Ambient Therapeutic Arts

03/28/2022

What are you doing for self care?
I practice gratitude, cuddle my pets, make art and go for walks.

When life gets busy and our sense of well-being and balance is affected, we often forget to take care of ourselves or we look for quick fixes or solutions to problems. Building self-care into your daily or weekly routine can greatly improve resilience and prevent burnout. Here are some -approved suggestions to get you started.
For step 2, check out the Self-Care and Resiliency Guide: https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/blog-posts/21372-mental-health-first-aid-covid-19-self-care-resilience-guide/

02/21/2022

In a world where you can be anything, be kind! What a beautiful saying this is if you really think about it. We have the power to be kind. This is a message I would like to relay as we approach the for day, which is on Feb 23rd. We have to teach our kids to be kind. Always be kind, be empathetic, don't judge!

02/08/2022

I picked up this book to read to my daughter. And it got me thinking about how as adults we are not able to understand and encourage children to experience art as an expression of their feelings. Niko gets asked what his art is about, but when he explains it is about a feeling, no one gets it. Overtime how many Nikos may have lost the ability to express their feelings through art because it was never understood or encouraged.

I think all adults should also read this book and make it normalized to draw your feelings and express yourself through art. That art doesn't have to look like something, because it is the feeling of a person.

 

02/02/2022

This piece of titled "Pieces of me". I worked on this piece considering myself as a whole and all the pieces that constitute me. Some pieces of me are external to me as well. I am but a sum total of all these internal and external pieces. This is not necessarily a bad thing or a good thing. It just is the fact.

What does this piece make you feel?

 

01/26/2022

I spent some time making mandalas. They are an entirely different therapeutic experience than just coloring one. This one was done with warmth in mind in this very cold January. A warm center, while trying to get the cold colors further away.

How are you coping with this cold January? I somehow feel last year January was warmer than this year. Anyway, hoping to do some more doodling to feel warm 😊

Have you tried making Mandalas? Do you find them hard?

01/12/2022

The Royal Ottawa talks about mental health of students and teachers as they are slated to go back to school in person on Monday. Lots of nice insights and ideas.

The unpredictable and ongoing pandemic restrictions and isolation have compounded mental health challenges for many young people and caused excessive stress for parents, caregivers and education providers. This special Conversations broadcast will feature The Royal's youth psychiatrist, Dr. Gail Be...

01/05/2022

My artwork and message for you today!

I like using lots of colours in my art work. It makes me happy. What colors would you fill your canvas with?

This piece is done in digital media, and I hope it brightens your day and encourages to live a life with colours!

Happy Wednesday.

 

01/05/2022

I made this blank canvas with colours I was feeling at the moment as I thought of the year 2022. Before I share what I put on it, why don't you think about what you would want to write / draw / paint on it as you think of what the year 2022 means for you, as a beautiful blank slate?

Please share with me what you thought of.


 

01/02/2022

Happy New Year world! The first day of the new year is as good as any to bring about positive changes in your life, should you choose to. Of course contentment is a highly understated and underestimated virtue. So if you are living a content life, all the more power to you.

I had a blessed 2021. I became mama to a beautiful healthy baby girl. She has kept me busy, tested my patience everyday, taught me so much, has me living in awe of how this tiny little thing can need ME and love me so much. My partner and I are her small little world for now, and she has contracted our world to just about her size for now 😊.

For 2022, I hope I can juggle more things in my life properly, including work and home and leisure and hobbies. I hope I can help the little one become her own curious little person, and equip her well with the ability to express everything she feels. I hope I can give back to the community in some form.

 


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12/26/2021

Here's wishing you a happy, restful and content holiday season. I decorated the Christmas tree, DIY'ed the Christmas wreath and baked some of the best sugar cookies I have ever baked, this holiday season.

I am blessed with having a beautiful family to share this holiday season with. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the holiday season can be hard on some people. Please take one day at a time, my dear friends.

06/09/2021

I am on a bit of a break due to life events. I wish you all a relief from the pandemic soon! I think the light at the end of the tunnel is visible now.

Keep making art! Sending virtual love and positivity your way!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

05/09/2021

To those women that have lost your children or potential children, to those women who are longing to be a mother, to those women that have assumed motherly responsibilities, we wish you a day to celebrate who you are. It can be a sad day for some and we just want to recognize that.
Commemorate the day as you see fit. Sending you positive vibes on this day.