This Art Heals

This Art Heals Live with creativity, authenticity, empowerment and connection. Intuitive art and integration for everyone.

Self-guided creativity is powerful, and many of us need connection for this to happen, with a teacher who gives encourag...
02/17/2026

Self-guided creativity is powerful, and many of us need connection for this to happen, with a teacher who gives encouragement at the right moment, and parallel processing with peers. There is a good chance you don’t need to be taught ANYTHING about creating art. You just might need your peeps in the room.

This is a post for q***r families and the people who love them. I'd like to invite you into a room where you will be car...
02/16/2026

This is a post for q***r families and the people who love them. I'd like to invite you into a room where you will be cared for and where people will get what your parenting life is like right now.

Q***r Family Joy and Grief is a therapeutic painting circle, just for q***r parents, caretakers, and those parenting a q***r child. Your first circle is free, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you are interested in this circle, please DM me and we can set up a time when we can take five to ten minutes to meet, so that you can see what kind of human being I am and ask me any questions that you might have around joining this circle.

The next circle is on February 17th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm pacific time. Put on a movie that your kids love and come and get some care.

https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/q***r-parenting-joy-and-grief

This is a post for q***r families and the people who love them. I'd like to invite you into a room where you will be car...
02/04/2026

This is a post for q***r families and the people who love them. I'd like to invite you into a room where you will be cared for and where people will get what your parenting life is like right now, simultaneously, gorgeous and unfathomable.

I bet you are swinging between moments of feeling more love than you knew was possible and your heart breaking in disbelief at the cruelty swaggering around this country. In a time like this, you need extra love and care, and I am here to give exactly this.

Q***r Family Joy and Grief is a therapeutic painting circle, just for q***r parents, caretakers, and those parenting a q***r child. Your first circle is free, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you are interested in this circle, please DM me and we can set up a time when we can take five to ten minutes to meet, so that you can see what kind of human being I am and ask me any questions that you might have around joining this circle.

The next circle is on February 17th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm pacific time. Put on a movie that your kids love and come and get some care.

https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/q***r-parenting-joy-and-grief

You were born with a creative wisdom that knows how to heal your heart. In This Art Heals circles, you get to connect wi...
02/01/2026

You were born with a creative wisdom that knows how to heal your heart. In This Art Heals circles, you get to connect with this part of yourself as you paint. Relief is waiting at the end of your brush. In February, let’s help each other paint our way into the world we want to live in.

2/1 & 2/22: Free Mini Art Party Q&A
Bring any art project and ask questions
about process art and social artists
https://www.thisartheals.com/product/mini-art-party-q-a

2/5 & 2/26: Painting Alchemy Appetizer
A one-time, try-it-out painting circle
https://www.thisartheals.com/product/painting-alchemy-appetizer

2/5 to 2/26: Thursday Painting Alchemy
A weekly intuitive painting group
https://www.thisartheals.com/product/painting-alchemy-circle-online-tuesdays

2/17: Q***r Parenting Joy and Grief
A painting circle for q***r parents
and those caretaking q***r kids
https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/q***r-parenting-joy-and-grief

Wanna stop scrolling and take a doodle break? Fill a page with circles, then fill the circles as you wish! Drawing circl...
01/12/2026

Wanna stop scrolling and take a doodle break? Fill a page with circles, then fill the circles as you wish! Drawing circles is like hydrating, very low hanging feel-better quick fruit.

As we all spiral into the heart of winter, may you find a way to sleep a little longer like the bears, grow a little slo...
12/21/2025

As we all spiral into the heart of winter, may you find a way to sleep a little longer like the bears, grow a little slower like the winter plants, and wrap yourself in the warmth of your favourite creature comforts.

May you celebrate what is meaningful to you, deepen the relationships that mean the most to you.

May your mind surrender to the honest and changing feelings of your heart, may your heart be curious about the unique gifts of each moment.

Before I found the words “Social Artist”, my inner critic had a much easier time bullying me. My easel sat in my closet ...
12/14/2025

Before I found the words “Social Artist”, my inner critic had a much easier time bullying me. My easel sat in my closet for a looooong time, and whenever I saw it, I felt a small but sharp emotional jab, which put to words would go something like: “You’re not really an artist. You never get past buying stuff.” There are few voices meaner than our own inner critics.

But then I found my first intuitive painting group, and….my easel has been out and in use ever since. If you are a social artist, giving yourself time in expressive groups is a BIG game-changer. If any part of this story rings true with you, read on….

If you are a social artist, you are different than people who create best in solitude. You need supplies, space, and your people creating beside you. It feels good to make art side by side with other people. This is healthy and super normal! Many isolated social artists have unused supplies crying from the closet, but don't realize they also need a supportive teacher and a group of expressive people in the room creating with them. If this is you, the key to unlocking the magic and healing in art is finding your creative community. You can experience exactly this in the Social Artist Healing Cohort.

Here is what our time together will look like:
Tuesday January 6th, 5:00-7:00pm Pacific Time – Meet your cohort in our opening Sound Healing Circle
Starting on Thursday, January 8th, we will paint together every Thursday morning from 10:30 to 1:00 Pacific Time. Our first circle is on January 8th; our last circle is on March 26th (12 sessions total).
Friday, March 27th, 5:00 pm Pacific Time: Closing Sound Healing Circle
One 90 minute private session with me, scheduled at a time that works for best for you!
To learn more or register in time for the Early Bird Discount, go here:
https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/social-artist-healing-cohort

Healing is a big word that means different things to different people. Today’s love note paints a picture of what I beli...
12/08/2025

Healing is a big word that means different things to different people. Today’s love note paints a picture of what I believe healing is and is not from the perspective of your soul, the part of you that feels emotions.

The ability to heal lives inside you. Humans are born with the capacity to heal their hearts, just like their body knows how to heal a skinned knee.

Lots of people essentially tell you that the ability to heal is outside of you, and will subtly or not-so-subtly claim that they hold the key to you healing in their hand. All you need to do is what they tell you and viola! They will hand the healing over to you.

I have never felt like I healed a person. Healing is a verb, an active one, not a passive one. You heal yourself, you are not healed by me. When you heal, you get the credit for making the choices and changes that brought healing.

Though I do not heal people, I do play an important role in this process: I am a catalyst. Healing happens in healthy relationship; I have yet to see a healing process happen in total isolation. Healing happens when you find yourself with the right people at the right time, you are in full and honest communion with yourself, and you discover the ability to change. This basic equation is the foundation for The Social Artist Cohort, which I will say a bit more about shortly. This kind of healing process is a profound and beautiful thing to witness, and I am blessed to have been present for it many times.

When healing happens, you get all the credit for choosing that change. Me? I get credit for witnessing this process while remaining attuned to you and anchored in my faith in your ability to heal.

It’s the old don’t-help-a-butterfly-out-of-their-cocoon practice. Trying to do your healing for you will hurt you; trusting your ability to heal will be the sunshine that draws your healing process out of its womb and hardens your new wings so that you can fly into the future powered by your own wisdom.

In the chemistry of healing, the presence of a compassionate witness is necessary. That is why I ask for help when I feel pregnant with a healing process, why I hone my ability to be a trustworthy soul midwife for others, and why I have created welcoming circles where we can all witness each other heal. In the presence of a few potent social agreements, we all have the capacity to compassionately witness each other change and grow.

If what I have shared here sparks your curiosity…
If committing to a few months of expressive practice with a small group of kindred creators sounds like a good way to start 2026 (I’m guessing this first cohort will be between 3-5 folks)...
Please check out my Social Artist Cohort, which will start on January 6th.

https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/social-artist-healing-cohort

The Painting Alchemy process is like a truffle pig for sneaky biases, many of which we’ve internalized and point at ours...
12/06/2025

The Painting Alchemy process is like a truffle pig for sneaky biases, many of which we’ve internalized and point at ourselves. This kind of painting has an uncanny ability to peel biases away at a gentle pace until you can sense your natural genius. As you spend more time with your best self, it becomes easier to view yourself through loving eyes.

Facing self-love might be a scary prospect. This is where painting with a group will help you a lot. I bet it is easy for you to see the genius of other people. What I’ve seen is that people are very generous with newly met circle peers. The Painting Alchemy process turns this beautiful human capacity into a symbiotic relationship. When you witness and appreciate your fellow painters, you provide a model that teaches them how to offer acceptance and compassion to themselves, and they do the same when they witness you.

When a group paints together for a longer period of time, the power of compassionate witnessing increases. Somewhere in the neighbourhood of your tenth circle, after you have been met by tender expressions and kindness no matter how you showed up, you start to trust that there really is a place in this world where you can be your full real self. Better still, you stop believing your inner critic when it says you are too much or unloveable. You might still feel scared, but you keep painting, because that how you and your painting peeps roll.

This Tuesday I am offering a new painting experience: Painting Alchemy Appetizer. This one-time circle allows you to sample intuitive painting and meet the kind of people who love it. Go here to learn more or sign up:
https://www.thisartheals.com/product/painting-alchemy-appetizer

If this circle feels good, in January you can sign up for a full month, and if it feels really good, you can join The Social Artist Healing Cohort, a three month intuitive painting and sound healing experience:
https://www.thisartheals.com/offerings/social-artist-healing-cohort

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