Last week I looked at how suffering relates to creativity. This week I discuss how creativity can improve our lives! I talk about three different epistemological approaches to understanding how creativity can help us heal, increase our quality of life, and make us feel good: scientific, philosophical, and spiritual. Sources used in this episode: <a href='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-and-health/201512/creativity-wellness-practice'>Article in Psychology today on the health benefits of creativity.</a> <a href='https://www.ramdass.org/transmutation-energy/'>Essay on the transmutation of energy by Ram Dass.</a>

Last week I looked at how suffering relates to creativity. This week I discuss how creativity can improve our lives! I talk about three different epistemological approaches to understanding how creativity can help us heal, increase our quality of life, and make us feel good: scientific, philosophical, and spiritual. Sources used in this episode: Article in Psychology today on the health benefits of creativity. Essay on the transmutation of energy by Ram Dass.

Last week I looked at how suffering relates to creativity. This week I discuss how creativity can improve our lives! I talk about three different epistemological approaches to understanding how creativity can help us heal, increase our quality of life, and make us feel good: scientific, philosophical, and spiritual. Sources used in this episode: <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-and-health/201512/creativity-wellness-practice" rel="noopener noreferrer">Article in Psychology today on the health benefits of creativity.</a> <a href="https://www.ramdass.org/transmutation-energy/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Essay on the transmutation of energy by Ram Dass.</a>&nbsp;

E91. How and Why Does Creativity Make Us Happy?

Stepping Off Now is a podcast about how to live your creative best life. I’m Kendra, a social scientist and writer. I spent decades feeling creatively unfulfilled while I pursued conventional life goals, culminating in severe burnout that took years to recover from. This podcast chronicles my journey in real time as I find my way home to my essential creative self. I discuss topics like harnessing the intuitive creative process, using creativity to manage mental health, and sorting through all the external pressures and expectations to figure out what YOU really want. My hope is that you’ll find inspiration and solace here. You are not alone, and you are stronger and wiser than you know! You can find out more by visiting my website, kendrapatterson.com.

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Stepping Off Now is a podcast about how to live your creative best life. I’m Kendra, a social scientist and writer. I spent decades feeling creatively unfulfilled while I pursued conventional life goals, culminating in severe burnout that took years to recover from. This podcast chronicles my journey in real time as I find my way home to my essential creative self. I discuss topics like harnessing the intuitive creative process, using creativity to manage mental health, and sorting through all the external pressures and expectations to figure out what YOU really want. My hope is that you’ll find inspiration and solace here. You are not alone, and you are stronger and wiser than you know! You can find out more by visiting my website, kendrapatterson.com.

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