Show Notes
Dr. Amara Osei joins novelist and essayist James Whitfield to examine creative blocks from both psychological and practical perspectives. What is actually happening neurologically when we cannot write? What strategies have clinical and empirical support? What is mythology?
Questions We Explore
- Is “writer’s block” a real phenomenon or a label for other problems?
- The role of perfectionism in creative paralysis
- Why some environments reliably produce flow states
- Techniques supported by the research vs those that just feel helpful
