by gramm_t8518 | Jan 30, 2016 | Art Therapy, Coaching, Counselling, Creativity, Expressive Arts Therapy, Mindfulness, Play, Positive Psychology, Self-Expression
“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” – Dr. Seuss Today I want to talk about the importance of engendering play in our daily lives. Children do this every day, quite naturally, and of their own accord. Watch kids at the local play ground and you...
by gramm_t8518 | Oct 23, 2015 | Arts, Creativity, Self-Expression
A darling and wonderful friend of mine recently recommended a book to end all books on the joys of creativity and how to nurture the artist within. This book, my friend says, is so good that she nearly sleeps with it and has been unable to put it down. She was in her...
by gramm_t8518 | Jul 9, 2015 | Art Therapy, Arts, Creativity, Self-Expression
I recently attended an introductory course on Zentangles, which are interconnected patterns with a flow and rhythm all its own. They integrate doodling and meditation in an experience that uses both sides of the brain and is intensely gratifying and satifsfying. The...
by gramm_t8518 | Jun 20, 2015 | Art Therapy, Arts, Counselling, Creativity, Expressive Arts Therapy, Self-Expression
Expressive Arts therapy has the potential to heal wounds, such as dealing with grief issues like infertility. Many women are putting off having a baby, and realizing throughout the process that getting pregnant is not as easy as they thought it would be. The decision...
by gramm_t8518 | May 27, 2015 | Arts, Creativity, Mindfulness, Poetry, Self-Expression
This TED talk was referred to me by my expressive arts therapist. A discussion initiated by Elizabeth Gilbert, the writer of the extremely successful book “Eat, Pray, Love”, touches on the creative genius in each and every one of us. A favourite moment in the talk is...
by gramm_t8518 | May 16, 2015 | Art Therapy, Arts, Creativity, Expressive Arts Therapy, Self-Expression, Workshops
I have been in a workshop series with Mady Mooney, an Arts Therapist, every Monday for 5 weeks in Vancouver throughout April and May. Part of the beauty of the mask making process for me was having one side reveal how we express our different faces to the world, and...
