This page contains links to all the resources and online activities mentioned in your Creative Ways to Well-being Surprise Box
Introductory letter & Start here
- Creativity and Wellbeing Week
- Sark. New Creative Companion: Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit – Updated ed.)
- Artist Dates – Julia Cameron
Creativity
- Morning Pages, the “bedrock” journalling tool recommended by Julia Cameron
Well-being
- Dr Sarah McKay. Your Brain Health
- Take the free VIA Survey on Character Strengths. VIA Institute on Character
- Take the Quiz to see How Well You Deal with Challenges at The Foundations of Well-being website and explore the other resources there
- Take the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Quiz . Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Take a Positivity Self-Test – Barbara Fredrickson
- What is wellbeing and how can we make happiness last? Watch Rick Hanson’s short video (2:44 minutes)
- Sheryl Sandberg on Building Resilience. Short video – 2:20 minutes
- ‘How to Build Resilience’. Do Something Different
- How Do I Bring More Mindfulness Into My Life? by Jeffrey Brantley, Mindful.org
Creativity & Well-being
- Positivity Portfolios by Eva Centeno. 2015.
- Positivity Portfolio Activity – Linda Graham
- Bring some Hygge into your life. Read Linda Graham’s article
- Read more about the health benefits of craft
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital 5 Ways to Wellbeing website has helpful information and suggested actions to improve well-being
- Learn about Flow in a TED Talk by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Consider the 7 Benefits of Creative Practice from Tim Woods
- Cynthia Morris asks: Why Bother? 10 Benefits of Expressing Your Creativity
- Read for Wellness: “Researchers are increasingly finding that picking up a good book can improve your mood, reduce stress levels, calm nerves, stimulate creativity, encourage empathy and ease the tension in muscles and the heart.” Read about the benefits of reading
- Watch an inspiring movie. The Positive Psychology News Movie Awards provides the best of the best positive psychology movies. Check the 2017 awards list, and you can also access the previous years’ awards
- Read about The 7 Habits of Happy People – There are some good evidence-based resources on the website.
- Read about the Positive Psychology of Creativity and try the three exercises to boost your creativity – Positive Psychology Program
7-Word Biography
Poetry
- The Poet by Jane Hirschfield
- The Poetry Foundation
- Haiku International Association
Colouring
- The Benefits of Adult Coloring: 10 Reasons to Color Yourself to Calm. Pocket Mindfulness
- The Amazing Benefits of Colouring for Adults. ColorIt.com
