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Lynda Barry on Why We Create

“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.”

6d ago

Lynda Barry on Why We Create

6d ago

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How Can Creative and Sensitive People Better Manage Stress and Anxiety?

As creative people, we are more likely to have the trait or temperament of high sensitivity, or sensory processing sensitivity.

Jul 30

How Can Creative and Sensitive People Better Manage Stress and Anxiety?

Jul 30

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Highly Sensitive, Intense, Ultra-aware and Gifted — Not Disordered

Being intense and highly sensitive are common experiences for many creative people. These qualities can be misdiagnosed as disorders.

Jul 24

man in glasses looking out window

Jul 24

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Emotional Armor Can Feel Safer But Also Keep Us Away From Our Creativity

“At that time, I was having to put up this armor of masculinity…” Jessica Alba

Jul 16

Fabien Frankel in House of the Dragon (2022)

Jul 16

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Artists on supporting their mental health with life choices and therapy

Jameela Jamil: What do I do to manage my mental health? So I’ve had therapy. I had EMDR therapy. That’s eye movement desensitization…

Jul 10

Jul 10

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How Codependency Can Affect Our Creative Pursuits, Authentic Expression and Self-Discovery

Mihaela Ivan Holtz, Psy.D., LMFT of Creative Minds Psychotherapy helps creative people in TV/Film, performing and fine arts, and writes…

Jul 9

man drawing a design

Jul 9

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Getting past feeling flawed to being authentic and connecting better with others

“It is hard to change that feeling flawed piece…it’s so seeped into your bones.” Julie Bjelland

Jun 28

Getting past feeling flawed to being authentic and connecting better with others

Jun 28

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Our connections with nature and others are an important part of who we are

“I really love my own time with myself. It’s a hugely important part of my life. But then equally are the connections that I make.”

Jun 21

Our connections with nature and others are an important part of who we are

Jun 21

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Feeling flawed as a neurodivergent child or adult — What can change that?

“It is hard to change that feeling flawed piece…it’s so seeped into your bones because it’s your inner child. It’s stuff that you learned…

Jun 19

Feeling flawed as a neurodivergent child or adult — What can change that?

Jun 19

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How our greediness for creative ideas can support nervous system dysregulation

“I’ve taken off two months, three months at a time, and, by the end, I get really squirrelly. My night life, my dream life, gets extremely…

Jun 13

Stephen King at work

Jun 13

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Information and inspiration for artists, creators: psychology, personal growth, emotional health, giftedness, high sensitivity, neurodivergence and more.

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