ART HOPE the Way to Creative Wellness
ART HOPE the Way to Creative Wellness

Author: Laura Jaquays

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997507829

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"Creativity is a ready remedy for everyone, everywhere, every day." says creative wellness pioneer Laura Jaquays. She created the positive philosophy of ART HOPE to help people recognize and practice creativity for self-expression and self-care. Explore the healing opportunities of art-making, art-taking, and art-giving in this uplifting narrative. Laura shares information about health and the expressive arts, inspiring stories, and common sense ways to start doing your creativity.The groundbreaking work begins a broader conversation about how creativity relates to our lives and interests, and our workplace, education, healthcare, and communities, corporations, and leadership, locally and globally. Creativity is an essential life skill, and it is our most renewable and valuable natural resource.Like a pebble tossed into still water, ART HOPE will inspire and move you to create wellness and be the artist-in-residence in your life.

Emotional Wellness
Emotional Wellness

Author: Osho

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2007-04-03

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0307383016

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How do we reconcile our need to express our emotions with our desire to protect others? Far too often we find ourselves trapped in this dilemma of expression versus repression. We fear that by expressing our true feelings, we will hurt and alienate those close to us. But by repressing our emotions—even in the benevolent guise of “self-control”—we only risk hurting ourselves. Osho, one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers of our time, provides here a practical and comprehensive approach to dealing with this conflict effectively. Incorporating new, never-before-published material, Emotional Wellness leads us to understand the roots of our emotions, to react to situations in a way that can teach us more about ourselves and others, and to respond to life’s inevitable ups and downs with far greater confidence and equilibrium. Discover: • The impact that fear, anger, and jealousy have on our lives • How emotions like guilt, insecurity, and fear are used to manipulate us • How to break out of unhealthy responses to strong emotions • How to transform destructive emotions into creative energy • The role of society and culture on our individual emotional styles Osho’s unique insight into the human mind and heart goes far beyond conventional psychology. He teaches us to experience our emotions fully and to deal with them creatively in order to achieve a richer, fuller life.

Creativity Connections
Creativity Connections

Author: Madeleine Schachter

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-12

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781733900300

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Bringing art into one's life brings a sense of joy and contemplation. Art can bring even more: it can bring a sense of tranquility, empowerment, and emotional release, and it help you orient yourself within the world around you. The CREATIVITY CONNECTIONS book is designed to help you connect through artistic expression in order to promote wellness by bringing more beauty, and more appreciation for beauty, into everyday living. The creativity connections method explains how, regardless of your perceived skill or prior work in art, you can tap into your own creativity, and how you can encourage others, to explore emotions and experience. Engaging in a creative enterprise allows us to connect with our thoughts and our feelings as we contemplate not just the pictures we produce, but also our inner selves. And it enables us to connect with others as we each work on a project in a group or as we collaborate with others on a collective work. Ultimately, there is value in both the process and the product. The creativity connections approach offers a series of ideas and themes to inspire creativity. Art making can be deliberative or subliminal, with industry or without effort, with concentration or without focus. You'll learn how to interpret the work that you create, without judgment or presumption. And throughout, you'll gain insight into how the process and the product afford opportunities for self-growth. Art nurtures and sustains. It provides inspiration and solace. And it is a catalyst for connection with oneself and with others.

Creative Mindfulness
Creative Mindfulness

Author: Jamie Marich

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9780615825069

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Mindfulness is the ancient practice of noticing without judgment. The medical and psychological professions cannot help but notice the mounting evidence of its efficacy in improving health and overall wellness. Whether mindfulness is used as a gateway to higher spiritual growth or as a path to more balanced living, the applications of mindfulness are various...as are the ways to achieve it. In this book, you will learn 20 practical ways to put mindfulness to work for you, even if you don't consider yourself to be meditative or spiritual. In addition to the 20 core skills covered here, you will obtain numerous tips on how to be creative with the skills or modify for your own needs. Ideal for all audiences, whether you are seeking pathways to improving your own wellness or helping others along their journey! · Easy to learn· Multisensory· Practical· Applicable to daily life· Learn to "retrain" your brain· Ideal for stress management· Complements many recovery approaches

Healing from Clinical Trauma Using Creative Mindfulness Techniques
Healing from Clinical Trauma Using Creative Mindfulness Techniques

Author: Corinna M. Costello

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1000442055

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This workbook offers diverse strengths-based tools to incorporate the Creative Mindfulness Technique (CMT) into clinical practice. It provides an essential understanding of the ethical scope of practice, ensuring that clinicians consider the depth of their own training in the implementation of the CMT art directives. Chapters explore aspects such as attachment and art therapy, multicultural considerations when using art with clients, mindfulness, the eight dimensions of wellness, and the application of CMT techniques with clients affected by PTSD, anxiety, and low self-esteem. The creative activities, mindfulness approaches, and arts-based exercises provided support the healing process of clients in ways that are accessible, practical, and easy to execute. Examples of activities include guided imageries with art-making, art journaling directives, and mixed media prompts. Through these exercises, clients will learn to draw upon their strengths and feel empowered in their daily lives. People with PTSD/clinical trauma, stress, addiction, and anxiety, and clinicians and mental health practitioners working with them will find this book to be an essential tool. Readers may also be interested in Creative Mindfulness Techniques for Clinical Trauma Work: Insights and Applications for Mental Health Practitioners, which can be used on its own or as a companion to this book.

Wellness Counseling
Wellness Counseling

Author: Jonathan H. Ohrt

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-12-28

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1119535344

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This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techniques for client assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention. The authors provide holistic strategies for wellness promotion with children, adolescents, and young, midlife, and older adults, as well as in counseling with groups, couples, and families. Each chapter includes reflection questions, learning activities, and resources to deepen readers’ understanding of the content and application to practice. Wellness boosters offer quick methods for clients and counselors to increase their domain-specific and overall well-being. In addition, experienced counselors share their personal experiences implementing wellness interventions in "Practitioner Spotlight" vignettes. A chapter on counselor self-care completes the book. Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website Reproduction requests for material from boks published by ACA should be directed to [email protected]

Feel Better!
Feel Better!

Author: Margarita Tartakovsky

Publisher: Sterling Teen

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781454943501

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A personal mood-boosting toolkit and a reminder for teens that they are never alone in their struggles. According to the American Psychological Association, due to the rapid ownership growth of smartphones and rise of social media, mental health problems have increased significantly over the last decade among adolescents and young adults. Similar teen journals on the market tend to only address single issues or topics, such as worry, anxiety, and mindfulness, whereas Vibe Check covers a variety of issues that teens might encounter. While not a substitute for therapy, this journal is a great place to start and to keep notes that can help teens put messy thoughts into words. Journaling is often a practice recommended by therapists for this reason. Vibe Check helps teens embrace who they are and gain the tools to effectively manage different emotions, stressful situations, poor sleep, and other common mental health concerns within their age group. Packed with prompts, exercises, and simple graphics, this journal provides a creative space for teens to work through life's everyday challenges.

Creative Wellness
Creative Wellness

Author: Beth Ann Short

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780692783481

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Wellness does not come in a pill. Balancing life takes ongoing practice. Creative Wellness: Art Journaling with Mindfulness is an essential tool in finding and maintaining balance in a multifaceted life. In this interactive journal honor the creative process and let go of the inner critic. Previous art experience is unnecessary! This mixed media process engages anyone willing to explore with an open mind. Following gentle prompts explore the eight dimensions of wellness and uncover areas needing attention. This process utilizes writing, drawing, collage and paint. Additionally, this journal provides the support and structure from board certified art therapist, Beth Ann Short, in creating realistic and life changing goals. Others who have utilized these techniques have experienced enhanced problem solving potential in all areas of their lives as well as decreased stress. Adding mindfulness, imagery, symbolism and art making to the journal process engages both hemispheres of the brain. Explore the eight dimensions of wellness and uncover opportunities for change. Art journaling is an opportunity to honor life where ever it leads and a chance to explore choices and feelings. In an age where so many are striving for inner peace and balance, this tool engages anyone willing to try.

Performance Wellness Manual
Performance Wellness Manual

Author: Louise Montello

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781539029939

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The Performance Wellness Manual is a comprehensive guide to the Montello Method for Performance Wellness (PW), a multi-modal, research-based approach designed to offer performers, arts educators, creative arts therapists, and performing arts medicine practitioners a deeper understanding of the implications of stress in performance, as well as practical tools for allowing the mind-body to become a resilient "instrument" in the face of stressful situations. Integrating techniques from the fields of music therapy, neuropsychology and yoga science, the cornerstone of the PW approach is Essential Musical Intelligence, the innate ability to use music and sound to bypass the limitations of the rational, conscious mind and instantly connect with your creative source to manifest healing, mastery, and joy in performance and in daily life. In the Performance Wellness Manual you will learn: Ways to use music and sound as self-reflecting, transformational tools to facilitate creativity and total wellness Processes to target the underlying causes of performance anxiety Powerful mind-body awareness techniques to reduce stress Tools to reprogram negative thoughts Keys to preventing overuse injuries How to create a customized daily self-care practice Methods to overcome performance challenges in real time How to nurture a deep connection with your audience

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming
Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

Author: Clare R. Johnson

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2017-10-08

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 0738752215

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Wake Up in Your Dreams and Live a Happier, More Lucid Life A lucid dream is a dream in which you become aware that you're dreaming. It's a powerful opportunity to solve problems, create new possibilities, take charge of your own healing, and explore the depths of reality. This book provides a range of practical techniques and activities to help you bring the creativity and super-conscious awareness of lucid dreaming into your life. Join international expert Clare R. Johnson as she shares the most up-to-date lucid dreaming techniques on how to get and stay lucid, guide dreams, resolve nightmares, deepen creativity, and integrate dream wisdom into everyday life. Drawing on cutting-edge science and psychology, this book is packed with inspiring stories of life-changing lucid dreams and fascinating insights into topics such as the ethics of dream sex, how to interact with lucid dream figures, and the nature of consciousness. Whether you're a person who barely remembers your dreams or a lifelong lucid dreamer, this in-depth guide is the perfect next step as you cultivate the power of lucid dreaming. Praise: "Dr. Clare Johnson has energetically led the way in revealing the limitless practical and spiritual potential of lucid dreaming, so far-reaching it can change the world. Her clearly-written book is destined to become essential reading for all those interested in lucid dreaming. It points out the essential phenomena of lucid dreaming, and then amazes us by opening its extraordinary major vistas to us, that reveal the true glory and limitless potential of our inner universe. This is a significant book."—Dr. Keith Hearne, the scientist who provided the world's first proof of lucid dreaming in 1975, and inventor of the world's first Dream Machine