Dawn Ippoliti Art Therapy

08/11/2021

When external situations bring you down. It can be helpful to maintain perspective about what’s most important. Like the dandelion who can see what matters most is not how others others see us but how we see ourselves.

When we can center our focus internally like this, we gain access to deepening our own growth.

Can you be inspired by the dandelion and shift your focus internally? What things do you value? Perhaps maybe you can even take your next action in a valued direction? Thank you for this beautiful image.

08/03/2021

Letting go of control can be difficult for many reasons. Whether it’s fear of not getting what you want or other complex emotions getting in your way, the struggle is real. People often tell me, they feel pressured to make huge or drastic changes in attempts to regain this control. In these grand gestures people tend to lose site of the present moment. If we can stay present we can practice letting go in smaller more manageable ways—micro shifts. Perhaps these micro shift can be to our attention, our action, or our perspective. How can you make a micro shift to practice letting go in your next moment?

07/21/2021

I remembered feeling so “happy“ in that moment surrounded by those beautiful hydrangeas. Today in this moment I feel differently. I’m reminded feelings are our reactions—fluid and transient. They will change again and again and again. This perspective deepens my appreciation for this process and enables me to practice holding space for all my emotions regardless of whether my experience is positive or negative. How will you engage in your next moment? , , ,

07/07/2021

When I am aware and present I get to choose how I respond instead of letting my thoughts and feelings dictate my actions. This was a damp and rainy day at the beach instead of getting wrapped up in negative thinking about what it was or wasn’t I choose to shift my focus and attention to the present. It was in that moment where I found these beautiful dewy daisies right in front of my eyes.

06/22/2021

Create space and moments for self reflection. Are your intentions in line with your actions? Thank you for the inspiration

08/01/2020

With a subtle shift of focus I get to put my energy toward a valued direction.

06/28/2020

With each day that passes we get the opportunity to practice letting go of what no longer serves us.

06/24/2020

Well said and so important.

06/02/2020

06/01/2020

So inspiring thank you for being part of the solution

05/30/2020

This sidewalk chalk art done by my 6-year-old son makes me think we have to remember things are not always as they seem or appear and often there are many layers we cannot see too. Much like the grit and grains in the hard asphalt that lay underneath the beauty of the soft chalk pastels. Sometimes people stay in their own subtle outer layers because it’s comfortable and rosy, but growth has layers too. The rain will eventually come to wash away the chalk leaving the dark rough asphalt exposed. It is actually here, in these moments of opening and vulnerability where people can truly begin to experience the depth below and heal; perhaps those hardened darker parts they’ve kept hidden beneath the images of their own soft chalk pastels.