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Creativity and Resilience — an Inspired Connection

Creative Enlightenment competition wrap-up

Jen Gippel PhD
Creative Enlightenment
4 min readSep 13, 2021
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As a person just striking out in real-world ways towards my dream of being a writer finding and winning this contest is like a burst of blessed wind beneath my wings. I am so honored to be chosen to take the Creative Champion Course and excited to learn the core strengths that could make me a creative champion too. Jackie Dragon (competition winner)

In June, July, and August we ran a writing competition with the theme “creativity and resilience.” By way of wrapping up, we first owe a big thanks to Wade Kingsley, creativity coach extraordinaire, for his generosity in providing the prize. Wade delivers world-class facilitation to clients seeking creative solutions. Two winners now get to participate in Wade’s 3-week creativity course. And of course, we want to thank all those creatives who submitted some fabulous articles.

Competition Theme: Creativity and Resilience

We were looking for articles drawing on personal experience to make a connection between creativity and resilience.

Resilience is about bouncing back. Not necessarily to the same place as before but being able to absorb the blows and create a new path forward. Creativity means different things to…

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Creative Enlightenment
Creative Enlightenment

Published in Creative Enlightenment

Articles about creativity from the leading authorities in the field including neuroscience, psychology and creative leaders from all walks of life.

Jen Gippel PhD
Jen Gippel PhD

Written by Jen Gippel PhD

Ph.D. Finance, MSc Creativity Studies | Combining science and personal experience I write about Aging, Creativity, and Life.

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