Creativity Might Save Your Life

About this episode

This episode explores the long-term health benefits of creativity and its impact on the brain.

We all instinctively know that being creative is good for us in the moment - it calms us down, it makes us feel good. But now the cold, hard evidence is in! Creativity is really good for our health and for our brains in the long term too. In this episode Tricia finds out what’s really going on up there when we create, and why creating might just be the most important thing you could do for your health.   Mentioned in this episode: Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transforms Us by Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen  Series 3 Episode 3 of In Ten Years Time about the importance of sleep Three studies about the importance of daydreaming and distraction:  New York Times ,  Psychological Science Journal,  Psi Rep Growth Mindset Article, Harvard Business School Mindset, Book by Carol Dweck We need your art, Book by Amie McNee Secrets of the Superagers, TV show Tricia’s creativity finder Donate to keep the show ad free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tricia Duffy

Topics covered

• creativity
• health
• brain
• self-improvement
• art

Keywords

• creativity
• health
• brain function
• self-improvement
• art therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Business School, Acast

Books & works: Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transforms Us, Growth Mindset Article, We need your art, Secrets of the Superagers

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