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The Bold Types · May 12, 2026

Signpost on Boldness in Creative Life

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Nikki Vallance · The Bold Types

Welcome to Signposts.
This series gathers links and notes on the articles, podcast episodes mentioned, ideas, and people worth knowing about.

Today’s post accompanies Curiosity Files #5 – Choosing to be Seen, which explores what boldness means in a creative life. The references are grouped by the topics and guest insights mentioned in the essay.

How Rebecca Lacey Turns Collaboration Into Creative Courage - The Creative Switch

How Xenia Davis Created Space for Creativity And Why You Can Too - The Creative Switch

Tapping into your Creative Brain with Neuroleadership Expert Rachel Bamber -The Creative Switch

Singing Creativity and Wellbeing with Emma Baylin - The Creative Switch

The Creative Nudge: Simple Steps to Unleash your Creativity with Kevin Chesters - The Creative Switch

Setback to Sparkle: How Serious Illness Led Ruth Chipperfield to Jewellery Design - The Creative Switch

A Creative Encounter with Juliette Crosbie: From Orange Boots to Bold Truths - The Creative Switch

Professor Vince Walsh

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Primary neuroscience sources on volition, agency and internally generated action

Frith & Haggard (2018), “Volition and the Brain: Revisiting a Classic Experimental Study” PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29933770/

Fried, Haggard, He & Schurger (2017), “Volition and Action in the Human Brain: Processes, Pathologies, and Reasons” Journal of Neuroscience: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/37/45/10842/

Haggard (2008), “Human volition: towards a neuroscience of will” Nature Reviews Neuroscience: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2497/

Lavazza (2016), “Free Will and Neuroscience: From Explaining Freedom Away to New Ways of Operationalizing and Measuring It” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887467/

If you missed the full post for Curiosity File #5 you can read it here.

Read the original on nikkivallance.substack.com

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