Japan’s cultural philosophy shows that life is art, and everyday practices like Souji build responsibility, wellbeing, and community cohesion. Evidence from the WHO demonstrates that creative rituals support mental health and longevity — outcomes reflected in Japan’s world-leading health and happiness rankings. Western culture, dominated by digital performance and consumption, can learn from Japan’s integration of creativity into daily life as a form of preventative health.
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The System Won’t Change Itself
The Creative Women’s Association never set out to talk about God or politics. But to fix a broken system, we have to name the architecture. From the 80/20 global wealth gap to the Vatican’s 5% female leadership, it’s clear: silence is the oldest form of control. Equality begins when women start talking about what they were told not to.
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Creative Excellence Program
The Creative Women’s Association has launched the world-first Creative Excellence Program, a 10-month leadership initiative certifying women as creative authorities and reshaping the global creative economy.
Why The Time Has Come for Men to Lead, Women to Flourish, and Love to Be the Standard “We’re happy for men to lead — but only as leaders worth following, because true leadership lifts women, never breaks them.” — Esther. CWA Australia. The last week’s noise around Erika Kirk’s tribute has been deafening. People […]
Rumi’s words — “out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field” — resonate in today’s climate of political extremism. This CWA post argues that the colour that unites us is the red of shared humanity, not the black-and-white of division. It explores how balance is not just a political position but a moral stance, how neuroscience reveals the dangers of rigid thinking, and why the true struggle is not left versus right, but good versus evil.