Expressive art requires no special talent, skill or inspiration. Because your original style is already within, you are already good enough to begin expressing yourself.

You are creative and whole, now and always. Authentic creative expression simply amplifies and reminds you of your wholeness.

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Because it is typical to think the same thoughts over and over again, when spontaneous thoughts and images pop in, you can be sure that you are accessing your unconscious mind.

In this teaching, I share how to take the journey to the edge of your unknown, informed by the book "Focusing-Oriented Psy...

"The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates."

~ Jacqueline Woodson

As a creative person, it's easy to get distracted and lost in many things. Yet, I think we can only hav...

Years ago, when I began exploring my psyche through expressive art, I was astounded to discover all the different aspects of myself that I had within.

As my various personality aspects emerged in my spontaneous art, I discovered "unacceptable" emotions such as need, sorrow, loss, shame, fear, hurt,...

When I was working full-time as an art facilitator, immersed in the complex politics of healthcare, I needed to find a way to release the stresses and injustices of the day.

I found that if I did not have an expressive outlet, my unprocessed emotions would gather speed and accumulate, and I would f...

When I created my educational website, Expressive Art Workshops, over 15 years ago, I had no idea what a large portal it would become for people interested in the expressive arts.

Over the years, I have initiated three sharing portals that you are welcome to participate in:

1. Creative Healing Stor...

I created this intuitive drawing several years ago while sitting in my car during my lunch hour break from the art studio. My drawing seemed to illustrate a tentative new belief in giving that went beyond my habitual self-concern.

I was starting to consider the possibility that I could be revitalized...

You might reside in your thinking mind. It is easy to dissociate from your body because that is where all of your unprocessed life experiences are repressed. Breathing into your emotional pain unravels the emotional patterns that are packed into your body. When you are deeply present to what feels u...

If you are a collage enthusiast and would like to share your collages in my Discover Intuitive Facebook Group, I warmly welcome you to join us HERE.

How to Create an Intuitive Collage

Intuitive collage involves sitting down with a pile of old magazines and choosing images, textures, and colours wi...

I always think of a creative block as an emotional block, indicating that there is something I do not want to feel. If you are feeling blocked creatively, consider that what stands between you and your joyful creativity is unacknowledged emotional pain.

Many of us hold layers of emotional pain that...

If you would like to share your collages in my Discover Intuitive Facebook Group, I warmly welcome you to join us HERE.

To start with your weekly collage theme...

Quiet your mind. Take three deep breaths and quiet your mind. Sink your awareness deep into your body. Set your rational mind on "silen...

We live in an ego-based world where appearances are often more valued than the truth, and it is easy to forget who we truly are at our deepest level. Honest art journaling aims to reclaim and strengthen authentic self-expression. When we become more self-mirrored and self-validated in our authentic ...