010: Reading the Changes
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 life creatively allows you to make great music out of whatever comes your way.
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009:The Top 5 Misconceptions about Mental Health & Creativity
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 latest breakdown can be your next breakthrough.
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008: Living in the Best of Both Worlds
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 with these allows you to live in the best of both worlds.
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007: The New Biology of Creativity
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 Antonio Damasio and Allen Schore to business author Daniel Pink.
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006: Multiplicity versus Polarization
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 deep creative engagement. We’ll show how staying in touch with multiplicity-in ourselves and others--is the greatest antidote to polarization and how to use it to supercharge your creativity.
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005: Perfectionism and Its Discontents
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 throw us off the trail of true creativity.
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004: You're in the Club Too!
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 of the club too!
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003: Wrestling with Kafka
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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 creative process.
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002: We are Many
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
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.
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001: Mentoring Creativity
Live Life Creatively with Michael Alcée, PhD.
Psychological growth is an art that goes hand in hand with the creative artistry we associate with writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and dancers.
info_outlineIt’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.
Michael Alcée, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Tarrytown, NY and also serves as Mental Health Coordinator at Manhattan School of Music. A two-time TEDx speaker and Psychology Today blogger, he loves to write and speak about the link between creativity and psychotherapy.
CONNECT with Michael HERE
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