Breathe Art Calm

03/09/2024

Cuuuuuuutest new 📖📚bookstore📚📖 by us. It's a dream come true to be shelved by such a lovely owner. Stop by if you are in the area:
Copper Bell Bookshop
4315 S Settler Dr. Ridgefield, WA 98642

02/04/2024

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/26/1227056527/to-help-these-school-kids-deal-with-trauma-mindfulness-lessons-over-the-loudspea

An elementary school in Florida, credits daily mindfulness lessons with helping students cope with stress — and turning the school around academically. The lessons are delivered through an app.

01/28/2024

We can’t stay away from bookstores. Aren’t they the best? Two more who are hosting “Colorful Place” in Bellingham, WA📚❤️…
https://www.villagebooks.com/
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/eclipse-bookstore-wa/

01/27/2024

New ✨🎉wonderful✨🎉 bookstore in town and look who made it to an end-cap display😍. We can’t say enough about the owner, the store’s mission, the book selection….impressive. Check them out! https://whiteoakbooks.net/

11/05/2023

Teachers! (Therapists too) We have a new 🔥✨FREE✨🔥 resource that walks upper elementary kids and teens through how to keep your brain healthy. Enjoy and please, PLEASE leave a review and let us know what you think.

THE HEALTHY BRAIN FORMULA (adapted from Dr. Dan Siegel and David Rock)has seven activities that help your brain be the healthiest it can be. You know how to take care of your body, but how do you take care of your brain? Brain health helps us learn, grow, and find happiness and joy. Take TIME to do....

10/08/2023

We love teachers! Find your happy this October…
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/GGSC_Education_Happiness_Calendar_Oct_2023.pdf

05/14/2023

Grab a board from the library and create some art! The downtown Vancouver library is hosting its 6th Art4Art fundraiser.

All the art will be sold for $30, and all the proceeds will go to the library.

My little art piece will be available on the first Friday of August 2023.

You are extraordinary! 🦥

04/11/2023

✨Jocelyn was recently on this lovely podcast—The Heartful Parent Podcast.

“Jocelyn focuses her work on inviting others to engage in a more authentic, awakened, connected, and creative life. She believes in a supportive and therapeutic approach that provides nurturing feedback to help clients address personal life challenges effectively.

In this episode, Jocelyn and I dig into what mindfulness is (it can be simpler than you might think) and how to incorporate both mindfulness and art into your daily routines. Jocelyn shares some really practical tips on how kids, teens, and parents can easily start practicing some mindfulness and art therapy.

Jocelyn also shares her expertise on EMDR therapy and how it can help kids and teens with issues that parents often don’t even realize have caused trauma with their kids. EMDR and art therapy actually go hand-in-hand, and Jocelyn shares some of her approaches within her practice and the successes she has seen with her child and teen clients.

Jocelyn has some really fantastic resources, including her book Colorful Place: Mindful Story and Art for Kids and the Emotional Regulation for Kids posters she talks about during this episode. And if you visit her website: www.jocelynfitzgerald.com, you can find her full line of Colorful Therapy Tools.”

Jocelyn was one of my Masterclass Experts within The Heartful Parent Academy, where members got to ask questions and received a free resource from her at the end of the session. If you could use this type of support, make sure to check out all the benefits of joining The Heartful Parent Academy on my website: www.theheartfulparent.com/heartful-parent-academy

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supporting-emotional-regulation-with-art-with/id1667445051?i=1000608372005

‎Show The Heartful Parent Podcast, Ep Supporting Emotional Regulation with Art with Jocelyn Fitzgerald - Apr 11, 2023

04/06/2023

Take breaks this Spring🌷
~mindfully renew~
~discover creativity~
~find deep relaxation~
Perhaps, with a child💜

Colorful Place: Mindful Story and Art for Kids

04/01/2023

BreatheArtCalm partnered with Boys and Girls Club to provide social emotional learning groups to children last year. Many thanks to Emily for helping make this happen!

03/21/2023

Here's your daily dose of BREATHE-IN-OUT with a local waterfall hike by our house...

03/16/2023

Is mindfulness a cure-all? YES and NO, but it sure is good stuff.

Quote from this great article: “Mindfulness isn’t something you’re going to practice for a couple of weeks and then you’re done...It’s an ongoing thing. It’s kind of a new way of thinking. There isn’t ever going to be a time when you don’t have to do it anymore. It’s always going to be something you’re working on and progressing, and it’s always going to be evolving for each individual in their own unique way.”

Mindfulness is often seen as a cure-all approach, but as with other clinical approaches, counselors should carefully consider when and how they integrate this practice into sessions.