Dealing with Feeling The Creativity Choice: Emotions, Anxiety, and Getting Unstuck with Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
What if the reason you feel stuck is not a lack of talent. It is emotional.
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle joins Dr. Marc Brackett on Dealing With Feeling to explore the emotional side of creativity, and why most of us were never taught how to work with the feelings that show up before inspiration does.
They discuss what creativity really is, why being "gifted" is a myth that keeps people frozen, and how emotions like frustration, grief, nostalgia, and anxiety can either block your work or fuel it, depending on how you relate to them.
In this conversation
- Why creativity has nothing to do with being "gifted"
- How frustration, grief, and nostalgia can fuel creative thinking
- The role of anxiety in the early stages of the creative process
- What to do when you hit a wall and how to recover
- How to start, even if you think you're not the creative type
Zorana's book: The Creativity Choice: https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Choice-Science-Making-Decisions/dp/1541704320
About the guest: Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle is a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the author of The Creativity Choice.
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Explore Marc Brackett's work at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he serves as founding director, and learn more about RULER—an evidence-based, systemic approach to SEL developed at Yale that supports leaders, educators, students, and families in building emotional intelligence and creating healthier school climates.
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