Hope for Introverts, Creativity and Mental Health with Michael Alcée, Ph.D

What if you knew you were an introvert but said yes to life? Michael Alcée did just that. Michael shares with Brad his extraordinary journey of starting a club for introverts in college, to becoming a two-time TEDxSpeaker, and realizing he was an ambivert. In this enlightening episode, Michael explains the secrets to creativity and mental health. Michael Alcée Bio: Michael Alcée, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who loves to draw on his passion for literature, music, and art to help individuals, groups, and organizations find their newest creative forms.  A two-time TEDx speaker, podcast host of 'Live Life Creatively', and Psychology Today blogger, he is intrigued by—how introverts can solve our mental health crisis, how therapy can heal our polarizing divisions, and how each of us is truly an artist in the making. He is the 2019 winner of the American Psychological Association Schillinger Memorial prize for his essay on the link between jazz and psychoanalysis: "Reading the Changes: Freud's Improvisational  Art." He is currently working on a book entitled Developing a Therapeutic Voice: A Poetic and Practical Guide for Clinicians and Supervisors.  He currently works in private practice in Tarrytown, NY and as the Mental Health Educator at Manhattan School of Music. Host: Brad Szollose First things, first. How do you say Szollose? It’s pronounced zol-us. Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, serial entrepreneur and award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation®—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary.