Parents of children with anxiety would try just about anything to help their kids feel better. Many approaches for therapists and educators seem to emphasize calming the overactive mind to give them relief from these intense emotions. In contrast to this conventional wisdom, Our guest today is a researcher who has found that activating the brain through creativity and imagination-based play might be better to unlock the brain’s natural ability to regulate itself. This leads to a broader exploration of all the ways that creativity may be one of the brain’s best ways of helping us to thrive.