The Idea of the Week
Do you feel your creativity rumbling around in your head but find it difficult to manifest it in any media? Or, maybe you develop an okay routine for a while, but it inevitably peters out and you lose patience with your practice? In a 34-minute video, Dr. K from HealthyGamerGG examines Why You Can’t Turn Your Creativity Into ANYTHING.
For those who have ADHD, you may find yourself starting projects but having difficulty finishing them. People may say that ADHD makes you more creative, but does it? In this 8-minute video, Jess from How to ADHD explores creativity in ADHD and how we can use creativity.
Practice of the Week
How do we foster creativity? Psych2Go shares 10 tips to be creative in this 5-minute video.
- Expose yourself to art. Integrate art into your life and reflect on them. Find the art that inspires you or that you wish to emulate. Note what you like about it, so you can bring it out in your own art.
- Ask questions. Ask “What if…” or “Why…” Engage in your curiosity.
- Work with your productivity. Contemplate your routine. Is this the routine that is effective for you? If you find you don’t have a lot of energy right after work but you have energy in the morning, then make space for yourself in the morning to work with your creativity.
- Express ideas. Express your ideas and withhold your judgment and inner critic when you engage with them. You may limit your expression and idea generation if you immediately judge them. At this point in the process, let your ideas have their space.
- Go on adventures. Embracing different experiences gives you the space to explore and create possibilities.
- Observe. Observe your surroundings in your adventures and daily life. When you observe, you make space for yourself to develop and enrich your opinions and thoughts.
- Practice mindfulness. When you embrace your experiences, practice mindfulness. What are you experiencing? What do you feel? What do you notice around you?
- Embrace the risk of failing. Risk-taking may come with failure—quite a lot of failure. It may take ten failures to reach one success, but without having failed ten times, you wouldn’t have reached that success with the eleventh attempt.
- Daydream. Daydreaming is a way you can engage in your imagination, generating ideas that you may not otherwise give yourself permission to think about.
- Create. Go and create! Experiment, fail, then experiment again! Keep on creating and let yourself experience the joy and excitement of engaging in your creativity.
If we don’t have energy for ourselves throughout the day, we may not have the energy to think or act in our creativity. Find self-care strategies that rejuvenate you, reset you, and bring you energy. Rowena Tsai shares 123 self-care ideas to live more restfully, creatively, and productively (15-minute video) to get you started.
What are your tips for fostering creativity? Share your tips and creativity with us on our Instagram or Facebook page!
News of the Week
We’re excited to share our new page for our newsletters!
Looking for a previous newsletter but it’s buried in your inbox? You can find it on our website now under the Newsletters page.
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Are you a creative soul? Are you interested in Art Therapy?
Art therapy is not just for the creative souls, although creative souls may certainly enjoy art therapy!
Sometimes words are hard, and verbalizing our emotions, experiences, or struggles is a daunting task. Art therapy allows you to express yourself through the process of making art. Please note: you do not have to be an artist to benefit from art therapy.
Melissa Compton is a trauma-informed art therapist and mental health professional. She utilizes an eclectic approach and provides a safe, non-judgmental, and comfortable healing space for you to process your experience.
Please call 315.516.8466 to begin your art therapy sessions with Melissa!
What happens in an Art Therapy session? Learn more about art therapy on our blog!
Join Tati, back by popular demand, for her next series of Family Constellations and Sharing of Ancestral Knowledge Workshops!
Tati owns a healing and psychotherapy practice working with sacred plant medicine, ancestral healing, and art therapy in her home in Ecuador.
In April, Tati visited the U.S. for the first time to hold workshops and healing sessions in Erieville and Fayetteville, NY, all of which had such a positive reception that people requested more! Join Tati for her return in October and the next series of workshops and healing sessions.
Family Constellations is a type of therapeutic approach that focuses on exploring the dynamics within a person’s family system, including their relationships with parents, siblings, grandparents, and other family members, even ancestors. This approach can be used to address a variety of issues, such as relationship difficulties, emotional blocks, and unresolved traumas.
This workshop involves a group of participants who come together to explore their own family dynamics through a series of exercises and discussions led by our facilitator, Tatian Davila, a psychotherapist, healer, and seeker of ancestral knowledge. Tati will offer 2 workshops as well as individual healings. The workshops will be held at Breathing Space Studio in Erieville, NY.
The Family Constellations Workshop will be held on October 28, 2023, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The Sharing of Ancestral Knowledge Workshop will be held on October 29, 2023, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Both workshops will be held at Breathing Space Studio
3455 Erieville Road
Erieville, NY 13061
Individual Healing Sessions will be held in Fayetteville, NY from October 30th through November 3rd.
You asked for more; we delivered! Back by Popular Demand:
Unlock Your Mind and Journey to Self Discovery at Our Summer Ketamine-Assisted Experiential Psychotherapy Retreat
Our first KAP retreat in April had such a positive reception and requests for more that we’re excited to share our Summer KAP Retreat in August!
One Ketamine Journey—lots of deep dives into experiential therapy incorporating meditation, writing, art making, yoga, and other body-centered modalities. Step away from the stressors of daily life and fully immerse yourself in the therapeutic process. We will use Ketamine and experiential therapy to break through the stuck places to find more freedom, pace, and motivation!
Zoom Preparation Session: Thursday, July 27th from 6-9 pm.
In-person: Thursday, August 3rd from 6-9 pm.
In-person: Friday, August 4th from 10-6 pm.
In-person: Saturday, August 5th from 9-5 pm.
Zoom Integration Session: Thursday, August 10th from 6-8 pm.
The Thought of the Week
Wishing you a peaceful week!
