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Staying Grounded During Stress and Change

April 11, 2020 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

With Covid-19 on the rampage everything is in turmoil right now. Kids are home from school, people are unable to work, and of course the illness itself is anxiety inducing to say the least! In an ever changing world our biggest challenge can often be staying grounded through the upheaval. Here are a few techniques…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: art journaling, breathing exercises, COVID-19, grounded, journal, meditation, stress relief, tapping

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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Filed Under: Art Journaling, Creativity, Emotional, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: art journaling, C-PTSD, therapeutic art, visual journaling

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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Filed Under: Art Journaling, Creativity, Emotional, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: art journaling, betrayal trauma healing, i am enough, The Greatest Showman, therapeutic art, this is me

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What Does a Betrayal Trauma Healing Success Story Look Like?

February 12, 2020 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

What does healing from betrayal trauma look like? What do women who are in a good healthy place look like and what characteristics do they share?

Filed Under: Community, Emotional, Friendships, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: betrayal trauma recovery, betrayal trauma success story, complex ptsd, determined to rise, healing ptsd, success stories

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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Filed Under: Art Journaling, Creativity, Digital Art, Emotional, Finding Balance, Photography, Physical, Recovery, Scripture Journaling, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: best gift for yourself this christmas, best gifts for artists, best gifts for self care, best gifts for self evelopment, black friday, cyber monday, holiday shopping, Sale, subscription boxes

7 Tips for Living a Mindful Life

November 22, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I believe that recovery for the traumatized and the addict is completely impossible without mindfulness. We can’t heal things that we do not understand. Last night we were watching an episode of Once Upon a Time that is set in Neverland. Emma, the story’s main heroine, is presented with a map by Peter Pan. She…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Emotional, Finding Balance, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: addiction recovery, become more aware of yourself, betrayal trauma healing, get to know yourself, living a mindful life, meditating, Mindful meditation, Mindfulness, who are you

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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Filed Under: Art Journaling, Creativity, Digital Art, Emotional, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: art journaling, free printable, journal, journaling, journaling helps you heal, journaling prompts, printable journaling prompts, therapeutic art, therapeutic journaling, what to journal about

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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Filed Under: Addiction, Art Journaling, Creativity, Emotional, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: being thankful makes you healthy, choose joy, gratitude improves your health, gratitude journaling, gratuitude, self-care, self-love

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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Embracing Your Shero’s Journey

October 14, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I’m a HUGE fan of all the Marvel/Avengers movies that have come out in the last few years. I’m a total sucker for a good superhero story. I especially love how each of the characters have pretty big flaws that make them human. As a kid I used to love playing superheroes with my friends….

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Filed Under: Emotional, Finding Balance, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: betrayal trauma recovery, digital painting, hero's journey, Super Heroes, The stages of the hero's journey, warrior woman, what is the hero's journey

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