Cat is a mindset master. There have been so many times in her life that things have gotten really, really hard. And she has consistently found ways to love and appreciate every situation she has found herself in. This living gratitude has ushered her through the creative droughts and the difficult times in her life. As you’ll hear, Cat had a chaotic & traumatic childhood. Rather than letting herself be a victim of it though, she chose to lean into her experiences and use them to make herself strong and resilient. Her dedication to her own self-awareness and mental health is inspiring. 

Anxiety and stress had taken over her life. At the urging of her therapist, Author Sheila Darcey turned to creativity as a way to express trapped emotions her therapist believed were at the root of her anxiety. Through daily practice of sketching, she was able to gain significant insights into the inner workings of her own subconscious and unconscious mind and ultimately free herself from the “out of control” anxiety that had been running her life. 

...but I hadn’t understood the mechanism of it, the why or the how art therapy works and can heal past trauma.  Sarah explains what's actually going on with the left brain and the right brain in trauma experiences, and how creating art can support us to access, reconcile and ultimately resolve past traumas in ways that are sometimes limited by talk therapy alone. 

“Accept and love yourself, it’s the start of everything good”    We all come into the world with creativity coursing through our veins. Creativity is the driving force in our very being - every cell in our bodies is primed to learn, grow, build and create; new cells, stronger immune system, memories, a personality. Everything in our world is hooked up to be constantly interacting with our environment and responding with our own intelligence. Like a giant, unpredictable, glorious, jam session.  Creative intelligence is behind everything. It is the force that governs everything in our known universe. And yet we spend most of our lives in an attempt to turn this miraculous thing inside us, off.  As small children our...