EP 1: What the Hell Is Creative Current? (And Why It’s Saving My Sanity)

In this first solo episode, Jess shares her personal journey of using creativity to stay human through burnout, grief, and overwhelm—and the science that backs it all up.
We’ll talk about the nervous system, the right vs. left brain, meditative flow states, and why making messy art might just be your most underrated survival skill.

What you’ll hear:

• Jess’s first experiences with art as a tool for survival
• Why creativity calms the nervous system (no PhD required)
• The real deal on trauma, memory, and nonverbal expression
• Science-backed reasons play and doodling matter (yes, really)
• A creative prompt to help you begin

Creative Prompt:
“Make something that tells the truth about a time you didn’t have the words. Don’t worry what it looks like. Give it a name only you understand.”

Craving More?

• Grab the Sovereign Creative Kit – a free art-and-intuition toolkit to help you reconnect to your voice (even when you're stuck).
  → www.getcreativecurrent.com/sovereign
• Join the Creative Current Connection – our free Facebook group for honest creativity, soulful support, and nervous-system-friendly inspiration.
  → https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Ad9TJYU28/
• Want deeper support? I offer 1:1 creative embodiment coaching and seasonal group programs.
  → www.getcreativecurrent.com
  
  

Come back next week for a soulful conversation with meditative painter Katie White.
And in the meantime… go make something imperfect.

Subscribe now—and let’s find your current.

More Creative Current Goodness

• Free Toolkit: The Sovereign Creative Kit
  – Artful practices to reconnect with your voice. www.getcreativecurrent.com/sovereign-creative
• Join the Community: Creative Current Connection
  – A free space for soulful support + honest creativity. https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BsJLcCsCq/
• Work With Jess: 1:1 Creative Embodiment Coaching & Group Programs
  → www.getcreativecurrent.com
  
  
• Something New Is Coming: A cozy, low-pressure membership for folks who want regular creative rituals, nervous system check-ins, and space to be exactly where they are. Stay tuned.

🌀 Subscribe, share, and stay a little unhinged (in a grounded way).

This isn’t just a podcast—it’s a return to your creative self.
Hosted by Jess Hooper, Creative Current explores how art, expression, and embodiment help us stay human in a world that often asks us to disconnect.

Each week, you’ll hear soul-honest solo episodes, thoughtful interviews with artists, art therapists, and healers, plus short guided meditations designed to calm your nervous system and rekindle your creative spark.

Whether you’re a burned-out creative, a feeler with no outlet, or just woo-curious enough to wonder if painting and breathwork could actually help—you belong here.

Expect conversations on creativity and mental health, nervous system regulation, trauma and expression, nonlinear healing, and the science behind why making things helps us feel things.

No perfection. No performance. Just messy beauty, quiet truth, and the power of showing up to the page—whatever that looks like today.

Subscribe now—and let’s find your current.

More Creative Current Goodness

• Free Toolkit: The Sovereign Creative Kit
  – Artful practices to reconnect with your voice. www.getcreativecurrent.com/sovereign-creative
• Join the Community: Creative Current Connection
  – A free space for soulful support + honest creativity. https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BsJLcCsCq/
• Work With Jess: 1:1 Creative Embodiment Coaching & Group Programs
  → www.getcreativecurrent.com
  
  
• Something New Is Coming: A cozy, low-pressure membership for folks who want regular creative rituals, nervous system check-ins, and space to be exactly where they are. Stay tuned.

🌀 Subscribe, share, and stay a little unhinged (in a grounded way).