Tag: transformation
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MAKING MY PEACE … with what it means to be grounded
MAKING MY PEACE … with what it means to be grounded I often write about “feeling grounded” and “gaining ground” – but what do I really mean? And why is being grounded one of the most important inner skills we can learn?
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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 natural disasters
MAKING MY PEACE … with natural disasters … finding hope and renewal after disaster … After a natural disaster, a flood, a fire, an earthquake – even a heartbreak –healing seems distant, but eventually it always arrives. Inspired by Liberian poet Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s “Healing Will Come: Elegy after Natural Disaster,” I explore the stages…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with neurography – letting go with lines
MAKING MY PEACE … with neurography – letting go with lines … like mood doodling … drawing lines for releasing and healing … Neurography – neurographic art – is a gentle process of calming the mind and letting go. It is a simple but transformative drawing technique of drawing spontaneous, free-flowing lines on a page,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the feeling of emptiness
Making My Peace … with the feeling of emptiness Last week I felt a hole somewhere within my body. Not a physical hole, but a feeling of emptiness. Almost a feeling of loss. I was not the only one with this feeling. It was a collective emptiness. The cohort of about 60 learners in…