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Carrie Barron M.D.

About

Carrie (Grace Caroline) Barron, M.D., is the Director of the Creativity for Resilience Program at Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas. She is board-certified psychiatrist/psychoanalyst on the clinical faculty of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Carrie has published in peer-reviewed journals and popular magazines, won several academic awards, and has given many keynotes on creativity and resilience. Along with her husband, Alton Barron, M.D, a hand and shoulder surgeon, she co-authored The Creativity Cure: How to Build Happiness With Your Own Two Hands (Scribner, May 2012). For more information you can visit her website and her Dell Medical School Blog.

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Recent Posts

How Nature Rests, Restores, and Regenerates Our Minds

A look at Attention Restoration Theory and the impact of nature on well-being.

A look at Attention Restoration Theory and the impact of nature on well-being.

Hope for the Secondary Narcissist

Subtle aspects of secondary narcissism, and how to identify and treat underlying issues.

Subtle aspects of secondary narcissism, and how to identify and treat underlying issues.

Secondary Narcissism as a Temporary State

Is there a less entrenched, more treatable version of narcissism?

Is there a less entrenched, more treatable version of narcissism?

When Gut-Stabbing Rejection Turns Out to Be a Gift

Blindsided by a betrayal? Could this be a gift you would never have given yourself? Separating the urge to reverse rejection from the true wish to remain with this person.

Blindsided by a betrayal? Could this be a gift you would never have given yourself? Separating the urge to reverse rejection from the true wish to remain with this person.

7 Ways Your Imagination Can Enhance Your Well-Being

Are you looking for a fresh, innovative, and creative wellness practice? Here's one compelling method.

Are you looking for a fresh, innovative, and creative wellness practice? Here's one compelling method.

6 Positive Psychology Prescriptions to Improve Health

Six behaviors that can foster well-being.

Six behaviors that can foster well-being.

What You Watch Matters

Improve your digital diet to enhance your health and happiness.

Improve your digital diet to enhance your health and happiness.

Self-Directed Wellness When the Usuals Don't Work

When the usual wellness recommendations do not work for you, there are other ways to go.

When the usual wellness recommendations do not work for you, there are other ways to go.

Why Do I Fear Success?

Exploring anxieties that arise with achievement.

Exploring anxieties that arise with achievement.

Mindsets to Manage an Undermining Co-Worker and Keep Moving

Altering your mindset can help you manage an undermining co-worker and keep you moving.

Altering your mindset can help you manage an undermining co-worker and keep you moving.