MAKING MY PEACE … with art for healing
… finding calm in colour …
At its heart, the Hinarera Lambert’s book Art Therapy Workbook for Adults is an experience: a guided practice for grounding, emotional awareness, reconnecting with your inner child, releasing what has been held too long, and imagining the life you want to step into. It is a journal-style workbook with each page encouraging readers to put their inner “weather” onto paper, whether it is a storm, a mist, the sunlight, and everything in between.
Creating art activates a part of our brain that language sometimes cannot reach. A single colour can say more than a paragraph. A line, drawn without thinking, can reveal what we didn’t know was living beneath the surface in our subconscious mind.
What this workbook does is remove pressure in creating art. There is no “right way” to draw, no expectation to create something pretty or perfect. Instead, it helps readers to explore questions like, what does your sadness look like today? / What colours feel like comfort? / What shape is your hope taking lately?
The prompts are simple but emotionally resonant, and ideal for beginners or for anyone rebuilding a relationship with their creativity. Readers can open the workbook anywhere and find something meaningful. It’s a companion, not a curriculum. And it’s not for artists; it’s for anyone. Many adults forget how restorative it can be to doodle, shade, scribble, or simply let the pencil wander on the page.
Even healing books have their limits though, and this one is no exception. Readers seeking deeper therapeutic frameworks may find the content more soothing than psychologically robust.
It won’t heal everything, but it will give readers a way to listen to their inner mind. And sometimes, that is the beginning of healing. It is a beginner-friendly companion for anyone wanting to use art creativity as a doorway into calmness and emotional renewal.
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Making my peace with art for healing, I just pick up my watercolour paints and start doodling or painting – often a timed activity for 30-60 minutes – without the pressure for it to be pretty or perfect.
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Rainy Day Healing blogs: “This kind of quiet, honest reflection is exactly what makes Rainy Day Healing such a special space.” Chaz. T., USA
In a world of sensory overload, Tranquility Mapping offers a gentle, creative way to reconnect with peace and calm, and recreate restorative spaces. Whether you’re seeking stillness in a busy home, serenity in a classroom, or relief in a hectic office, this guide gives you the tools to map and reshape your environment to support your well-being. Whether you have a garden, one room or an entire building to work with, this guide helps you transform your everyday spaces into sanctuaries of stillness.
Includes: Tranquility Mapping templates and examples (for home, classroom, school, and office); A Tranquility Toolkit checklist (sound, scent, sight, and texture tools); A teacher’s guide to mapping calm with students; A list of workshop questions and techniques for working with groups; Real-life inspiration based on research on peace and tranquility.
Ideal for: Anyone seeking a sensory-friendly space and a place of quietude; Teachers and educators designing calm corners for students in classrooms and learning spaces; Families, parents, and caregivers wanting to create calm for children, seniors, and all members; Therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals; Human resource personnel, office planners, and office workers reclaiming restorative spaces.
Map your way back to tranquility. Map emotional geography in real life. Feel the benefits of restorative spaces. If you have a notebook, blank paper, pencils, crayons or highlighters, and optional stickers and sticky notes, you can begin. You don’t have to wait for peace to find you. You can find it, design it, and return to it anytime. You can design the tranquility you want to feel.
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