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What does it actually mean to have YOUR style?
Not just in how you dress—but in how you think, create, relate, and move through the world.
In this episode of The Modern Creative Woman, Dr. Amy Backos explores style as a way of being—a deeply personal, psychologically rooted expression of self. Inspired by a moment at a San Francisco Symphony League event, where a pianist shared, “I try to play like myself every time,” this episode becomes an invitation to examine where you may be editing, performing, or over-referencing others in your own life.
This is not a surface-level conversation about “being yourself.”
It’s a deeper, clinically informed look at psychological flexibility, authenticity, and creative alignment.
Dr. Backos weaves together art therapy, neuroscience, and lived experience to explore:
Drawing on the artistic philosophy of Georgia O’Keeffe and the deeply original work of the Gee’s Bend Quilters, this episode highlights what becomes possible when you stop performing and start creating from within.
You’ll also be guided through a powerful self-audit practice to help you identify:
This episode is both a reflection and a challenge:
Where are you not “playing like yourself”?
And what might shift if you did—just once this week?
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