Category: CREATIVITY
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MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment
MAKING MY PEACE … with raising my light quotient – micro-moments of “feel-good” nourishment Light builds resilience. Light builds energy. Light builds hope. But what is a “Light Quotient” and why do we need to increase it? Sasha from The Pagan Homemaker describes a light quotient as simple ways to make you feel lighter, which increases resilience,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling
MAKING MY PEACE … in 2026 with visual journaling This year, 2026, I have begun visual journaling using a combination of a loosely-based phenology wheel with watercolour paintings and notes. A phenology wheel is traditionally used to track natural events and cycles, such as flower plantings, bird migrations, weather patterns, daily temperatures, hours of sunlight,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with gaining ground in 2026
MAKING MY PEACE … with gaining ground in 2026 A Meditation for 2026 Today I sat in meditation, slowing my breath, imagining what 2026 will mean for me.
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MAKING MY PEACE … with art for healing
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…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with mythical creatures for healing
MAKING MY PEACE … with mythical creatures for healing … imagination is the mind’s immune system … Long before psychology and therapy for healing, we had storytelling and imagination. Every culture has their own mythical creatures in legend, myth, and folklore. Through myth, filled with gods, ghosts, monsters, heroes, dragons, werewolves, selkies, jinns, firebirds, and shapeshifters,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the lights off
MAKING MY PEACE … with the lights off … Lights on or lights off? … How lightness and darkness shape our moods and mental health … Balancing the amount and intensity of lightness and darkness in your life is deeply personal. Everyone has a preference. My mother, for example, loved to sit in near darkness, a…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the interpretation of dreams
MAKING MY PEACE … with the interpretation of dreams … poets have long recognized the significance of daydreams … Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud wrote The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899 exploring the realms of both dreams and daydreams. I have just read Angelo Zammit’s re-translated edition which brings renewed accessibility to Freud’s psychoanalysis, particularly the idea that…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with being fully at the table
MAKING MY PEACE … with being fully at the table … who’s at the table? A creativity exercise for inner healing … To kick-start my summer-time spark of creativity, I attended a workshop. At Kari van Tine’s workshop The Joy of Creativity, she conducted an activity called “Who’s at the table?” It was deceptively simple: write…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with therapeutic jigsaw puzzles
MAKING MY PEACE … with therapeutic jigsaw puzzles … calming, emotionally satisfying … restoring focus … Jigsaw puzzles can be surprisingly healing. They calm the nervous system, improve memory and focus, bring emotional satisfaction, and offer structure in a fragmented environment. The act of sorting and assembling pieces engages both the left and right brain,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with walking in rural France
MAKING MY PEACE … with walking in rural France … walking into stillness … There are journeys we take not to arrive quickly, but to slow down. My trip to Romilly in Normandy, France, was one of those journeys. On a recent trip north of Paris, I boarded a regional train and rode out toward Romilly for 90 minutes,…