Tag self-care

Winter Guest Post by Kimberly Wilson

Hollyday Tranquility This is truly the most wonderful time of the year – abundance of tasty treats, festivity, and a sense of gratitude in the air. The white pine garland and balsam fir wreath are hung, silver and white doves…

Loving Your Body

I saw Jamie Riidler's post on Roots of She asking about how your relationship with your body has changed over time and I wanted to respond because I've noticed (and the hubster has noticed too) that since becoming pregnant, I've…

A Creative Dreaming Nook of My Own

When we moved into our home in September and I saw the beautiful room that would become my studio, I saw that there was a little spot against one wall that I thought would be perfect for a bench with…

Coming Home to Yourself

Chairs in a Row, mixed-media on panel, available here. As we move swiftly towards the end of the month of home at the Creative Every Day Challenge, I notice that I've been thinking about and working on feeling at home…

Listening to the Body

Normally I'll interview just one, maybe two folks per month, but I hope you've enjoyed my chats with creative folks on the topic of body this month! It's so funny, usually I'm this ultra introverted girl who gets nervous on…

Connecting to Your Body with Briana Aldrich

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the brilliant Blisscovery expert, Briana Aldrich. Briana is a coach who helps folks find their thing and also with helps people heal their relationship with their bodies. I loved talking with Briana…

How to Be Gentle with Your Body and Your Art

This piece is coming along verrrry slowly, but it's been an interesting process using body shadows as the starting point for a piece of art. One thing I'm loving is the little heart that showed up in the bird's body.…

Creativity & the Body with Jamie Ridler

I'm so grateful that i was able to have this conversation with Jamie Ridler about creativity and the body! When I first asked Jamie to chat with me about this theme, I wasn't sure exactly why. I knew she taught…

Release

This one kind of floated out of me today. Ha! I suppose that makes sense with the image too! I had started drawing the figure with water-soluble wax pastels and there seemed to be this release coming from the heart,…

Dragonfly Key, Work-In-Progress

Today was a difficult one, and once again, making art was like therapy for me, helping me feel more grounded. Difficult days are no fun, but having Art Every Day Month to prompt me into doing art even when I’m…