Creative Healing CNY

07/28/2025

📚🪱Calling all lovers of books! 🪱📚

07/15/2025

07/11/2025

Brutal, yet accurate.
Let's be real: A lot of the adult struggles you're facing? They probably link back to some childhood stuff you shoved down.

Repressed trauma doesn't just disappear; it quietly runs the show.

Healing it isn't easy, but it's essential if you want to stop repeating patterns and actually live freely.

It's time to dig in.

The Square Comics

07/08/2025

Learning about fight, flight, fawn, and freeze can be helpful, but learning how these responses manifest in our particular bodies is where the magic really starts. When we understand how fight, flight, freeze, or fawn show up for us, we can develop an internal template to refer back to in moments where we are feeling a lot of (or beginning to shut down and feeling no emotion at all) that alerts us when it’s time take steps to soothe our and return to our window of tolerance.

No one has an innate ability to pause during a conflict and reflect “Gosh, I think I might be moving into a freeze response.” Instead, this realization tends to be something we recognize as we reflect on an experience later. Growing the capacity to check in with ourselves and notice, in the moment, when we are slipping into a response is one key to learning how to self-soothe, expand our , grow emotionally, and build .

That’s where my new comes in: it’s a tool specifically for helping us recognize when we are moving out of our window of tolerance (where we can listen, learn, and respond thoughtfully) and into a reaction state.

Like the Emotion Sensation Wheel, the Fight, Flight, & Freeze Embodied Wheel is a tool to prompt conversations and build awareness by showing how each of these responses *tends* to show up through physical sensations. It's not prescriptive- it's a conversation starter. It's meant to teach, to stir, and to prompt conversations that build awareness, connection, and experience through awareness. Download a digital copy of this art via patreon.com/lindsaybraman or through my website.

06/09/2025

Our brains are not always the most reliable narrators, especially when anxiety or shame are involved.
That’s why reframing is such a powerful tool.
Not toxic positivity. Not denial. But gentle, supportive shifts that help you get unstuck.

05/29/2025

04/15/2025

Did you know that the benefits of pruning extend beyond the garden and apply to our own lives?

Just as pruning involves the selective removal of plant parts that impede growth, we too can benefit from consciously cutting back elements of ourselves that hinder our progress. This act allows us to redirect our energy towards personal regeneration and development. Gardeners prune plants by removing dead or diseased branches, enabling the plant to conserve energy for vibrant regrowth, often resulting in a plant that is two to three times larger and more radiant. Why not offer ourselves the same opportunity?

Over the past few years, my personal journey of cultivating a "greener thumb" through gardening has profoundly deepened my understanding and appreciation for the capabilities of nature. This includes learning the often daunting task of pruning overgrown bushes and trees. The initial act of cutting back a seemingly healthy plant, trusting that it will flourish even more abundantly in the summer, has been a significant lesson in trusting the process. It requires consistent self-assurance that, given the right environment and conditions, new growth will emerge.

This experience has led me to reflect on the concept of self-pruning. This often involves intentionally letting go of relationships, habits, or commitments that no longer serve our purpose or well-being, creating space for a more focused and fulfilling life. It is about optimizing our lives to reach our full potential, aligning more closely with our core values, and fostering new avenues for growth.

Therefore, while you may already know the importance of pruning in the garden, I hope you now also recognize its profound significance in cultivating a thriving and vibrant self.

03/27/2025

**Attention Rome Families**

📣We're bringing Gymnastics and Tumbling to the Rome Family YMCA- FREE to Rome City School District students! Build skills, teamwork, and confidence while having fun! 🏅🤸‍♀️

Registration is NOW OPEN either online or by stopping by our Welcome Center. Visit our website for more details!
www.ymcatrivalley.org

03/27/2025

Stop being so considerate in situations where you were never considered 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻✨

03/22/2025

💫 Existence can be demanding.
Give yourself permission to take it in.
Give yourself permission to let some of it be.
Give yourself permission to detach from it every once in a while.
Mostly, give yourself permission to slow down. 💫

--
📷: Lisa Olivera

03/18/2025

🌱 **Daily Doodle** 🌿

A Gardners Advice:

Take time to learn to cultivate and nurture this space, as it is.

Take time to learn what works and what doesn't - it matters.

There will be days where the sun is too bright, where the rain pours, and no progress can be visibly seen.

There will be moments where you remember that you are learning to make room for new seeds and learning to water the ones you've already sown.

And in a million little ways, you are learning what it means to grow.

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Quote adapted from Morgan Harper Nichols