This time there were four of us and we had a ball making Shrinky Dinks. For some of them we colored in the templates (butterflies). For others, we made our
The title pretty much says it all, but if you don’t have acrylic paint, etc, you can DRAW WHAT YOU LOVE. It’s pretty cool, because it forces you to look
Here’s an excerpt from Escaping Ever-Stressed Mode, highlighting some of my favorite science-backed tips that really helped me (circa 2019). What Will You Try? If you have to pick just
Note: The PAG (periaqueductal gray) is not actually part of the reptilian brain as you might assume from the stock image I purchased for this one. The PAG, is an
Thanks to a recent Trauma-Informed training I took with Cheryl Walters, MS, Psychologist, I learned that mandala art regulates the nervous system because when you create mandalas you are using
Artistic Exploration: Building off of exploration #1, grab whatever artistic items and tools you have. For example, I used: Steps: Is Your Am-ness Shining Through or Being Blocked? I grabbed
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus Artistic exploration: Doodle what is arising in your “am-ness” (there are lots of
In this episode, Jes speaks with Naturopath Sarah Chopra about her specialties, including the different states our bodies can be in, depending on if our nervous system thinks we’re safe
“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”― Howard Thurman “The
True to the spirit of “better and betterer” I always find myself circling back to blog posts to improve them. I had danced (a cha-cha…. thanks for asking) about what