Category: The Power Source: Women’s Mental, Sexual & Creative Health

Tools and reflections at the intersection of creativity, mental health, and emotional strength for women.

Counting Cultural Contribution

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 15, 2026

Australia’s creative economy is already carrying significant economic weight, but much of that value remains unmeasured and unprotected. Without recognising domestic and care load, creative labour—particularly women’s—continues to subsidise the economy invisibly, resulting in systemic loss rather than shared wealth.

Tags Common Wealth, creative workforce, Creativity Index, Cultural Economy, Domestic and Care Load, gender economics, provenance, Unpaid Labour, Women’s Economic Participation, Workforce Policy

Across the Commonwealth

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 13, 2026

Australia’s cultural labour has long powered industry, health, and community life—yet without provenance, its value leaks away. This article explores why recognising cultural contribution as trained labour, protected through provenance, is essential to building a resilient national economy.

Tags Common Wealth, Creative Economy, creative workforce, Cultural Infrastructure, Culture & Provenance, Manufacturing Capability, Public Interest Infrastructure, Regional Development, Sovereign Value, women’s labour

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Provenance as Economic Infrastructure

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 6, 2026

Employment in the Harris Tweed industry grew by 570% following the introduction of certification and protected provenance. This data-driven case study demonstrates how provenance operates as economic infrastructure, enabling workforce growth, regional stability, and long-term productivity in creative sectors.

Tags Applied Creative Intelligence, Certification, Creative Economy, creative labour, cultural industries policy, economic participation, Harris Tweed Authority, provenance, regional employment, Workforce Infrastructure

1969 Was Supposed to Change Everything.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 5, 2026

In 1969, Australia recognised equal pay for equal work. What never followed was the infrastructure to support women’s real working lives — particularly where creativity, care, and economic security intersect.

Tags 1969 Equal Pay Case, Creative Economy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Infrastructure, domestic care load, economic design, Superannuation Gap, Unpaid Labour, Women And Work, women’s work

Into 2026

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 22, 2025

From creative practice to Creative Authority: how the Creative Women’s Association moved from grassroots creativity to national workforce reform in just three months, reshaping how Australia recognises creative labour, women’s work, and economic value.

Tags Applied Creative Intelligence, Arts & Provenance, Certification, creative authority, Creative Health, Creative Trades, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, provenance, Social Prescribing, Soft Infrastructure, Soft Systems Design, Women’s Economic Participation, Women’s Health, Workforce Reform

Creative Health Isn’t a Side Project.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 18, 2025

Creative health is not a small-grants sector — it is a missing economy. When women are supported to sustain caregiving and skilled creative labour through proper workforce infrastructure, billions in lost productivity and preventative health value can be unlocked.

Tags Arts Definition, Creative Economy, Creative Practice, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Industries, Cultural Infrastructure, Cultural Labour, Economic Policy, Gender Equity, Practice vs Performance, provenance, Skill & Output, Skills & Certification, Textiles & Craft, Trades & Craft

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The Body Isn’t Modular. It’s Musical.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date November 12, 2025

The gut and lungs aren’t separate systems — they’re in constant biochemical conversation.

As Dr. Vivek Lal and resbiotic remind us, when one is disrupted, the other follows. But at CWA, we’ve long stopped looking at the body as isolated organs — or even duos.

The real conversation includes the vagus nerve, the nervous system, and the stress circuits that shape how we breathe, digest, and create.
Women experience up to 76% more total stress burden than men — and it shows up biologically.
Not because women are weaker — but because the system asks us to carry more.

The solution isn’t self-regulation.
It’s system redesign.

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If It Ain’t Broke… Then Why Are Women Still Hauling It?

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date November 3, 2025

Across every economy, women do 76% of the world’s unpaid labour yet control less than 20% of wealth and leadership. The system isn’t “broken”—it’s built this way. “If It Ain’t Broke… Then Why Are Women Still Hauling It?” exposes the 80/20 illusion and asks why, in 2025, women are still carrying the weight of progress that refuses to arrive.

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The Power of Opting Out

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 10, 2025

Explore how women are reclaiming their autonomy by choosing personal growth and creativity over casual relationships, supported by research highlighting the emotional benefits of this intentional lifestyle shift.

Tags Boy Sober Movement, Casual Dating, Celibacy, Creative Fulfillment, emotional well-being, Feminine Energy, mental health, Personal Growth, Sexual Autonomy, Women's Empowerment

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How Creative Can a Woman Be?

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 10, 2025

What happens when a woman chooses to channel her sexual energy into art, business, and purpose—not romance? This 2025 case study shows how energy management, not abstinence, is unlocking unprecedented creative power.

Tags Andrew Huberman, Celibacy and Success, Creative Economy, Creative Health, Dopamine and Motivation, Energy Management, Female Founders, Feminine Power, Flow State, Mental Focus, Modern Women and Ambition, Napoleon Hill, Productivity, Sex Transmutation, Women and Creativity, Women in Business