Podcast Episodes

How to understand and work with emotions so they benefit more than disrupt

Probably all of us don't like certain kinds or levels of emotion, and want to get away from them, sometimes in self-destructive ways.

Psychologist Cheryl Arutt notes "Creative people do tend to be hig…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

How self-acceptance is a foundation for a healthy and creative life

Self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-regard, healthy self-esteem... how do these impact us, including being creative?

In this episode, a number of artists and psychologists talk about their perspec…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Facing our Shadow for more creativity, authentic power and purpose

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thecreativemind.substack.com

"One of the most challenging parts of the critic in the Shadow is the inner critic.

“When your inner critic h…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Understand and Recover from Narcissistic and Toxic Family Dynamics

Meg Haworth, PhD recalls, "I grew up with a narcissistic parent in a toxic family system, and I also had all kinds of abuse growing up and spent a lot of time in my childhood being very sick."

The ima…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Adverse Childhood Experiences and creativity - A Notebook AI Podcast

Most of us have a wide variety of emotional experiences as a child and teen, and as as adults, of course.

These may include relatively minor and temporary hurts, but also abuse, even trauma.

And thes…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

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, LMFT

“Trauma results in this belief that we are different, that we’re not enough…”Aimie Apigian, MD

“W…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Working With Our Emotions To Be More Creative

This audio is a "podcast conversation" generated by AI program Notebook, based on text in my article How Working With Our Emotions Helps Us Be More Creative.

Excerpts of longer comments in the article…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

How to Thrive in a Chaotic World as a Highly Sensitive Person

"The modern world is often overwhelming and stressful for those of us with sensitive nervous systems."

High Sensitivity therapist Julie Bjelland, LMFT adds, "Many of us have suffered from the challeng…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

How we can resist despair and keep creating even in turbulent times

“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 language. That is how civil…

Published on 11 months ago

Highly Sensitive, Neurodivergent and Misunderstood. How Can We Be Ourselves?

Being a highly sensitive person, or neurodivergent in other ways, we may have grown up feeling misunderstood, and even like we were flawed.

The first section of this audio is an excerpt from a relate…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago