Do you believe that art helps resist depression? Depression is a difficult thing to experience and while it can be hard to break out of …
Art Helps Resist Depression
Creative Therapy
Creating Art After Loosing a Loved One
Dealing with the death of a loved one is one of life’s toughest challenges. It can be overwhelming. While there is no “right” way to …
Heal your Soul
Each Thursday through the beginning of 2022, I’m launching Heal your Soul, a video series of Creative Art Healing and therapeutic re-creation. It’s called Healing …
Recreation Therapy Philosophy
In 2008, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation and a minor in Psychology. I have worked with diverse population including seniors, children with …
Fluid Art Therapy
Just like most art forms, fluid art therapy is one art form that doesn’t necessarily have a formal or credited name attributed to it. Nonetheless, …
Stress Relief with Painting Therapy
Painting therapy is one of the safest and cheapest ways to relieve stress on your own. No therapist office, or bartender today, just you and …
Color Therapy with Coloring Therapy
Color therapy with coloring therapy is an intuitive and healing art form. It’s an easy way to release stress and some of those awful feelings …
Art therapy is ‘officially’ healing
Although professional therapist have known for years, but now art therapy is ‘officially’ healing according to the World Health Organization. I’ve written an introduction to …
Angel Wing Paintings Calling
Why Angels? Why am I compelled to create so many angels and angel wing paintings? Without getting too religious, I have had an angel wing …
Creating Mandalas for Stress Relief
Sacred Geometry / Mandalas What’s the two and are they the same? Essentially yes. Mandalas is the most widely used term for what are fundamentally …
The New Me ~ In progress
Several of my blog post like this one, I speak of my personal journey. They hone in on the past. I know that anything I …
Simple, Fun & Creative Ways To Suppress Stress
Finding yourself stressed out by that infinite to-do list? Overwhelmed by the chores, errands and obligations that never seem to end? Constantly exhausted from running …
Meditation Painting
So how exactly do we get into meditation painting? Start by relaxing the mind and breathe slowly. With each breath you can do a stroke …
Recreation Therapy for Managing PTSD
I spent a year in Iraq in an intense environment with a combat engineer unit while serving in the US Army. We built the beginnings …
An Introduction to Art Therapy
Art therapy is the use of creative art as a means of expression for rehabilitation and personal development. Art therapy was developed in the 1940s …
Create Art for Self Help & Care
You’ve probably heard of art therapy and its benefits of treatment for various ailments, but did you know that you can create art for self …
Healing Books for a Creative Soul
Although this is not a comprehensive list, here is just a sampling of healing books for a creative soul. I’m in desperate need to find …
How to Create a Relaxing Sanctuary to Help You Sleep
Whether you have insomnia or find relaxing difficult, turning your bedroom into a haven of tranquility will help you get to sleep. Your surroundings affect …