First, Dr. Alton Barron, MD. Alton is a board-certified orthopedic shoulder, elbow and hand surgeon specializing in complex upper limb problems including a whole bunch of things I don’t understand (severe arthritis requiring shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, nonunions and malunions of fractures, severe nerve injuries requiring microsurgery and tendon transfers, contact sports and throwing injuries). He is the founder of the Musician Treatment Foundation, a nonprofit providing medical and surgical care for under- and uninsured musical professionals (specifically with the shoulder, elbow, or hand problems). He is also the co-author of The Creativity Cure.
Dr. Carrie Barron, M.D. is the Director of the Creativity for Resilience Program at Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas and a board-certified psychiatrist/psychoanalyst. In addition to The Creativity Cure, Carrie has published in peer-reviewed journals, won academic awards and given keynotes, workshops and interviews across the country, she maintains a blog on Psychology Today.
Top Takeaways: The Power of Clutter & Controlling Impulses with Drs Alton & Carrie Barron
- Awareness begets change
- Some form of creativity is within all of us
- Tune in to what makes you feel vital and alive
- The five-part plan to unleash happiness: insight, movement, mind rest, your own to hands and mind shift.
- Awareness of a problem and belief it can be overcome
- We are physical beings- movement is necessary
- Our health is crucial to our success, a result of exercise
- Be kind to yourself and everyone else
- The creativity cure
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Additional Items Mentioned
Link to Carrie’s blog articles on Psychology Today: Click Here
The Creativity Cure: A Do-It-Yourself Prescription for Happiness by Carrie Barron & Alton Barron
