Welcome to the research repository for Launch Lab!
Launch Lab: Fuel your Passion Projects is a workshop designed & facilitated by Nishita Mohta, the author of Inspired: The A-Z of Creative Unblocking.
This workshop is designed to help you dive deep into the psychology behind creativity, uncover the mindblocks that often get in the way, and empower you to set up and complete a passion project in the near future. Throughout the session, we draw on key research in the field of creative psychology, and this blogpost is a collection of those resources—curated to guide you as you explore your own creative potential and embark on your next big project.
Research Papers & Articles:
- Howard E LeWine (3 Apr 2024). ‘Understanding the stress response’, Harvard Health Publishing.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response - Karl Albrecht (22 Mar 2012). ‘The (only) 5 fears we all share’, Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainsnacks/201203/the-only-5-fears-we-all-share
- David Robson (26 Oct 2021). ‘Why we’re so terrified of the unknown’, BBC. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211022-why-were-so-terrified-of-the-unknown
- Avi Besser, Gordon L. Flett, & Paul L. Hewit (2010). ‘Perfectionistic self-presentation and trait perfectionism in social problem-solving ability and depressive symptoms’, Journal of Applied Social Psychology. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00653.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00653.x - Scott B. Kaufman, Lena C. Quilty, Rachael G. Grazioplene, et al. (2016). ‘Openness to experience and intellect differentially predict creative achievement in the arts and sciences’, Journal of Personality. doi:10.1111/jopy.12156
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12156 - Thrash, Andrew J. Elliot (2003). ‘Inspiration as a psychological construct’, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.4.871
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10796715_Inspiration_as_a_Psychological_Construct - Lisa Feldman Barrett (2020). ‘People’s words and actions can actually shape your brain — a neuroscientist explains how’. TedEd.
https://ideas.ted.com/peoples-words-and-actions-can-actually-shape-your-brain-a-neuroscientist-explains-how/
Books:
- Julia Cameron (1992). The Artist’s Way.
- Brené Brown (2012). Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.
- Ali Abdaal (2023). Feel-Good Productivity.
- Susan Jeffers (1987). Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway.
- Jason Fried, David Hansson (2018). It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work.
- Nishita Mohta (2024). Inspired: The A-Z of Creative Unblocking.
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