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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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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
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The Opposite of Optimization: How The Neuroscience of Spontaneity Unlocks Your Creative Freedom
Field Guide: Our over-optimized lives have completely removed this essential building block of play and self-expression - scientific research has known…
May 29
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Play Skeptic's Guide To Play: A 'Meta' Analysis of My TED Talk on Play - And The Science of Why We Need To Inject It Into All Parts of Life
Field Guide: A behind-the-scenes look at the science behind my own creative process during writing, preparing and giving a TED talk about play in…
May 15
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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The Science of Neuroaesthetics: Beauty Is Functional - And Wired Into Your Creative Brain
Field Guide: Aesthetic experiences are not the cherry on top of a successful life - they're literally the nutrient we need to keep our Creative Health…
Apr 24
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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Nourishing Your Attention Is A Creative Practice - And The Gateway To Inspiration, Awe + Wonder
Field Guide: Attention Restoration Theory is the basis of how we feel creatively inspired - and it's under attack in our world today. Here's how we…
Apr 10
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How To Actually Think For Yourself: Developing Cognitive Sovereignty, Originality and Critical Thinking (based on science, not vibes)
Field Guide: The trend hamster wheel needs to end - for our own health, creativity...and sanity. Here's exactly how we can start.
Mar 26
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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The Science Behind Creative Breakthroughs: Why your creative ideas don't come from "hard work" - and how to generate them on command
Field Notes: Yes, there is a scientific formula to coming up with high quality creative ideas - and keeping your creative brain healthy in the process.
Mar 12
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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How To Turn Your Creativity Into A Workout, Not A Performance: The science-backed guide for making things more often, without the baggage
Deep Dive: Dissecting the scientific research behind creative habits, and the exact formula to turn your creativity into a tool for your health…
Feb 19
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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The hand-brain connection: Making things with your hands isn't "self-care" - it's how we stay human in an increasingly inhuman world
The science behind creativity's "hand-brain connection" and why physical, analog creation is a non-negotiable for your Creative Health.
Feb 5
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Katina, Creative Scientist
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The Psychology of Creative Vitality: How to exist in the midst of both pain and beauty
Dissecting the "Jovial Spirit" framework - and mapping out exactly how to approach life with a jovial, playful attitude, no matter what the…
Jan 22
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