The Create with Kristen Cooper Podcast

Kristen Cooper explores the virtue of sincerity, examining how groupthink and social pressure (including the Asch conformity experiments) can stop us from being authentic. She links these ideas to dating and relationships, describing how games, fear of rejection, and people-pleasing undermine real connection.

Through personal stories, shout-outs to mentors and healers, and reflections on health and caregiving, Kristen shows why sin...

Kristen Cooper discusses the virtue of humor while processing anger and sadness over recent social injustices, including the Cornell case. She explores viewing life from higher perspectives, the role of gratitude and playfulness, and how ThetaHealing philosophies can shift perception. 

Kristen shares personal anecdotes about teaching, writing, and gardening, invites listeners to reflect on gratitude, and encourages compassiona...

Kristen Cooper explores detachment: how to take accountability for your own thoughts and actions without shouldering others’ responsibility or blame. She debunks the idea that every event is a mirror of your inner beliefs and shows how lessons can be learned and taught with ease and compassion.

She also encourages engaging with life and social issues—caring passionately while detaching from outcomes—and offers pra...

Kristen Cooper shares her personal journey from deep pessimism to a practiced optimism, explaining how theatre healing, visualization, and persistent action helped her recover from abuse, balance and health issues, and rebuild her career and life.

She explores practical examples, warns against reckless optimism, recommends books like Mindset and Learned Optimism, and offers gentle guidance on cultivating a hopeful, solution-focused...