Episode 05 - Adversity & Creativity

12/12/20 • 9 min

This weeks episode is about how adversity encourages creativity.
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For everything mentioned in the episode:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-moment-youth/201601/adversity-and-the-creative-mind

Eleanor Haley's article:

https://whatsyourgrief.com/hardship-and-creative-expression/#:~:text=Many%20psychologists%20believe%20that%20one,creativity%20is%20nondysphoric%20deliberate%20rumination.&text=Among%20other%20things%2C%20thinking%20about,creative%20solutions%20to%20their%20problems.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-moment-youth/201601/adversity-and-the-creative-mind

Eleanor Haley's article:

https://whatsyourgrief.com/hardship-and-creative-expression/#:~:text=Many%20psychologists%20believe%20that%20one,creativity%20is%20nondysphoric%20deliberate%20rumination.&text=Among%20other%20things%2C%20thinking%20about,creative%20solutions%20to%20their%20problems.

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Episode 04 - Creativity & Resilience

This weeks episode is about creativity and it's relation to resilience. I also discuss the hardships that "Creatives" go through.
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For everything mentioned in the episode:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/tracking-wonder/202006/how-creativity-builds-resilience-in-times-crisis
https://www.edutopia.org/article/boosting-resilience-through-creativity#:~:text=Why%20Creativity%20Cultivates%20Resilience&text=Here's%20why%3A%20Creative%20processes%20enable,phenomena%20and%20gain%20new%20perspectives.&text=Focusing%20on%20your%20creativity%20might%20allow%20you%20to%20do%20that.

Brian Kurian's article on Medium:

https://medium.com/the-ascent/the-struggles-of-being-a-creative-854fd3eeb038

Colin G. DeYoung & Paul J. Silvia study:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2016.1257049?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=rpos20&

Some other cool things:

https://www.headspace.com/blog/2017/04/18/grief-creativity-together/
https://www.inc.com/rohini-venkatraman/4-weird-habits-of-famous-inventors.html

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Episode 06 - Isolation

This weeks episode is about the effects of isolation and loneliness.
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Hope everyone enjoys!
For everything mentioned in the episode:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation#:~:text=Hawkley%20points%20to%20evidence%20linking,at%20every%20stage%20of%20life.
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1904
https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/lonely-older-adults.html#:~:text=Recent%20studies%20found%20that%3A,percent%20increased%20risk%20of%20dementia.
https://theconversation.com/the-loneliness-of-social-isolation-can-affect-your-brain-and-raise-dementia-risk-in-older-adults-141752#:~:text=It%20is%20thought%20that%20loneliness,increased%20blood%20pressure%20and%20inflammation.&text=Loneliness%20has%20also%20been%20found,by%20as%20much%20as%2020%25.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568163718302472?via%3Dihub
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/loneliness-and-isolation-raise-risk-for-stroke-and-heart-disease-study-suggests
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527715/

About Mauro Morandi:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/italy/photos-of-life-alone-on-a-paradise-island/#:~:text=Mauro%20Morandi%20found%20serenity%20in,self%2Disolation%20became%20the%20norm.&text=Mauro%20Morandi%20has%20lived%20alone,the%20summer%20silence%20of%20sunset.%E2%80%9D

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