important Balancing Act: Anima & Animus
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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96. Archetypes of the Political Regime
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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95. Values and your Vagus Nerve
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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94. Art Therapy & Social Justice: Interview with Art Therapist, Mary Brigid
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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93. Optimism Right Now
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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92. BONUS "I AM Meditation"
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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91. The Savoir Faire Episode
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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90. How to Radically Transform the World
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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89. Mandalas, Art for Self Care & Protest Art
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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88. Pros and Cons of Defining Yourself
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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87. Slow is Smooth...and Smooth is Fast
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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86. Ten Ways Modern Creative Women Stay Inspired
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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85. Back to Basics: The Ever-Present Now
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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84. Step into your Power and Purpose
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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83. The Neuroscience Behind our Decisions
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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82. How to DO More Things you REALLY Like
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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81. Which do you prefer...Process or Product? (Holiday Edition)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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80. If you think you're enlightened, go spend a week with your family
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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79. Art as a Human Right
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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78. That family-political drama
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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77. Take it Easy on Yourself
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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76. Time to let down your hair
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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75. Your Healthy Creative Ambition (part 2)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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74. Your Healthy Creative Ambition (part 1)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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73. Creativity to Self Actualize
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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72. You were Born to Create!
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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71. Why you Need Creative Ambition
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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70. Flexibility Makes You Happier!
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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69. How YOU can be Psychologically Flexible
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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68. Art Therapy does...what?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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67. How to ditch your unrelenting standards
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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66 Perfectionism Kills Art
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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65. Everything is Perfect. And There is Always Room for Improvement.
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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64. Redefining Perfection
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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63. Perfection is the Enemy of Good Enough
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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62. Why you need to be walking with other women
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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61 Avoid this One Thing to get Your Emotional Needs Met
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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60. Dialectics, Contradictions, & Your "Aide Memoire"
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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59. Women Supporting Women - Your Role
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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58. Overcoming your biggest mental hurdle
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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57. Holistic Love and Your Creative Process
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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56. Tell me a story - why your brain craves a new story
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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55. Minute by Minute, You Accomplish Your Purpose
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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54. BONUS Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness
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May 31, 2024 |
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53. The Neurobiology of Loving Kindness
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May 29, 2024 |
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52. Anniversary Party
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May 22, 2024 |
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51. Slowing Cellular Aging ALSO Relieves Anxiety
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May 15, 2024 |
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50. We might hate it when our friends become successful
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May 08, 2024 |
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49. Polar Bears and the "Dis-ease" of Overthinking
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May 01, 2024 |
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48. Burnout & Putting Yourself to Bed on Time
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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47. Wonder Woman and Why it's Finally Time to Visit a Museum
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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46. Coloring Outside the Lines: Navigating Ambiguity with Creativity
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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45. Are you Thinking like an Artist?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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44. Sculpting Success: Crafting Your Mind for Creative Brilliance
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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43. From Stuck to Unstoppable: The Art of Change
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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42. How Desire Shapes Creative Vision
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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41. Artistic Alchemy: From Prometheus to Art Therapy Barbie
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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40. The Art of Self-Leadership: 8 Strategies to Lead with Confidence
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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39. Game Changers: Self-Leadership Lessons from Women's Sports Psychology
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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38. You Need to be CEO of Your Life: 10 Power Moves
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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37. Oops, I Did It Again: Lessons I Just Can't Seem to Master
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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36. Only Two Kinds of Behavior (Part 2)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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35. Only Two Kinds of Behavior (Part 1)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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34. Creativity and the Scientific Method
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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33. Creative Emotion Regulation Strategies
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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32. The Most Powerful Creative Position
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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31. The Brain Body Connection is a Myth
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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30. How to Get Out of a Hole
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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29. Create Your Life in Context
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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28. Making Contact: Why you Need Present Moment Awareness
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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27. Creative ways to Overcome Your Blocks
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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26. The Fountain of Youth: Is Your Bestie the Magic Ingredient?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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25. Self Appreciation before Appreciating Others
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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24. How to Make Gratitude Your Core Strength
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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23. Gratitude & Perspective
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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22. Cultivating Creative Spirit
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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21. My Brain-Hack Burnout Solution
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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20. How to Get Out of Your Own Way
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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19. Hindsight is 20/20: A Journey through Positive Psychology and Imaginary Hindsight
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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18. Stop Withholding Acceptance from Yourself
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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17. The Emotional Cycle of Change: Overcoming the Valley of Dispair
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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16. Practice Makes Change: The Art of Creative Alignment
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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15. Ditching the Norm: Creative Success Beyond SMART Goals
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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14. Learning or Unlearning?
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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13. Embracing Fresh Starts: A Formula for Lasting Change
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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12. The Joy of Time Well Wasted
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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11. The Hidden Secret to a Well-Rested Life
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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10. From Imagination to Manifestation: The Magic of Creative Evolution
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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9. Five Universal Truths to Guide Your Creative Evolution
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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8. How to Respond
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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7. How to be a Modern Creative Woman
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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6. The Awkward In-Between
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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5. Cultivating those elusive "Ah-Ha" Moments
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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4. UPDATED Self Expression is Easier than the Alternative
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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3. Art is the Elimination of the Unnecessary
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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2. Six ways Creativity makes us more Socially Conscious Neighbors
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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1. UPDATED Are you a creative thinker?
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Jun 01, 2023 |