August 16, 2025
Greg, Alessandra, Devin, Shadows Pub, Hillary, Bobby B
If you could design your own “School of Creativity,” what classes or experiences might you include?
Today's crew answered a simple question:
If you could design your own School of Creativity, what would you teach and how would people learn?
The crew explored learning styles, program design, safety in learning, mentorship, mixed media delivery, and even angel investing as a creative path.
The theme:
creativity flourishes when people can choose how they learn, feel safe to explore, and have access to both wisdom and practical tools.
Back-to-school season isn’t just for kids. Today the team reframed “school” as a flexible, human-centric space where curiosity leads and structure supports.
August 16, 2025
Greg, Alessandra, Devin, Shadows Pub, Hillary, Bobby B
If you could design your own “School of Creativity,” what classes or experiences might you include?
Today's crew answered a simple question:
If you could design your own School of Creativity, what would you teach and how would people learn?
The crew explored learning styles, program design, safety in learning, mentorship, mixed media delivery, and even angel investing as a creative path.
The theme:
creativity flourishes when people can choose how they learn, feel safe to explore, and have access to both wisdom and practical tools.
Back-to-school season isn’t just for kids. Today the team reframed “school” as a flexible, human-centric space where curiosity leads and structure supports.
Episode: 53: How Can Creativity Be Stunted, and How Do We Heal From It?
Date: May, 24th, 2025
Today's Crew: Greg, Alessandra, Devin, Shadows Pub, Hillary
In this deeply personal and insightful episode, the Creative Work Hour crew explores the painful yet universal experience of having creativity crushed and the challenging journey back to creative confidence. Each host shares vulnerable stories of how authority figures, family members, and institutions stunted their creative pursuits—from cooking and singing to writing and performing. What emerges is both heartbreaking and hopeful: a collective understanding that creative stunting often stems from fear, societal expectations, and lack of support systems rather than malice.
The conversation reveals how these experiences can create what Alessandra calls a "cognitive limp"—a lasting impact that follows creatives for decades. Yet the crew also demonstrates that recovery is possible through community support, reframing past experiences, and building confidence in areas of strength. From Singers Anonymous to therapy and hypnosis, they explore various paths to healing creative wounds and reclaiming artistic identity.
This episode serves as both validation for anyone who's had their creativity dismissed and a roadmap for healing those wounds. The hosts' candid sharing creates a safe space for listeners to examine their own creative blocks and consider how they might begin their own recovery journey.
Alessandra: "It's a little bit like kind of like a cognitive limp. If there's something that you had a creative experience with... But if someone was in your life that was like, no, that's not a thing, or one of my personal favorites sucks all the fun out of it. How would you make money with that?"
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