30 Days to Rediscover Your Creativity

by Sharon Mashihi, 30-Day Guides to Improve Your Life

Creativity is core to what it means to be fully alive. We know being creative reduces stress, helps our brain think more flexibly, and makes the world better for everyone around us.

But it can also be vulnerable. We can doubt our instincts. We can get mental blocks. The pressures of life can stunt our sense of playfulness, imagination, and possibility.

30 Days to Rediscover Your Creativity is designed for both seasoned artists and the creatively curious. The guide will (re)introduce you to your inner creative self. You will learn its longings, uncover its gifts, face its demons, and allow it to surprise you. You will receive guided experiences, creative prompts, invitations to play, and concrete structure for working through a multi-day creative project.

Writer and narrator Sharon Mashihi is an award-winning artist. But she does not tell us how to be creative. She accompanies us. Brilliantly using the making of this guide as her case study, Mashihi takes us with her as she plunges the depths of her own inner psyche, finds tons of weird stuff in there, and invites us to do the same.

Listen for 30 days in a row, or take your time with it. This guide is designed to be flexible and welcoming to everyone.

This guide is part of the 30-Day Guides to Improve Your Life series. If you like the daily format, you can also listen to titles on changing your relationship to alcohol, setting better boundaries, and thriving with ADHD, each authored by an expert on the topic.

Special thanks to Mohini Madgavkar, Sonya Guimet, Sophie Traub, Kiran Puri, Nicolas Sotomayor, Peter Benjamin, Alexander Nemser, Deena Ecker, Lu Olkowski, Kalila Holt, Stevie Lane, Georgia Wall, Millie Kapp, Aaron Finbloom, Matthew Burgess, and Pat Palermo.

Genres: Nonfiction

Audible Audio

Published September 11, 2025

Reviews

[Christine]

This is an absolutely fascinating book by a vocal artist who is frank and open about the blocks that can stand in the way of someone trying to be more creative and get over these blocks. There are definite steps to take, and in reality this should be listened to over a period of 30 days to get the most out of the book. While I did not take the steps recommended in this book, I do feel that I managed to absorb some of the main concepts. If you are creative and feel that you do not make any progress, or that there is something standing in your way, then this might be a good book for you. Even if you just want to be more consistent with your creative projects, or feel more empowered to try new things, then this is a fascinating read. There are some very irreverent aspects to this book, remember she is a vocal artist with a fascinating range of voices to draw from, so if you are the type to not enjoy humor then give this one a skip.

[Melinda Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Refreshing. This audiobook is very well made and provides a fun take on opening yourself up to creativity with lots of activities. I particularly loved the meditations and visualisations. I laughed a few times since the creator injects her own quirky creative practices into the audio visual story telling.

Relaxing, playful and useful for those who want a different way to look at their own creativity.

[Diem-Mi Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this audio book! I found it playful, disciplined, flexible, light, profound, funny, heartfelt, indie, intimate, relatable, universal, practical, spiritual, and so much more. I’m an emerging artist and high school art teacher, and plan to share this with my former MFA cohort, students, and colleagues. Thanks for your generosity and authenticity, Sharon!