Find Your Creative Courage

by Clare Bowditch

FIND YOUR CREATIVE COURAGE: Transform Your Life Using Everyday Creativity is a six-part course in everyday creativity for everyone. It is designed to revolutionise our thoughts around creativity, and who gets to use it. The common story that ‘Creativity is only for special people with special talents’ is both debilitating, and untrue. In this series, Clare proposes a different theory: each of us holds within us the ability to be uniquely creative. First, we need to learn how to count ourselves into the story, and start considering the possibility that the benefits of cultivating ‘Everyday Creativity’ might actually outweigh the risks. This is a unique concoction of humour, story, scientific research, coaching techniques that Clare created forTame you Inner Critic. She does this with her own narration, guests such as Dr Charlotte Keating and numerous vox pops to create a lively mix of expert insight and listener activities. Find Your Creative Courage offers a safe and enjoyable place for listeners to begin exploring the question ‘What is Creativity?’ and ‘Is there room in there for me?’ The answer is yes! You just need to fill out a few forms and begin! This series shows you how.
©2024 Clare Bowditch, Story Baker Pty Ltd (P)2024 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

Genres: Nonfiction, Audiobook, Self Help

Audible Audio

Published December 3, 2024

About the author

Clare Bowditch is a story-teller who lives in Melbourne with her husband Marty, their three teenage children, a white groodle, and one lone surviving free-ranging guinea pig. In terms of 'the fancy stuff', Bowditch is a bestselling ARIA Award-winning musician (Best Female Artist), Rolling Stone Woman of the Year (Contribution to Culture), Logie-nominated actor (for her role as 'Rosanna' on hit TV show Offspring), and a former ABC broadcaster who still misses her talk-back callers very much, and hopes they're doing okay out there. In her spare time, Bowditch does a lot of public-speaking and event-running. She uses humour and the collective terror of 'public-singing' as tools to teach skills around courage and self-leadership. She is also the founder Big Hearted Business, a love project designed to support creative people in their businesses, and businesses with their creative thinking. As a musician Clare has performed and toured with the likes of Leonard Cohen, Paul Kelly, Cat Power, John Butler, Snow Patrol and Gotye. The person she enjoys touring with the most is her drummer and husband, Marty Brown.

Reviews

[Lydia Gervais · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started off good and I found the content was interesting, but as it progressed I found I had a hard time focusing on it. Also I was really confused at first as it definitely was more of a podcast than a book. And I get that they probably tried to be “creative” presenting the content but it was just too over the top for me. Thankfully it was not long so it didn’t feel like I wasted too much time on it.

[Kylie Price · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this, I love Clare B, but the AI ‘big guy’ voice was awful and the tips were pretty general and obvious, go for walks, thrifting, make everyday tasks fun by adding a twist, embracing failure, having a go…would have been better left as a cute podcast series, it’s not really a book.

[Charity · Rating 1 out of 5]

I recognize the attempt here to inspire creativity, however it unfortunately fell a bit flat as it felt uninspired or very normal for many folks in the millennial/gen Z space. There are a lot of ways to inspire creativity but parroting common practices like playing music while cooking or commuting aren't fresh perspectives or ideas. I DNF this one.

[Jessica Stracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a free audiobook and it had some absolute gems in it omg just so easy to listen to and such simple ideas to follow through on just to get u back into ur creative journey !! Loved listening to this as I was working on sowing together my own creative leather journal project !

[A.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was bright, amusing, and entertaining even if I am not sure how helpful creatively it is.

4 stars

[Meana Kasi · Rating 1 out of 5]

wow this was an annoying listen. it’s a shame,too, because the content was interesting but I could not stand way the information was presented like an obnoxious podcast.

[Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Fin Your Creative Courage is a simple yet well-guided approach to overcoming the obstacles that prevent us from being creative throughout the day.

[Brenda Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun listen! Love the narration.

[Charlie - disableddaydreamer | itsbarbieparis (looking for mutuals) · Rating 1 out of 5]

i try and break up my reads with a little self help listen or read here and there but this was really actually quite honestly the most awful “audiobook” i’ve ever listened to.

[Claudette · Rating 1 out of 5]

(Audiobook) This was set out like a podcast. At times I thought it was a bit over the top. Did I get any 💡 ideas from it? Maybe one or two.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just not for me… and too distracting….

[Aperol Spritz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like things that make me realise I need to stop the hamster wheel and just do something fun and creative. it adds a little colour to my life.

[Matt Hutson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book #13 in 2025 and #443 of All Time