Heart at A Crossroad by Meegan If you've been reading this blog for the last couple months, you would know that I am enjoying messy, freeing, more abstract art making. I've been reflecting on what is pulling me towards this art process. Perhaps I am making messy art because it is more representative to me… Continue reading Mental Health Crossroads: Finding Perspective in Failure
Tag: self-compassion
Looking Back, Looking Forward: May is Mental Health Awareness Month
"Healing Yourself is Connected with Healing Others" Y. Ono Photo by Marcel Strauß on Unsplash May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is a month to promote awareness and reduce stigma around mental illness and to offer support and resources to those with lived experience of mental illness, and their supporters. CMHA, the Canadian Mental… Continue reading Looking Back, Looking Forward: May is Mental Health Awareness Month
The Ins and Outs of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and…
...A Sneak Peek at Mental Health Recovery Collages "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) is not something that I have personal experience with, but I know that it is a therapy… Continue reading The Ins and Outs of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and…
Challenge Your Thoughts, Improve How You Feel: CBT, Mental Illness, and Art Therapy
If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions. ~David D. Burns This is the month is all about therapies used to help improve mental health. Of… Continue reading Challenge Your Thoughts, Improve How You Feel: CBT, Mental Illness, and Art Therapy
The Art of Being Yourself…to the World
“When you share how you feel, you are creating trust. You can trust yourself because you are honouring your feelings and others can trust you because they know you are being honest.” Meegan (inspired by David Richo’s book Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy) Dear Readers, Congruence, in a therapeutic context,… Continue reading The Art of Being Yourself…to the World
Self-Compassion: An Essential Ingredient in Mental Wellness
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha There are a wide range of tools to help us with our mental health recovery. I listed some of them in Post 2, What is Recovery? One of the most integral tools is a person's relationship to themselves. If we… Continue reading Self-Compassion: An Essential Ingredient in Mental Wellness