With Johanna Basford and Dr. Ben Michaelis

Airs Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

During this week’s radio show you will learn about:

• The Rising Popularity of Adult Coloring Books
• Coloring as Part of Flow
• Therapeutic Mindfulness Through Art and Play
• Changes In Our Brain
• How Creativity, Motivation, and Mental Health are Linked

 

 

Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. Her intricate, hand-drawn illustrations are loved the world over by those who have colored in (sometimes more than once) her previous bestselling books, Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest. Johanna is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. She likes sugar mice, floral teacups, peonies, and bumblebees.

Visit her online at johannabasford.com.

 

 

Dr. Ben Michaelis is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Manhattan. Dr. Michaelis works with entrepreneurs and artists who are looking to improve their self-awareness and increase their motivation in order to discover and execute on the Next Big Thing.  Dr. Michaelis writes and speaks regularly about mental health, creativity, and motivation. He is the author of numerous popular and scholarly articles and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Dr. Michaelis is a frequent guest on nationally syndicated TV shows such as, NBC’s The Today Show, Fox News, and MSNBC’s Your Business. Dr. Michaelis is the author of Your Next Big Thing: 10 Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy.

Visit him online at drbenmichaelis.com.