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Name your emotions

Emotions.

What comes to your mind when talking about emotions?

Usually we are aware of basic emotions such as anger, sadness, joy, disgust. Luckily nowadays there are coming into awareness anxious, depressed, powerful, scared, distant but still those are just very basic spectrum of emotions we feel. There is much more into every single basic emotion and each of them can be divided into subcategories.

Some people are labelled to be very emotional because they express their emotions in extreme way without properly communicating what they feel then others are labelled to be cold because they don´t express any.

Both cases can be ´guilty´ of not knowing what they are experiencing and not knowing how to express it in healthy way towards the outside world.

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Why is it so important to name our emotions?

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August 10, 2020August 16, 2020 by evach1988 Categories: PsychoeducationTags: Adventure Outdoors and psychotherapy, art, art-therapy, art-therapy techniques, ask questions, be present, be yourself, colouring, colourtherapy, depression, emotions, expressive art, mind, mindful painting, mindful techniques, mindfulness, overthinking, overwhelmed, painting, painting emotions, Psychoeducation, self therapy, self-awarness, self-awerness, self-discovery, self-discovery process, soul, stress, stuffed emotions, subconscious, therapeutic crafts, therapeutic technique, therapy, thoughts, understand yourself Leave a comment

What is actually Art Therapy?

This whole blog is dedicated to mindful art therapy. Why do I consider it so important and would like to bring its value to you as well?

Let me explain today few facts about art therapy, why it is good to practice and why I have decided to undertake journey of mindful art.

What is Art therapy?

Definition of art therapy goes as follows:

It is form of expressive therapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve a person´s physical, mental and emotional well-being. The creative process involved in expressing one´s self can help people to manage their behaviour and feelings, resolve issues, reduce stress and improve self-esteem and awareness. – arttherapyblog.com

Who is it for?

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July 19, 2020August 16, 2020 by evach1988 Categories: Creative psychotherapyTags: Adventure Outdoors and psychotherapy, art-therapy, depression, how to cope, therapy Leave a comment

Simply look within

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As I mentioned last time I am bringing you another tool which can create more space for your creativity and help with ´getting to know yourself better´. This tool was created by my friend Bastian (@bearonawalk) who happens to be a great coach as well.

Nowadays there is just so much staff about self-growth and self-awareness that one doesn´t even know where to start. The only good start is from ourselves. It is simple all you need to do is become aware of yourself.

Who are you really?

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May 13, 2020May 19, 2020 by evach1988 Categories: Therapeutic ToolsTags: ask questions, ask yourself, be yourself, emotions, goals, how to cope, mind, mindfulness, overthinking, overwhelmed, Psychoeducation, self therapy, self-awarness, self-discovery, self-discovery process, soul, stress, subconscious, therapy, thinking mind, thoughts, understand yourself Leave a comment

Creativity needs space

I bet you know that feeling, that need of cleaning house and space you live in to feel lighter. Even threw away some staff because the space just feels so heavy.

I personally tidy up almost always when I make conscious/subconscious change in my life. I get the need to clear the space not only from the clutter but as well get Ready for the change.

It is symbolic.

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April 28, 2020November 27, 2024 by evach1988 Categories: Creative psychotherapyTags: art, art-therapy, be mindful, be present, depression, edinburgh, emotions, expressive art, how to cope, mind, mindful techniques, mindfulness, overthinking, overwhelmed, Psychoeducation, self therapy, self-awarness, self-discovery, self-discovery process, stress, stuffed emotions, subconscious, therapy, thinking mind, thoughts, understand yourself 1 Comment

Draw with eyes closed

Have you ever tried to draw with your eyes closed? Hands just dancing on the paper, picking up randomly different colours, not knowing what is going to appear on the paper.

We use our analytical mind almost every minute since morning until we are going to sleep.

´The coat she´s wearing looks nice´… ´Should I make this or that recipe?´… ´These colours together make a nice match´

Mind is talking all the time about almost everything because we can see what we are doing, select and put objects in front of our eyes into categories.

What if we try to close our eyes and just let go?

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