Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
What does it mean to truly be a creative person? Even if your day job isn't as an artist?
In this podcast, writer, musician, and staff psychologist for the Manhattan School of Music, Michael Alcée shows you how to expand your view of artistry - and Live Life Creatively.
Whether you self-identify as "creative" or not, Michael will challenge commonly-held beliefs about creativity, and increase your capacity to enjoy your life to the fullest.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2019
010: Reading the Changes
The art of living life creatively enables us all to learn how to read and play the changes like a good jazz musician. In this week’s wrap-up episode, we’ll bring it all together and show why living l…
009:The Top 5 Misconceptions about Mental Health & Creativity
If you’re a college student, you’ve probably fallen prey to a lot of misconceptions about mental health. In this week’s episode, we’re here to set the record straight, and help you see how your late…
008: Living in the Best of Both Worlds
Do you know where you get your energy? Are you a Lamborghini, a Tesla, or a Prius? In this week’s episode, you’ll find out if you’re an extrovert, introvert, or ambivert, and how working creatively w…
007: The New Biology of Creativity
There’s been a revolution in the way we view creativity and its connection to psychological well being. In this week’s episode, we’ll look at this new biology of creativity, from Neuroscientist Anton…
006: Multiplicity versus Polarization
There is polarization all around us these days. In this week’s episode, we’ll look it is as a special case of perfectionism gone awry, confirming our worst fears and closing down our potential for d…
005: Perfectionism and Its Discontents
Why does perfectionism dog so many of us and how does it actually interfere with our creative functioning? In this week’s episode, we’ll look at the seductive power of perfectionism and the ways it t…
004: You're in the Club Too!
Just because you can’t paint, play an instrument, act, or dance doesn’t mean you’re not an artist. We are all built to be artists psychologically. In this week’s episode, we’ll show how you’re part …
003: Wrestling with Kafka
It’s a common myth that therapy takes away the edge you need to be a working artist. In this week’s episode, we’ll turn this on its head and show why psychological work is your greatest ally in the c…
002: We are Many
It’s easy to lose track of the many selves we all have inside. In this week’s episode, you’ll learn why reconnecting to your multiplicity is the best way to reclaim yourself and your creativity.
Mich…
001: Mentoring Creativity
Psychological growth is an art that goes hand in hand with the creative artistry we associate with writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and dancers.
In this week’s episode, we’ll look at …