Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
CreativeRx (free)
Field Notes (🔏)
Ideas Archive
DD Labs
About
We are living in a Play Deprivation Crisis - and I'm giving a TED Talk about it.
CreativeRx: I'm one week out from giving a TED talk @ TED HQ about why we aren't playing anymore as adults...and how to get that capacity back.
May 4
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
40
23
8
Why enthusiasm - not entertainment - will rule the world
CreativeRx: The coolest people, according to science, are creatively authentic.
Jul 20
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
14
9
2
The Vitality Gap: Why we're missing aliveness - not happiness
CreativeRx: Activated emotions, like enthusiasm and joy, are the gateway to our Creative Health - but we're taught to dampen them at every turn.
Jul 13
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
15
6
2
How To Feel More Alive: The 3 Surprising Psychological States That Unlock Our Creative Health
Field Guide: Everything we've been taught to believe about "positive emotions" is backwards - it's activated feelings, not calm ones, that broaden our…
Jul 10
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
7
We get more creative as we age, not less
CreativeRx: One of the biggest myths about our Creative Health is that we think we age out of being creative. Science tells us otherwise.
Jul 6
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
28
10
7
Creative Rx
See all
Why enthusiasm - not entertainment - will rule the world
CreativeRx: The coolest people, according to science, are creatively authentic.
Jul 20
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
14
9
2
The Vitality Gap: Why we're missing aliveness - not happiness
CreativeRx: Activated emotions, like enthusiasm and joy, are the gateway to our Creative Health - but we're taught to dampen them at every turn.
Jul 13
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
15
6
2
We get more creative as we age, not less
CreativeRx: One of the biggest myths about our Creative Health is that we think we age out of being creative. Science tells us otherwise.
Jul 6
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
28
10
7
Deep Dives
See all
How To Feel More Alive: The 3 Surprising Psychological States That Unlock Our Creative Health
Field Guide: Everything we've been taught to believe about "positive emotions" is backwards - it's activated feelings, not calm ones, that broaden our…
Jul 10
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
7
Inspiration Doesn't Matter: The Science Behind Creative Motivation - And Why Most Of Us Quit
Field Guide: Hustle culture broke how we think about creativity - but this scientific research and framework turns creative maintenance into a life-long…
Jun 26
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
9
2
What AI Is Doing To Our Creative Brain: Why You Can't Skip The Creative Struggle
Field Guide: What 372,793 college essays in a pre-and-post ChatGPT world says about the importance of our messy, non-linear creative process.
Jun 12
10
4
2
Recent posts
See all
My TED Talk on the science of play is officially...live!
CreativeRx: You're the first to have the link to watch it. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at the entire creative process that led up to this point.
Jun 29
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
18
2
4
Inspiration Doesn't Matter: The Science Behind Creative Motivation - And Why Most Of Us Quit
Field Guide: Hustle culture broke how we think about creativity - but this scientific research and framework turns creative maintenance into a life-long…
Jun 26
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
9
2
You can't hack your creative growth
CreativeRx: Just like you can't plan a breakthrough - because our most creatively healthy selves don't work on a schedule.
Jun 22
•
Katina, Creative Scientist
9
6
6
Creative Health with Katina Bajaj
The science of feeling alive. Join 18,000+ subscribers exploring the neuroscience and psychology of creativity, play, beauty and wonder alongside Creative Health Scientist, Katina Bajaj. Creativity isn't talent - it's a dimension of our well-being.
Subscribe
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts