Creativity is core to what it means to be fully alive. We know being creative reduces stress, helps our brain think more flexibly, and makes the world better for everyone around us.

But it can also be vulnerable. We can doubt our instincts. We can get mental blocks. The pressures of life can stunt our sense of playfulness, imagination, and possibility.

30 Days to Rediscover Your Creativity is designed for both seasoned artists and the creatively curious. The guide will (re)introduce you to your inner creative self. You will learn its longings, uncover its gifts, face its demons, and allow it to surprise you. You will receive guided experiences, creative prompts, invitations to play, and concrete structure for working through a multi-day creative project.

Writer and narrator Sharon Mashihi is an award-winning artist. But she does not tell us how to be creative. She accompanies us. Brilliantly using the making of this guide as her case study, Mashihi takes us with her as she plunges the depths of her own inner psyche, finds tons of weird stuff in there, and invites us to do the same.

Listen for 30 days in a row, or take your time with it. This guide is designed to be flexible and welcoming to everyone.

This guide is part of the 30-Day Guides to Improve Your Life series. If you like the daily format, you can also listen to titles on changing your relationship to alcohol, setting better boundaries, and thriving with ADHD, each authored by an expert on the topic.

Special thanks to Mohini Madgavkar, Sonya Guimet, Sophie Traub, Kiran Puri, Nicolas Sotomayor, Peter Benjamin, Alexander Nemser, Deena Ecker, Lu Olkowski, Kalila Holt, Stevie Lane, Georgia Wall, Millie Kapp, Aaron Finbloom, Matthew Burgess, and Pat Palermo.