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Immerse yourself in the captivating world of boundless inspiration and empowerment with the Modern Creative Woman podcast...where the intriguing art and science of neurocreativity converge. Discover captivating stories, gain expert insights, and engage in transformative discussions that ignite your creative spark and nurture the fearless, unstoppable force within you.
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Send us a Text Message.May I be healthy, safe and strong. May you be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings on planet Earth be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings throughout all time and space be healthy, safe and strong. This episode is all about peace and loving kindness. What if I told you I had a magic formula that could lessen your self-criticism, improve your wellbeing, even reduce cellular aging, reduce your experience of physical pain, give you greater resilience, better r...
Send us a Text Message."You can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean and a sea." C. Joybell C. Why do we seek change? Behavioral psychology says there's two reasons we might want to change. One is to remove discomfort or pain. Essentially, it's removing our own inner psychological distress. We also want to seek change for higher, more aspirational ...
Send us a Text Message.We make ourselves suffer the more we think, and when we live in our heads, we're missing all the feelings, all the experiences, and all the other sensations that we have available to us. Over-thinking leads to "dis-ease". Over-thinking means relying on this one aspect of our human experience, (our brain) to the exclusion of all the other rich, cool and amazing ways that we can live and experience our lives.Plus! Find out how a polar bear can change your relat...
Send us a Text Message.Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. Maya Angelou Welcome to the Modern Creative Woman, where we explore the power of creativity through neuro aesthetics, art therapy and innovative thinking. I'm Dr. Amy Backos, your hostess and creativity expert, bringing you the art and science of creativity through our co...
Send us a Text Message."There is widespread agreement that art is very important, but it can be remarkably difficult to say quite why." This quote from Alain de Botton starts off today's episode all about the seven functions of art that you can use in your everyday life. Art as therapy postulates that creativity and art making is inherently human. It's part of our biology. It's what we do to express ourselves. And the process of making art is healing. Art makes us feel good. It's enjoyab...
Send us a Text Message."I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way, things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe How does your brain respond to ambiguity? Science and art have a lot to say about this! Ambiguity is really just the quality of being open to more than one interpretation. Ambiguity is really just the quality of being open to more than one interpretation. Today we are talking about three creative actions that you can take to build a...
Send us a Text Message.Creativity is not the problem. You and all of humankind are naturally and inherently creative. We have lots of creative ideas every day, and yet we have thoughts that stop us from taking internal and external action on our creative ideas. This episode is all about new ways to react to creative ideas. If you are considering how you can make an impact in your life, creativity just might be the missing ingredient. We have so many new ideas, and yet things like social ...
Send us a Text Message.To think like an artist is to make contact with your intuitive spirit of exploration. This week's podcast is all about how to think like an artist. Welcome to the modern creative woman. Explain the art and science of creativity. We can be more authentic, more self expressive, and being in the present moment helps make the world a little bit better, because the people that we are taking care of, who rely on us, who interact with us, also get to have that opportunity...
Send us a Text Message.We change over time. Sometimes in dramatic ways where we make a big life change, and other times we change intentionally in small ways that lead to something big later on. And we're always just changing naturally. To live our life is to evolve, and if we try to avoid changing, we really get stuck. It leads to a whole different kind of usually unwanted sorts of change. When I think about the mechanisms of change, I'm referring to the things that actually move us forward ...
Send us a Text Message.“Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” This quote from Helen Keller starts off our episode all about desire. We're talking today about using your creative mind to understand this deeper perspective of your desires, your dreams, your wishes. We'll talk all about desire, some of the upsides and the downsides of how we've been trained to think of our own desire. And I'll share with you an amazing art project that you can do to really capture yo...
Send us a Text Message.The birth of creativity came when humankind got fire. Or so the legend goes about Prometheus, who stole the lightning bolt from Zeus and gave it to humankind. Today we are talking all about creation, creativity, and what it means to be a creator. Welcome to The Modern Creative Woman, exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity and start applying creative thinking in their everyday lives. Suppo...
Send us a Text Message.Would you describe yourself as a leader? Maybe a self leader? You are!Today we're talking about eight powerful ways that we express leadership. This is also a bit of a swan song to women leaders around the world, including my mom, who's got some bang up advice for dealing with tricky situations. Support the Show.Enjoy!Free Goodies and Subscribe to the monthly newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe-to-the-creative-woman/Join the Modern Creative Woman Co...
Send us a Text Message.What have been your game changing attitudes? Today we're talking about how sports psychology and some of the modern updates to it are redefining self leadership for women. Sports psychology is full of strategies to help people visualize their success in their performance on the field. It's a subset of psychology that began around the 1920s, and as with most aspects of psychology, it began focusing mostly on men. In the 1990s, sports psychology became associa...
Send us a Text Message.How do you lead yourself? Do you like the way you do it? Are you a good boss? We're talking today all about how to craft your destiny using the art of self leadership. And a modern, creative woman who is a self leader is unapologetically authentic and fearlessly pursuing her passions and empowering others to do the same. That was my initial definition, and then I had a little modification. The idea of fearlessly pursuing our passions seems almost impossible to thin...
Send us a Text Message.What are the lessons that you keep learning over and over again? Today I'll be sharing two of my lessons that I seem to keep having to learn. Welcome to the modern Creative Woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity and start applying creative thinking in their everyday lives. I'm your hostess and creativity expert, Doctor Amy Backos. I'm a licensed psychologist and a registered and board ce...
Send us a Text Message.Our relationship with ourselves is the longest lasting and closest of all our relationships. Perhaps you are best friends with yourself, or perhaps you feel really ill at ease. This episode outlines the internal behaviors you might want to consider to build a stronger relationship with yourself. This is a two part episode of behavior and understanding the difference between inner and outer behavior. If you have yet to listen to episode 35, go back and listen to tha...
Send us a Text Message.When our choices and actions line up with what is most important to us, we feel good. It's like we're living our purpose and enjoying our lives when we take those kinds of actions. Today's episode is all about aligning our behavior. This episode is a two part series on behavior. Today we are talking about external behavior, and the traditional definition of behavior is things that can be observed by two people. Next week we'll talk about internal behaviors. And tho...
Send us a Text Message. Ever wonder what to believe? Me too. An abundance of scientific literature is truly a great thing, and yet we all need some help in carefully selecting what we consume to avoid being swept away by wishful thinking or pseudoscience. There are many ways of knowing and in this episode I am talking about the scientific method. I want you to be able to discern what you are reading. I know people being duped by pseudo-scientists and I want our community to be...
Send us a Text Message.Emotions are like the weather and we are the sky. The weather comes and goes but we as the sky are constant. This episode is all about the psychology of dealing with the metaphoric, turbulent weather of unwanted emotions, and how you can best choose the coping strategies that will help you in the moment.This episode is all about choosing the best strategy for your present moment awareness and emotional regulation. We'll be talking about mindfulness. The concept of the t...
Send us a Text Message. What time is it? It's the new Year, and it's time to take stock of your life and make your creative plans. Temperatures might be dropping, but it is the season to heat up your creativity. 7s Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity and start applying creative thinking in their everyday life. I'm your hostess and creativity expert, Doctor Amy, because I'm a l...
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