Masterpiece Counselling Therapy

08/17/2022

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 — 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀.

It is suggested to us a million times a day that our BODIES are PROJECTS. They aren’t. Our lives are. Our spirituality is. Our relationships are. Our work is.

Stop spending all day obsessing, cursing, perfecting your body like it’s all you’ve got to offer the world. Your body is not your art, it’s your paintbrush. Whether your paintbrush is a tall paintbrush or a thin paintbrush or a stocky paintbrush or a scratched up paintbrush is completely irrelevant. What is relevant is that YOU HAVE A PAINTBRUSH which can be used to transfer your insides onto the canvas of your life — where others can see it and be inspired and comforted by it.

Your body is not your offering. It’s just a really amazing instrument which you can use to create your offering each day. Don’t curse your paintbrush. Don’t sit in a corner wishing you had a different paintbrush. You’re wasting time. You’ve got the one you got. Be grateful, because without it you’d have nothing with which to paint your life’s work. Your life’s work is the love you give and receive — and your body is the instrument you use to accept and offer love on your soul’s behalf. It’s a system.

We are encouraged to obsess over our instrument’s SHAPE — but our body’s shape has no effect on it’s ability to accept and offer love for us. Just none. Maybe we continue to obsess because as long we keep wringing our hands about our paintbrush shape, we don’t have to get to work painting our lives. Stop fretting. The truth is that all paintbrush shapes work just fine — and anybody who tells you different is trying to sell you something. Don’t buy. Just paint.

No wait — first, stop what you are doing and say THANK YOU to your body — right now. Say THANK YOU to your eyes for taking in the beauty of sunsets and storms and children blowing out birthday candles and say THANK YOU to your hands for writing love letters and opening doors and stirring soup and waving to strangers and say THANK YOU to your legs for walking you from danger to safety and climbing so many mountains for you. Then pick up your instrument and start painting this day beautiful and bold and wild and free and YOU. Paint this day beautiful, bold, wild & free.

~Glennon Doyle, Momastary

art | Michal Salata
https://www.instagram.com/mike.salata

08/01/2022

08/09/2021

This summer has been stressful for those of us in Western Canada and the Okanagan. How have you been coping? There is a difference between active and passive relaxation. Check out this article.

Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.

01/05/2021

As we ponder and look back on 2020 here are some interesting thoughts.

Even if 2020 was one long dumpster fire of a year, we sure learned a lot about ourselves. Here's what nearly 1300 people had to say about it.

06/09/2020

Here is my Disclaimers. For legal and ethical reasons I need to remind you that:
🗣my account is for educational purposes only and not meant to replace a therapeutic relationship or mental health care by a clinician or doctor.

06/09/2020

Hello there. This is my introduction post for my social media account to support my mental health work. I am Wanda. I believe in people’s goodness and promote living well. May this account encourage, entertain and empower you to live as you were designed to do. In love. In grace. Thriving through life’s challenges. .
🗣my account is for educational purposes only and not meant to replace a therapeutic relationship or mental health care by a clinician or doctor.

04/09/2020

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03/20/2020

Hello Facebook. I am late. Coming on here in 5 min. Hope to see you as well! Join me!

03/17/2020

Join me for Functional Friday? This Friday I'm going live on facebook to offer practical tips for navigating this uncertain time and create a collective space to stay connected. I'd love to see you. Friday 9 am.

03/13/2020

Hello client friends,

If you’re like me you’re wondering how to navigate appointments and general living during this time of the COVID 19. I want to assure you that as a therapist my sessions one on one are business as per usual. Per usual being the key phrase.

If you are having any flu/cold/viral symptoms I always offer cancellations and rebooking options. I support you taking care of your immune system and health and thinking socially by remaining isolated.

During this time - until Canada has removed the social distancing recommendations - should you choose to self-isolate, I will support this decision as well. I am offering my services via telephone or via online counselling if this interests you because I believe social distance should not mean emotional isolation.

Collective anxiety is increasing thanks to our media use. It would be normal to be anxious at this time! This is valid! And there is support for you if this gets overwhelming. Please reach out to your support network and myself should you need to. We are in this together. The biggest reframe of this crisis is that we truly are connected and need one another.

This is when I always remind myself, my family and friends that when in time of crisis, look for the helpers. Thank you Mr. Rogers! Much is being done both at the scientific research level, the political level and the local community level. Keeping our thoughts and our eyes on what is being done and what we can do will reduce anxious thoughts and feelings.

Perhaps today you might go for a walk in nature and to diffuse any worrisome energy, and maybe there you will find the steadfastness of trees and the earth which is always holy ground.

Warmly,
Wanda