People who engage in everyday creative activity may experience an “upward spiral” of increased wellbeing and creativity, according to researchers from New Zealand. In their study, Department of Psychology researchers from the University of Otsego asked 658 university students to keep a daily diary of their experiences and emotional states over 13 days. After analyzing… Continue reading Creative Activity Contributes to Well-Being
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Rewriting Dementia: Poetry and Alzheimer’s Patients
By Molly Middleton Meyer It’s difficult to imagine that out of grief could come something so beautiful, that out of pain could come healing, but that’s exactly what happened. In 2008, my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. My then 79-year-old mother bore most of the emotional and physical turmoil. I could use the excuse… Continue reading Rewriting Dementia: Poetry and Alzheimer’s Patients