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Why enthusiasm - not entertainment - will rule the world
CreativeRx: The coolest people, according to science, are creatively authentic.
Jul 20
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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No one thinks being creative is easy. Show up anyway.
CreativeRx: Friction and discomfort are the heart of how our creative ideas come alive - not something to speed past.
Jun 15
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Creatively healthy people never skip the messy middle
CreativeRx: We're all avoiding the parts of the creative process that make us most resilient, flexible - and free.
Jun 8
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Why optimization culture is dead
CreativeRx: Embracing spontaneity is the gateway to play, creative fulfillment and ultimately, the future.
Jun 1
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Play is the antidote to empty achievement
CreativeRx: One of the biggest misconceptions we have about play is that it's silly or childlike - but it's actually what gives us the survival skills…
May 25
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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The case for an aesthetic life
CreativeRx: Why does beauty get such a weird (luxurious?) rap? Will it always feel like something we need to earn?
Apr 27
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Stop optimizing for the extraordinary
CreativeRx: Why savoring the mundane is a radical creative act.
Apr 20
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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