Creativity Found: Finding Creativity Later in Life | Podcast Guru

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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. Want to be a guest on Creativity Found? Send me a message on PodMatch, here

Recent Episodes

Choirs, Copywriting and Confidence with Caroline Buist

‘Failure is not the end of the world. Failure is just feedback – it’s just information to help you tweak your journey and what you do.’ From accidentally becoming the kid drummer in a family rock band, to navigating corporate burnout, home staging and seven years on a construction site, Caroline Buist proves that the road to creative fulfilment is rarely linear. In this episode, Caroline joins Claire Waite Brown to discuss how she reclaimed her voice in midlife – trading corporate micro...

21 MIN

Dice, Dramas and Danger in Iceland with Hem Brewster

My players are my plot twists. You never know what you're going to get until you play it – it's chaos, but it's the good kind of chaos. From childhood radio plays recorded on a tape recorder to navigating a whirlwind of survival day jobs, Hem Brewster has worn almost every hat imaginable. In this episode, Hem joins Claire to discuss how she brought her life full circle by stepping into full-time creative production at Blighthouse Studio, an Icelandic audio production hub dedicated to creating...

27 MIN

Tunes, Tradition and Teamwork with Tara Connaghan

‘I realized I was playing what I thought was expected of me, rather than playing music because I loved it.’ Irish traditional folk musician Tara Connaghan shares how inheriting her late sister’s fiddle sparked her musical path, how a blunt wake-up call from her teacher cured her ‘lazy practicing’ habits, and how a semester abroad in Finland reminded her never to let her repertoire slip. We explore the social rules and unspoken courtesies of traditional Irish music sessions, the fear of embarr...

31 MIN

Performance, Processing and Pepli with Sharon Pierre-Louis

'Actors are emotional athletes. Taking on all this emotion and processing it in a safe container is like an emotional shower for the soul.' Actress and American Sign Language interpreter Sharon Pierre-Louis (Django Unchained, Switched at Birth) joins Claire to discuss her journey through the performing arts, from church plays in her Haitian-American upbringing to Hollywood sets and Deaf theater. Sharon shares how a sixth-grade crush initially led her to the stage, how learning ASL to co...

31 MIN

From Banking to Broadway with Norman Calvo

A conservative New York mortgage banker turns his hand to performing cabaret solos and tap-dancing in Manhattan's Times Square. In this episode, Norman Calvo shares how a devastating childhood choir audition silenced his voice for decades, and how an unexpected encounter with an opera singer client in his 60s allowed him to find his voice once more. We explore the power of starting from scratch as an adult, the vulnerability of freezing during your first public solo, and how embracing a...

28 MIN