The Modern Creative Woman
The art and science of creativity, made simple.
Through the lens of art therapy, neurocreativity, and cutting-edge research, you’ll learn not just why you create, but how to create with more freedom, intention, and joy. Dr. Amy Backos — author, art therapist, psychologist, professor and researcher, with 30+ years of experience — unpacks the evidence-based psychology behind creative living.
Come for the science. Stay for the transformation.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
64. Redefining Perfection
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"I am so afraid of disappointing the people that I love. I often forget that I am someone I love too, and I need kindness just as much as I believe the…
63. Perfection is the Enemy of Good Enough
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"Perfection is the enemy of good enough." This quote comes from Voltaire, a Parisian philosopher, and he said it in 1770. Today's episode is all about …
62. Why you need to be walking with other women
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I have learned so much about myself and others and the world by going on walks with other women. This episode is all about why we need to be walking wi…
61 Avoid this One Thing to get Your Emotional Needs Met
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60. Dialectics, Contradictions, & Your "Aide Memoire"
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Hurry! The doors to the Paris Retreat are closing! Secure your spot now for the ultimate glow up!
"If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just …
59. Women Supporting Women - Your Role
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58. Overcoming your biggest mental hurdle
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"If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough." You've probably heard that quote out of a lot of people's mouths, but do you know who said …
57. Holistic Love and Your Creative Process
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56. Tell me a story - why your brain craves a new story
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"The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling." This quote is from Zainab Salbi and she has spe…
55. Minute by Minute, You Accomplish Your Purpose
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54. BONUS Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness
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This bonus track is the Loving Kindness Meditation. You can lay down, relax, turn this on before you go to sleep at night, or you can set up some art s…
53. The Neurobiology of Loving Kindness
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My wish for you is that you continue, continue to be who and how you are to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor …
52. Anniversary Party
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"I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space…
51. Slowing Cellular Aging ALSO Relieves Anxiety
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May I be healthy, safe and strong. May you be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings on planet Earth be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings thro…
50. We might hate it when our friends become successful
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"You can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that ther…
49. Polar Bears and the "Dis-ease" of Overthinking
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We make ourselves suffer the more we think, and when we live in our heads, we're missing all the feelings, all the experiences, and all the other sensa…
48. Burnout & Putting Yourself to Bed on Time
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Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Each of us needs to withdraw from the care…
47. Wonder Woman and Why it's Finally Time to Visit a Museum
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"There is widespread agreement that art is very important, but it can be remarkably difficult to say quite why." This quote from Alain de Botton starts…
46. Coloring Outside the Lines: Navigating Ambiguity with Creativity
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"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way, things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe
How does your brain r…
45. Are you Thinking like an Artist?
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Creativity is not the problem. You and all of humankind are naturally and inherently creative. We have lots of creative ideas every day, and yet we hav…