Have you discovered these amazing podcasts for the creative sensitive person?
There are loads of great podcasts for the creative sensitive person. Of course, I probably haven’t even heard of many of them (yet). But I’m such a huge fan of podcasts that I thought I’d share some of my current favourites with you.
First, for those of you who haven’t yet discovered this treasure trove of interest and entertainment, I’ll explain what a podcast is. After that, I’m going to offer you a selection of podcasts which I think might appeal to you, if you’re a person who is creative (or would like to develop your latent creative side) and sensitive (whether you’re an HSP, or are simply someone who values your sensitive, heartfelt, soul-centred, deep-feeling and empathic qualities).
First: What are podcasts, and how can you access them?
A podcast episode is kind of like a radio show. So there’s just audio, and no video (usually). And better than radio, you can listen when it suits you. You can pause a podcast, fast forward, rewind etc. You can listen to a podcast when you’re travelling, doing housework, cooking, getting dressed in the morning, in the bath, exercising, working on a craft project, or just lying in bed.
What you’ll need
All you need is a smartphone or MP3 player. Look for the podcast app that your smartphone came with. Most podcasts are free to download. You can also listen to podcasts via an app on your tablet, or using the web browser on your computer. Depending on what you’re doing, where you are and who else is around, you can either listen through headphones/ earbuds, or just play through your device’s speaker (which makes it like having a personalised mini radio you can carry around with you).
So much choice!
There are so many podcasts available, so there’s something to suit everyone. Depending on your tastes and preferences, you can find podcasts that are punchy, funny, news-based, educational, motivating, gentle, practical, or profound. I’ve gathered together a few which I consider to be particularly good podcasts for the creative sensitive person. (Based on my own personal preferences.)
Disclaimers: You, of course, are not me, and some of these podcasts may not be to your taste. Pick what fits, and leave the rest. Added to that, each of these podcasts inevitably has some episodes that really don’t resonate with me personally. So please don’t take this as a blanket recommendation.
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1. This Jungian Life
About the podcast
This Jungian Life takes the form of a spirited, often fascinating discussion between three certified Jungian analysts who happen to be good friends. Where appropriate, they occasionally bring in another Jungian analyst to add further depth and specialists knowledge to the conversation (for example, Dr Fanny Brewster discussing a Jungian approach to understanding aspects of racial dynamics). Topics range widely, with themes like slobs, indecision, growing up with a crazy parent, and discussions of topical issues like the climate crisis, riots, racial trauma and coronavirus.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
Creative sensitive people tend to love thoughtful, in-depth discussion that makes links between our personal struggles and the wider world, dipping between past, present, and future. Often, we also love aspects of Jungian psychology such as attention to dreams, active imagination and myth. This Jungian Life has these in spades! Each episode even has a section at the end devoted to discussion and analysis of a listener’s dream.
A good place to start
Looking through the back catalogue, I am struggling to pick out three episodes, because I have enjoyed so many of them so much. Here’s a random selection from many that I have loved:
2. Women in Depth
About the podcast
On Women in Depth, psychotherapist Lourdes Viado interviews therapists, healers, and others in curated discussions on topics related to the inner lives of women. Dr Viado explains, ‘This is a place where we can gently explore the the uncomfortable, uncertain, and unknown aspects of a woman’s experience’.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
Many creative sensitive people will enjoy Lourdes Viado’s gentle and authentic interviewing style as she allows her guests to speak freely about their own experiences and their areas of expertise. Episodes cover issues such as health challenges, relationships, motherhood, infertility, ageing, how to be authentically oneself, and how to truly accept oneself. And in Episode 92, you can listen in to the discussion Lourdes and I had, about how any of us can reconnect to our creativity, why that’s a good thing, and what can block us.
A good place to start
There are so many great episodes, it’s hard to choose one. Scroll through the list of past episodes and see what grabs your attention. You might try:
- Episode 9: Disordered Eating: A Search for Wholeness with Jodie Gale
- Episode 20: The Other Woman in Therapy with Namrata Rindani-McMahill, LMFT
- Episode 33: Navigating Sexuality and Spirituality with Tamara Powell, LMHC
- Episode 51: Women and Anxiety with Elizabeth Cush, MA, LCPC
- Episode 92: Reconnecting With Our Creativity, with Emma Cameron, MA
3. On Being, with Krista Tippett
About the podcast
On Being host Krista Tippett is a wonderful interviewer. She dives into the big questions of life and meaning, in these deep, fascinating conversations with a wide range of deeply thoughtful people. Interviewees include scientists and theologians, artists and teachers.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
If you want depth and thoughtfulness, imbued with spirituality and inspiring reflections on what makes a fulfilling life, this podcast is probably for you.
A good place to start
On Being has a 10-year back catalogue of episodes, so there are hundreds of conversations to dip into. Some will engage you deeply, others leave you uninterested. For each interview, two versions get published: the edited version and the full unexpurgated raw interview. Personally, I’d suggest you start with the edited versions, and then if there’s an interview that deeply resonates with you, you might like to listen to the full version as well.
4. Therapy Chat
About the podcast
Host Laura Reagan LCSW-C is a psychotherapist who specialises in working with people who have suffered trauma. The podcast includes a mix of interview-based and solo episodes which cover a wide range of therapy-related topics.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
Laura has a skilful, gentle, unhurried and low-key interviewing style. She and her guests explain and carefully discuss a variety of therapy-related and self-help ideas. In the solo episodes, Laura explains complex ideas in layperson’s terms.
A good place to start
- Episode 97: Core Emotions & Change Triangle, with Hilary Jacobs Hendel
- Episode 25: What Is Childhood Emotional Neglect? with Dr Jonice Webb
- Episode 68: Creativity & the Therapeutic Process: An Interview with Lisa Mitchell
5. Food Psych
About the podcast
Food Psych’s host, Christy Harrison, is a registered dietician who interviews guests on subjects related to nutrition, body image, body acceptance, diet culture, intuitive eating, HAES (Health at Every Size), and recovery from eating disorders.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
Many creative sensitive people, particularly women, have personal histories that are interwoven with difficulties around body acceptance and their relationship to food, weight and diets. If this applies to you, or if you have a child or friend who struggles in these areas and you want to be able to help them (rather than inadvertently compounding their difficulties), then you would do well to listen to some of these episodes.
A good place to start
- Episode 42: Health at Every Size with Linda Bacon
- Episode 118: How to Stop Fighting Food & Your Body, with Isabel Foxen Duke
- Episode 68: How to Beat the Restrict-Binge Cycle & Make Peace with Food with Summer Innanen
6. Tara Brach
About the podcast
Tara Brach is a meditation teacher, psychologist, and author, who is known throughout the world for her eloquent talks in which she brings Buddhist teachings and spiritual practice to ordinary people, in a way that’s highly accessible.
Why I’ve included it in ‘podcasts for the creative sensitive person’
Creative sensitive people are drawn to wisdom, and Tara Brach has that quality in spades. She has found ways to blend science, politics, psychotherapy and spirituality in ways that enhance and expand each of these fields, in a way that can be of use in practical daily life. Her talks are filled with anecdotes and humorous quotes.
A good place to start
- A Grateful, Giving, Happy Heart
- Realising Your Deepest Desires
- Trusting Our Hearts: Trust in Our Basic Goodness
Other recommended podcasts that the creative, sensitive person might enjoy:
- Secrets of the Motherworld: Psychotherapists’ reflections on intensely private experiences shared by mothers
- Fortunately: Funny, frank, convivial discussions hosted by consummate radio presenters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey
- The One You Feed: Interviews on personal growth and spirituality
- The Art of Money : Soul-centred, intimate, honest discussions about our lifelong relationship with money
- Sexology Podcast: A psychotherapist and her guests discuss sexuality
- Dear Sugars: A radically empathic advice show hosted by Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond
- Shrink Rap Radio: Interviews with psychotherapists about emotions, therapy etc
- Launching Your Daughter: Support and inspiration for parents of teenage girls
- Mom and Mind: All the things you wish you’d known before you tried to be pregnant or have a baby
- Therapy for Black Girls: All things mental health & personal development, from a Black woman’s perspective
- Ancient Tools for Modern Living: Interviews around Yoga and Mindfulness
- This is Not What I Ordered: Feeling ALL the feels of living with a chronic health condition, including joy and grief
- A Therapist Walks into a Bar: Odd and quirky dive into topics around emotionally-awake living
One last tip:
You can use either your podcast app, or iTunes, as a search engine. So, just as you might type a thought-leader’s or artist’s name into Google if you want to find out more about them, you can equally type this into the podcast app’s search bar (or iTunes) and find any podcasts they’ve been interviewed on. Likewise, you can search for a term (mindfulness, knitting, bonsai, running, travel, contemporary embroidery art – whatever interests you) and find podcast episodes that will introduce you to new ideas and often fascinating interviews.
Have fun! A whole new world awaits…
This is a great collection of podcasts — some I already listen to and some new ones to explore! This is also really helpful as I can share this collection with friends and family.
This is a fantastic collection of podcasts. When I can’t sleep Tara Brach’s soothing equinimity helps! I’ll share this blog over at Real Relationships – thanks Emma, really useful info.
I recommend Cariad Lloyd’s Griefcast to your readers Emma. I also like How to Fail with Elizabeth Day (the episode with Mo Gawdat is amazing) and I like Relationship Alive! with Neil Sattin (he has a couple of AEDP episodes)
Thanks for these, Sam. I think I need to update my podcasts list soon!
Wow! Such a varied & interesting list Emma! Thank you…
Thanks Judy!
I recommend the always engaging podcast Invisibilia, described this way: “Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.”
Thanks for this recommendation, Liz!
Thank you for sharing this comprehensive and helpful podcast list.
You’re very welcome, Tina!
Thank you for writing this. I’m going to look at a lot of the podcasts. The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast (MentalPod.com) has helped me so much. It goes into the deep, raw, “dark” (real) aspects of mental illness, negative thinking, etc. I am an extremely sensitive person and that podcast makes me feel heard and not alone in my battles. We’re all in this together. ❤
Thanks for sharing that tip, Christian!
Thankyou, this list is really good 🙂
Great list. Thank you. I also like Unlocking Us from Brenè Brown and Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale.
Thanks Andi! You’re reminding me that I need to update this to include Jodie Gale’s Soul Sessions as it’s one of my current favourites. And I haven’t listened to Brene Brown’s one yet – thanks for the tip 🙂