The Go Creative! Podcast

In this episode, Orna Ross draws on the work of Abraham Maslow and Ken Wilber to delve into the seven mind modes and psychological stages that shape our creative and personal growth. From the foundational Tribal and Conquering stages to the higher realms of Communitarian, Creative, and Transcendent mind modes, Orna explains how understanding and navigating these stages can help us to understand ourselves and others and achieve greater fulfillment. Tune in to discover how these mind modes influence your creativity and how understanding them is key to unlocking the human potential for change.    

Discover what it means to be a creativist and how to harness the power of creative intention and attention to unfold what you want to create. Orna explains the core ideas behind this transformative approach and the defining aspects of being in creative mode. This episode will inspire you to create with intention and purpose as the simplicity of the process is defined.

In this episode, Orna Ross delves into the dynamic interplay between creative movement and creative stillness for enhanced creative practice, and overall well-being. With insights on how to harness the power of both movement and stillness, it also offers practical tips to integrate conscious motion and tranquility into your daily life.

Orna Ross explores the internal dynamics of creative resistance, emphasizing that the creative flow is an ever-present force, though we often disconnect from it through conflicted thoughts and feelings. And she offers a powerful activation process for finding creative flow through internal dialogue.

Orna Ross explores how going creative transforms the way we meet and manage life's challenges. Learn three creative codes and a practice that will help you to tackle whatever personal and professional hurdles life is asking you to jump right now—the creative way.

In Episode 4 of the Go Creative! podcast, Orna Ross presents the second installment of the Cardinal Creative Virtues series. She explores the interlinked qualities of creative compassion, celebration, and courage. This episode illuminates how these virtues not only enhance our own personal creative process but also deepen our connection with those who observe or partake of what we're making. Learn how to cultivate these virtues in your own life and work to enjoy a far more fulfilling creative practice.

Host Orna Ross delves into the first of four Cardinal Creative Virtues: Commitment. Discover the pivotal role creative commitment plays in the process as Orna unpacks how selection, intention, and creative conditions fuel creative success. Learn how to harness the power of commitment to transform your creative desires into reality and understand the role true wants and their fulfillment play in achieving your fullest potential to make a difference.

In this episode, Orna Ross dives more deeply into the mind state that induces creative flow—what she calls the create-state, a chosen way of understanding and processing life—and the difference between being creative (a quality shared by all human beings) and going creative (a mind-state consciously chosen by some).