The subject was chosen due to personal interest towards creativity and the aim of this thesis was to study matters that can block the creative flow and what can be done in order to break those obstacles. The aim was to clarify the essence of creativity and give tools to help to enhance it. This thesis aimed to be useful also for those interested in creativity.

The material used in the thesis has been gathered from literature related to creativity and psychology, articles, blogs, studies and websites. Creativity was studied from an individual's point of view. It was found out that the most common things blocking creativity are fear and shame, contrasting, blocking of thoughts, the lack of self-knowledge, criticism and perfectionism, hurry and problems in mental health. The matters advancing creativity are passion and motivation, revision of thinking, distracting logical thinking, meditation, rest, discipline, happiness, courage and self-esteem and enhancing intuition

The collected data showed that creativity can be very much influenced. The keyfactor in breaking the blocks of creativity is self-knowledge. It helps the individual to recognize the problems above mentioned and enables to start working in order to defeat them. The importance of controlling your own mind is very important. Meditation is a good way to increase self-knowledge and mind control. Hence it can be seen as one of the most important ways enhancing creativity.