Creativity Found: Finding Creativity Later in Life

Real-life stories of finding or returning to creativity in adulthood.
I'm Claire, and I re-found my creativity after a time of almost crippling anxiety. Now I share the stories of other people who have found or re-found their creativity as adults, and hopefully inspire many more grown-ups to get creative.
I chat with my guests about their childhood experiences of creativity and the arts, how they came to the creative practices they now love, the barriers they had to overcome to start their creative re-awakening, and how what they do now benefits their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

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Podcasting since 2020 • 145 episodes

Creativity Found: Finding Creativity Later in Life

Latest Episodes

Ancient Worlds and New Chapters with Neil Laird

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Puzzled About Everything with Monica Marlatt

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From Corporate Stress to Creative Success with Bonny Snowdon

How coloured pencils changed Bonny's life.World-renowned artist and teacher Bonny Snowdon shares how a stressful period in her life and a gift of coloured pencils from her daughter led to a profound creative awakening that helped her man...

March 16, 2026 • Episode 141 • 35:25

From Blueprints to Brushes with Emily-Jane Sarroff

Finding a balance between career and creativity. Have you ever built a "successful" career only to realize it was draining the very creativity you intended to nurture? Artist Emily-Jane Sarroff spent a decade navigating ...

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Painting Peace Leads to Finding a Voice with Jaime Townzen

Physiological peace and rewiring a creative soul. Creative pursuits helped my guest, Jaime Townzen, to overcome years of grief and caregiving stress to complete and publish her first novel, but it's not all about writing!In t...

February 16, 2026 • Episode 139 • 34:24