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Visual Journaling- Benefits, Techniques, and Uses

March 26, 2020 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Visual journaling (also called art journaling) is a wonderful way to process emotions. It is a powerful tool in healing betrayal trauma and complex post traumatic stress disorder. Benefits of Visual Journaling Articulate your feelings. When you’re struggling to put your emotions into words, it may be easier to sketch them out. Whether you draw…

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This is Me Art Journaling Page- Silencing Your Inner Critic

March 21, 2020 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

“When the sharpest words wanna cut me downI’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them outI am brave, I am bruisedI am who I’m meant to be, THIS IS ME!Look out ’cause here I comeAnd I’m marching on to the beat I drumI’m not scared to be seenI make no apologies, THIS IS ME! This…

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The Best Black Friday Deals for Self Care and Self Development

November 28, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

The holidays can be extremely difficult when you are dealing with addiction, abuse, and trauma. It’s the time of year when I need to double down on my self-care efforts. With that in mind here are the very best Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, etc. Deals that I can find! I’ll keep this…

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Creating a Journal Jar with 100+ Prompts

November 19, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

How many times have you just stared at a blank page and not known what to create. Whether you’re writing or art journaling we all get blocked. This is where prompts can be magical. Prompts can be one word, or full sentences. A prompt doesn’t have to be taken literally. It is merely meant to…

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Allowing Gratitude to Change Your Physical and Mental Health

November 6, 2019 By Emily Smith 1 Comment

When I was 19 years old I was in the passenger seat driving through Oklahoma. After dinner it was a little misty, but we decided to keep driving rather than stop for the night. Suddenly we had to slam on our breaks as our visibility was reduced to no more than 6 feet in front…

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Four Compelling Reasons to Keep a Journal

October 31, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I have found journaling to be an essential part of my healing from betrayal trauma and PTSD. Journals help me to process emotions, organize my thoughts, and keep myself grounded in truth.   Let’s be honest, keeping a journal my not sound like the most exciting thing you can do for your healing. For years I’ve…

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Serenity Prayer Zentangle Doodle Drawing

April 10, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

What is Zentangle? I have recently discovered and fallen in love with doodle drawings also commonly called Zentangle or doodle drawing. This type of art has been around since the beginning of man, but has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity due to Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas giving it the name Zentangle and dictating…

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I Am Determined to Rise- Choosing my 2019 Word of the Year

January 2, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Last year I decided to skip the resolutions…ok who am I kidding…every year I skip the resolutions. Instead I did something new. I chose a focus word of the year. My 2018 word of the year was Enough, and you can read about it in this blog post. As I have focused on this word…

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I Am Broken and That Makes Me Beautiful

November 20, 2018 By Emily Smith 2 Comments

Have you ever heard of the Japanese art of Kintsugi? Artists will take a broken piece of pottery and repair it with a special lacquer that is dusted with silver, gold, or platinum. The broken piece becomes even more beautiful as the precious metals gleam through the seams which were once broken. Kintsugi is a…

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Getting Started with Art Journaling

August 30, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Recently, as part of my healing from betrayal trauma, I have started an art journal. Now I don’t work in it nearly as often as I’d like, but such is life as a mom of young children. It has definitely been a hugely therapeutic thing for me. I’ve shed tears more than once while creating….

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