When I was a kid, some of my favorite rainy-day activities were simple, creative, tactile, and meditative, involving pens and ...

My daughter Mimi lives in Arizona. She has twin boys and twin girls, and for many years, she sent out a nice holiday card. More than 90% of her friends thanked her for this holiday card. How did she ...

Flow, commonly called being in the zone, is where a person is totally engaged in performing an activity, up to the point where they are hardly self-conscious or conscious of their surroundings. The ...

A new study, conducted by researchers from 13 countries, has found that creative activities can help individuals maintain a "younger" brain or even reverse the effects of aging. Practicing art and ...

The COVID 19 virus has many of us, both individuals and families, virtually housebound. There is anxiety surrounding our (and our loved ones') health and the economic devastation that is accompanying ...

According to a popular view, creativity is a product of the brain’s right hemisphere – innovative people are considered “right-brain thinkers” while “left-brain thinkers” are thought to be analytical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about branding, burnout, and redefining ambition. Burnout is about exhaustion, but it’s also about losing the ability to ...