The Modern Creative Woman
The Modern Creative Woman explores the art and science of creativity, breaking it down into simple, practical ideas. Hosted by Dr. Amy Backos, an author, art therapist, psychologist, professor and researcher with over 30 years of experience, the show draws on art therapy, neurocreativity and current research. Listeners learn not only why people create, but how to create with more freedom, intention and joy. Each episode unpacks the evidence-based psychology behind creative living and its power to transform.
Episodes
178. Synchronicity: What Is Your Mind Trying to Notice?
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!I'd like to invite you to my online Paris Soiree. Click here to receive your invitation.Synchronicity: What Is Your Mind Trying to Notice?Have you ever thought about someone and then heard from them? Learned a new word and suddenly started noticing it everywhere? Seen an animal, image, number, or symbol repeatedly and wondered whether it meant s
177. You Are Allowed to Evolve: Rethinking Purpose, Values, and What Matters Now
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!You Are Allowed to Evolve: Rethinking Purpose, Values, and What Matters NowWhat mattered to you when you were 15?Maybe it was friends, school, family, dating, fitting in—or simply getting through the day. Now think about what matters to you today. Chances are, some things have changed dramatically, while others have stayed surprisingly consistent.In
176. How to Keep Expanding Your World
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!As we get older, some of the things that once nourished us can quietly disappear from our lives. We socialize less because staying home feels easier. We move less. We stop taking classes, going to events, getting dressed for the day, seeing friends, or making time for the things that once brought us joy.Life changes, of course. Our families change, o
175. Stop Waiting to Live Your Life: How Art and Creativity Can Transform Your Everyday
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Are you waiting for life to become easier, calmer, or more interesting before you really start enjoying it?Maybe you're waiting until the kids are older. Until you retire. Until the big project is finished. Until you have more time. So much of adult life can become a series of things we need to finish before we allow ourselves to enjoy what is h
174. Are You Living Your Life, or Someone Else’s?
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Are You Living Your Life, or Someone Else’s?Episode SummaryWhat happens when we spend so much time online that we lose touch with our own preferences, pleasures, and experiences?In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores neuroaesthetics and the powerful role that beauty, art, architecture, color, texture, and our physical e
173. Present Moment Awareness: Why Being Here Changes Everything
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!How often are you actually present for your own life?Research suggests that nearly half of our waking hours are spent thinking about something other than what we are doing. Our minds wander into the past, the future, imagined conversations, worries, plans, comparisons, and everything else competing for our attention.In this episode of The Modern Crea
172. Glamour Isn't a Guilty Pleasure — It's a Strategy
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!This episode of The Modern Creative Woman reframes glamour as a "womanly art" — an intentional, creative practice of shaping your environment, style, and self-presentation — rather than vanity or performing for the male gaze. Dr. Amy opens with Natalie Portman's account of being sexualized young in Hollywood, then traces how women like
171. The Stories Your Brain Keeps Repeating: Neuropsychological Strategies to Change Your Inner Narratives
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What if the way you see the world is being shaped long before you consciously decide what you think?In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores value priming, the fascinating psychological process through which our previous experiences, environment, relationships, media, and repeated thoughts influence how we interpret what
170. What your Symbols are Trying to Tell You: Three Art Practices to Try Today
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What if the images you're naturally drawn to are telling you something about yourself?Symbols have been part of human expression for thousands of years, from prehistoric cave paintings to religious imagery to contemporary abstract art. But symbols aren't only something we find in museums, books, or ancient cultures. They are part of our own
169. Get Ready for a Creativity Renaissance
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Are we on the cusp of a creative resurgence? I think we are.In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, I’m exploring why so many of us feel creatively starved and why I believe this is exactly the moment to bring more art, beauty, aesthetics, reading, and creative expression back into our lives.We’ll look at how our environments, architecture, fas
168. Rest, Reset, and Keeping Promises to Yourself: September Resolutions
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Rest, Reset, and Keeping Promises to YourselfThere is nothing selfish about taking care of yourself. In fact, you're the only person who can do it.In this episode, Dr. Amy Bakos explores why the weeks before September offer the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect, and prepare for meaningful change. Rather than waiting for January's rushed
167. The More You Look, the More you See: Art to Help you Find Solutions to your Most Vexing Problems
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Can looking at art actually make you more creative? Absolutely—but only if you know how to look.Many people feel intimidated walking into an art museum, worrying they won't "get it" or that they need an art history degree to appreciate what's on the walls. In this episode, Dr. Amy Bakos shares five simple ways to experience art th
166. The Opposite of Procrastination is NOT Productivity—It is Persistence
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Why do we procrastinate on the work that matters most? In this episode, Dr. Amy Bakos explores the psychology behind creative avoidance and why procrastination doesn't mean you're lazy—it often means you're deeply invested in what you're creating. Drawing from behavioral psychology, existential psychology, personal stories, and le
165. Self Conscious? Try Self CONSCIOUSNESS Instead
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Why does being self-conscious often leave us feeling anxious, while self-consciousness can become one of our greatest strengths?In this episode, Dr. Amy Bakos explores the profound difference between these two experiences. Self-consciousness often begins in adolescence, when we become acutely aware of how others see us. While this developmental stage
164. The 3 Biggest Barriers to Creativity (and How to Move Past Them)
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Why do so many intelligent, capable women long to be creative but never quite begin?In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores three surprisingly common mental barriers that keep women from painting, writing, making art, and expressing themselves creatively. These obstacles aren't a lack of talent or time. They're patterns of thinking that qu
163. Stop Bypassing Your Emotions: Why Uncertainty Might Be the Best Thing for Your Creativity
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!We spend so much of our lives trying to eliminate uncertainty. We want the right answer, the perfect decision, and reassurance that we're on the right path. But what if uncertainty isn't something to avoid? What if it's actually one of the most important ingredients for creativity, growth, and living a meaningful life?In this episode,
162. Knitting in Public: The Surprising Science of Fiber Arts and Brain Health
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Have you ever thought about knitting as preventive healthcare?In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores the fascinating intersection of creativity, neuroscience, psychology, and fiber arts. What has often been dismissed as "women's work" is now backed by a growing body of research demonstrating significant benefits for brain health, emo
161. Disrupting the Male Gaze in Art: Who Gets to Be Seen?
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!The Male Gaze in Art: Who Gets to Be Seen?In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the concept of the male gaze, its origins in art and film, and how it continues to shape what we see in museums, movies, and visual culture today. From feminist film theory to museum curation, this conversation invites listeners to look mor
160. The Neuroscience of Pleasure, Desire, and Creativity
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Show Notes: The Neuroscience of Pleasure, Desire, and CreativityIn this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the fascinating connection between creativity, pleasure, and the brain's reward system. Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, art therapy, and her own recent experience completing a new book manuscript, Amy discu
159. Season 4 Premiere: Creativity, Meaning, & Art Therapy...Answers to Your Most Asked Questions
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Season 4 Premiere: Creativity, Meaning, and Art Therapy—Answers to Your Most Asked QuestionsWelcome to Season 4 of The Modern Creative Woman podcast.As we begin another year together, I'm reflecting on what an incredible journey this podcast has been. What started as an attempt to put words to something I have always understood through experienc
158. Thoughts Are Not Facts: New Relationship with Your Mind
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast, Amy Backos explores one of the most powerful concepts in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): cognitive defusion. What happens when you stop treating your thoughts like facts? What changes when you learn to observe your mind instead of obeying it?Amy walks listeners through the neuroscience of
157. The Creative Power of an Analog Summer
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What would happen if you stopped documenting your life long enough to actually experience it?In this episode, we explore the growing cultural movement toward an “analog summer” — intentionally stepping away from constant digital stimulation and reconnecting with slower, more tactile, deeply human ways of living. From knitting and painting to playing
156. Art Is Political: Creativity, Democracy, and the Courage to Speak
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the inseparable relationship between art and politics, and why creativity is not a luxury—but a necessity for a healthy society.From political cartoons and protest imagery to community art and everyday creative expression, art has always been a catalyst
155. Procrastination Cure
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What actually creates a meaningful life? In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the deep connection between meaning, motivation, values, and behavior. Drawing from psychological research, personal stories, and her own creative process, Amy unpacks why fulfillment is not found through certainty, productivity, success, mo
154. A New Way to Respond to Uncertainty
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!When life feels uncertain or overwhelming, it’s natural to return to familiar ways of coping. These patterns often developed for good reason—they worked at one point in time. But as circumstances change, those same strategies can become limiting, keeping us stuck in cycles that no longer support our well-being.In this episode of The Modern Creative W
153. From Brain Fog to Clarity: How the Arts Restore Your Mind
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!The arts are not a luxury. They are a biological necessity.In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the powerful connection between creativity and health—breaking down the neuroscience behind why engaging in the arts improves not only emotional well-being, but cognitive functioning and even physical health.From brain fog
152. Art Is Human: Why Creating Is Essential to Your Life
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Art is not a luxury—it’s a defining feature of what it means to be human.In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores the deep psychological, biological, and cultural roots of creativity, starting with a powerful idea: humans have been making art for over 70,000 years—and we still underestimate its value.This is a conversatio
151. “Play” Like Yourself Every Time: Authentic Style and Creativity
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What does it actually mean to have YOUR style?Not just in how you dress—but in how you think, create, relate, and move through the world.In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores style as a way of being—a deeply personal, psychologically rooted expression of self. Inspired by a moment at a San Francisco Symphony League eve
150. Power, Perception, Prestige & Desire: Interview with Dr. Tanetha Jamay Fisher
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What if the biggest limitation on your creative work isn’t your talent—but your perception of its value?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tanetha Jamay Fisher—leadership professor, former Capitol Hill strategist, and luxury business advisor—to explore the powerful intersection of power, perception, and prestige.Together, we unpack how high-level c
149. Art as Medicine: The Science of Creativity and Well-Being
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!When was the last time you intentionally engaged with the arts—not just as background noise, but as a tool for your well-being?In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores the powerful intersection of creativity, neuroscience, and health. Drawing from the landmark 2019 World Health Organization report analyzing over 3,000 studies, she unpacks why the art
148. The Million Dollar Question
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Have you ever noticed the kinds of questions you ask yourself throughout the day? In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast, Dr. Amy Backos explores the powerful role of our inner dialogue and how the questions we ask ourselves shape the answers our brains produce. Many women are familiar with harsh inner questions like “What’s wrong with
147. Creative Rest in Turbulent Times
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast, Dr. Amy Backos explores an important question: How do we care for ourselves when the world feels overwhelming? Drawing from positive psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, she reminds listeners that acknowledging suffering in the world does not require abandoning our own joy, rest, or c
146. Unhooking from your “I’m Not Enough” Story: Changing your Relationship to Thoughts
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Have you ever believed a thought about yourself so completely that it felt like fact? I’m not good enough. I’m a fraud. I can’t handle this. In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores what Acceptance and Commitment Therapy calls cognitive fusion—the very human tendency to get tangled up in our thoughts and treat them as truth.Drawing from art therapy,
145. Process vs. Product: Why Being In the Moment Changes Everything
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!How much of your life are you actually experiencing… and how much of it are you trying to finish?In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores the difference between process and product — and why our culture’s obsession with outcomes quietly steals so much of our satisfaction, creativity, and peace. From childhood art classes to professional life, we’re o
144. The Myth of Motivation (and What Actually Gets You Moving)
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Many of us think we have a motivation problem.We call ourselves lazy.We say we’re procrastinating.We wait to “feel ready.”But motivation isn’t a personality trait — and it isn’t something you have to wait for.In this episode, psychologist and art therapist Amy Backos breaks down what 70 years of research actually says about motivation — including int
143. Staying Steady in Difficult Times: Psychological Flexibility
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!If I could gift everyone one psychological skill right now, it would be this: psychological flexibility.Because when the world feels overwhelming — when the news is heavy, systems feel broken, and old wounds get stirred up — rigidity doesn’t help. Avoidance doesn’t help. Doom-scrolling doesn’t help.Adopting a stance of Psychological Flexibility does
142. Art Therapy & Cultural Humility: Special Guest Dr. Louvenia Jackson
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this deeply meaningful conversation, I sit down with Dr. Lavinia Jackson — Chair and Professor of Art Therapy at Marymount University, scholar, educator, and one of the most important voices shaping the future of our field.Dr. Jackson is the author of Cultural Humility and Art Therapy, a book that has profoundly influenced both my teaching and my
141. Getting into Your Zone
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Pick our metaphor to make your life a little easier and more enjoyable. Getting into your zone is the key to living your purpose with clarity, intention, and creativity.Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe
140. Containers, Not Motivation
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!If your creative energy feels fragile right now, ask yourself not how to push harder or where to recruit more willpower. Instead, ask yourself what kind of container it's been asked to survive in. This episode draws your attention away from motivation and willpower, and towards creating containers where your creativity can grow and expand.Suppor
139. How Beauty Heals: Neuroaesthetics, Art, and Peace
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!There is enormous variety in the universe of visual art—and in this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, we explore why that matters so deeply to the human brain and nervous system.Inspired by research from the field of neuroaesthetics, this conversation bridges cognitive science, art therapy, and lived experience to help you understand how beauty,
138. Creativity Built the World—Now It’s Your Turn
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this episode, I’m welcoming 2026 with a reflection on creativity as a fundamental human force—the energy behind civilization, healing, meaning, and change. As I begin the early, tender labor of writing my next book, I wanted to share some of what has been stirring in my mind and heart during this season of intention-setting and renewal.We explore
137. Live Your Values in the New Year
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." -Maya Angelou As we cross the threshold from 2025 into 2026, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and choose a different way forward—one rooted in values rather than willpower. Opening with Maya Angelou’s reminder that when one woman stands up for herself, she st
136. The Break Your Brain Is Begging For
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“Self-care is how you take your power back.”— Lila Delia🧠 In This EpisodeWhy purpose = values + committed action (from an ACT perspective)How values differ from goals — and why that matters for long-term wellbeingWhat happens in your brain after 50–90 minutes of focused workWhy breaks improve productivity, creativity, learning, and memoryWhat doesn’t
135. The Neuropsychological Change Process and the Art Response
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos continues the conversation on creating more chill holidays by exploring the neuropsychology of choice, habit, and tradition. She weaves personal reflection with brain science to offer listeners both compassion and practical insight into why the holidays can feel so overwhelming—and how mean
134. Stop Doing Too Much: Create Your Chill Holiday
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!The Process Is the Way: How to Actually Enjoy Your Holiday SeasonIn this episode, Amy shares the surprising truth about the exact right moment to pause, relax, and return to yourself: when you feel way too busy to do it.If you’ve ever sprinted through December—overspending, overcommitting, overperforming, and quietly drowning in guilt, stress, or “ho
133. That Quiet Drift Away From Ourselves...and How to Return
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos takes you inside a moment every creative woman knows too well—the quiet drift away from our creativity and, in many ways, from ourselves. What begins as a blank page or stalled idea can quickly snowball into self-doubt, overwhelm, or a nervous system stuck in self-protection. But this isn’t a personal failure—it’s biol
132. Taking Control of Your Brain
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!In this week’s episode, Dr. Amy Backos invites listeners into a grounding and honest conversation about the power of values—especially as we head into a season filled with expectations, pressure, and anticipatory anxiety. Using the Buddha’s teaching on the “drunken monkeys” mind as a starting point, Amy explores how our restless, swirling thoughts ca
131. Creativity and Context
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Creativity itself doesn't care about results. The only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens happen next without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk or a mule or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you regardless." - El
130. The Product Matters Less Than You Think
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.” - Aung San Suu KyiIn this episode, Dr. Amy Backos invites you to rethink your relationship with creativity, success, and even everyday life. Amy explores how our attachment to outcomes—whether in art, parenting, or personal growth—can limit our sense of fulfillment and
129. Why Compassion Is the Hardest (and Most Powerful) Thing You Can Do
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“Extending yourself in compassion to another human being changes the nature of your relationship. The acknowledgment of one human being to another is what bonds, strengthens, and expands the human connection.”— Oprah WinfreyEmpathy is one of the most beautiful, natural instincts we have as human beings — and one of the most misunderstood.Support the
128. Curating Your Psychological Environment: The Art of Inner and Outer Harmony
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“The environment is where we all meet. Where all of us have a mutual interest. It is the one thing all of us share.” - Lady Bird Johnson In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos, psychologist and art therapist, explores the powerful relationship between your environment and your psychological well-being. Drawing from behavioral science, art therapy, and desig
127. Your Body Knows: The Science of Embodied Cognition
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!The body remembers the bones. Remember the joints. Remember even the little finger remembers. Memory is lodged in pictures and feelings in cells themselves." -Clarissa Pinkola, EstesEpisode Summary:In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores embodied cognition — the scientific and soulful understanding that our bodies think, remember, and kn
126. Five Ways to Reignite Your Creative Power
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Play is the state of mind that we can use in our creative process to our advantage." Jessica Walsh Grab your Modern Creative Woman Manifest Here!Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe-to-the-crea
125. Desire, Sex & Creativity: Interview with Sex Therapist, Skylar Collé
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Is this hot or not hot?"Skylar Collé holds a dual Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Clinical Sexology. Her research focuses on the 4-D Wheel as a tool for embodied, liberated, and decolonial healing. Skylar’s work brings together instinct and intellect, neuroscience and i
124. Tea, Community, and the Psychology of Awe
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." – Henri NouwenThis week on The Modern Creative Woman Podcast, Dr. Amy shares reflections from hosting a benefit tea party for I Support the Girls and how small, simple acts of service can ripple out into meaningful change.Then we dive deep into the psy
123. From Hopeless to Hopeful: Simple Creative Shifts
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything. Then live in a castle and wonder at nothing.” Joan Windmill Brown Hope is not just a feeling — it’s a practice, a mindset, and a vital ingredient for healing and growth. In today’s episode, Dr. Amy Backos explores the psychology of hope and how we can intentionally cultivate it in our lives
122. The $100 Experiment That Changed My Self Image
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“It is only a thought and thoughts can be changed.” - Louise Hay In this powerful episode of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast, Dr. Amy Backos dives into one of the most liberating concepts from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): defusion – the skill of seeing your thoughts as just thoughts, not facts.Using a personal story about flying f
121. Add this One Habit for Peace of Mind
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.” -Marilyn Vos Savant Join your Modern Creative Woman retreat here: https://moderncreativewoman.comSpecial bonus for podcast listeners - reserve your spot in the retreat and as an added bonus, you get a month long workshop inside The Modern Cre
120. Women in Community
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“If we're by ourselves, we come to feel crazy and alone. We need to make alternate families of small groups of women who support each other. Talk to each other regularly, can speak their truths and their experiences, and find they're not alone in them. And that other women have them too. It makes such a huge difference.” -Glor
119. Happy Birthday to My Mom
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“Knowing what you don't want is just as important as knowing what you do want.” -My MomIt's my mom's birthday today and I thought I would share 12 of the truisms she taught me growing up and how many of them are backed by science.Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodie
118. Let's Catch Up!
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!This episode is just you and me. I thought it would be a great time for us to catch up on what's happening and let you know what I've been up to. It will be a little bit of a different episode...rather than talking with you about art therapy and creativity, I hope to let you know me a little more. I'm talking about a month in Paris, li
117. Feasting with Your Eyes: Interview with Bebe Black Carminito
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!BEBE BLACK CARMINITO is a food stylist, recipe developer, content creator, cooking teacher and professional makeup artist. Her debut cookbook, The Curated Board: Inspired Platters & Spreads for Any Occasion, was published in September, 2024. Bebe co-hosts three global cookbook clubs. Her early forays into cookbook contribution include The Califor
116. The Myth of Multi Tasking
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Leonardo da Vinci says time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. So many of the women I work with experience time anxiety. They are relating to thoughts about time in a really unhelpful way. They're using thoughts about what's happening in the past or the future to derail what's happening in the present. And they are taking th
115. Art as a Neurological Product (part III)
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Making art is a biological process. This is the third episode in a series about the biology of making art, and the science that informs how and why we are creating. Today we're wrapping up this three part series on the biology and the science of why we're so compelled to make art, and why it feels so good. And let's address why you mi
114. Art as a Neurological Product (Part II)
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” Twyla Tharp This episode builds on last week's conversation (episode 113) about what happens in your brain when making art. And we're taking a deep dive into the neuroscience of the hormones that help us feel good and the role that creativity plays in giving us those feelings. I'
113. Art as a Neurological Product (part I)
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Art is magical, but it's not magic. It's a neurological product, and we can study this neurological product the same way that we study other complex processes, such as language." Dr. Charles Limb The next three episodes will be all about how your brain is changed using art, and how hormones play a role in that. Support the showEx
112. Women in Leadership: Interview with Dr. Shilpa Reddy
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Dr. Reddy is currently the Mental Health Service Chief for the Veterans Administration Clinical Resource Hub in Visn 21, and that's a virtual mental health program that serves Nevada, California and the Pacific Islands. And she has been a tele mental health psychologist since 2016. She provided care originally to rural and in particular, underse
111. Expert or Someone Selling Snake Oil?
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!A person selling "snake oil" is trying to get your money with a promise of a cure of a variety of problems (business, money, emotional care, mental health, etc.). These cure-alls for various ailments lack any real medicinal properties (Although they might give you a little information that makes it sound real). The person lacks business cre
110. Honor Your Foundations
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." This quote by Audre Lorde starts us off today. We're talking all about the philosophical foundations that support our lives, and today is all about your personal foundations, upon which you rest you
109. Who's fault is this anyway?
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Our minds are a wonderful thing to have, and I want to remind you that your mind and your thoughts are not the boss of you. It's a function in our brain. It's a neurological biological phenomenon to have thoughts. Thoughts are not facts. They're just biological phenomena. Today, we're talking about how to use your brain for accoun
108. Accepting Your Fate
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Welcome to Season Three of The Modern Creative Woman Podcast!"Acceptance is the bridge that connects us to genuine happiness and peace." - Thich Nhat Hanh Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe-to
107. Ten Reasons Why You Aren't Making Art
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!What if you took the time for things that truly nourish you and bring you joy? You might have a lot of reasons why you can't or won't partake in those activities that are nourishing your soul: being creative, connecting with friends, moving your body. This episode is my list of the top ten reasons why women are not making art, even when the
106. Foundations of your Life
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe-to-the-creative-woman/Connect with Dr. Amy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dramybackos/
105. Modern, Creative Communication
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!"Every person has a responsibility to be a participant in this society and make it a better place for everybody, in whatever capacity they can." -Megan RapinoeWhen was the last time you updated and strengthened your communication strategies? It is probably time! Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreati
105. BONUS Calm Breathing
Ask me a question or let me know what you think!Enjoy this bonus episode for Mother's Day!A long exhale is key to calm. Grab a piece of paper and two markers in your favorite colors. You will "trace" your breath using the colors on the paper. Alternatively, you can do this exercise using your finger to trace your breath across the desk in front of you or even use your lap. Support t
104. The Met Gala
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “Luxury is a point of view. It is not what you pay, but what you make of yourself. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere. It's the life you're living in, the dress and the sort of life you had lived before and what you will do in it later.” -Diana Vreeland Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moder
103. Integrating your Boundaries, Somatic Therapy, Art for Pain
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “You can be a thousand different women. It is your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. Celebrate who you are. Say, this is my kingdom.” -Salma Hayek Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreative
102. Five Boundaries Every Woman Needs
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. And this is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is ultimately far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.” -Brené Brown 5 components of External BoundariesPhysicalEmotionalTime and energyMaterialRelationalSupport the showExplore the Moder
101. Inner Boundaries
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100. Healthy Boundaries
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