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Creative Flow and the Window of Tolerance: How Nervous System Regulation Affects Artmaking
Many people try to force creativity while in a dysregulated state, only to become frustrated or ashamed when the work does not come. The key is…
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Listening to Your Creative Self and How It Intersects with Health: A Workbook
The Creative Mental Health Self-Assessment Workbook is about building self-understanding around how your creative process is affected by your mental…
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Crafting as a Mirror: Exploring Awareness Through Fiber Arts
Chapter 1 of Craft to Heal, a comprehensive 139 page PDF all about using fiber arts to practice awareness, is now ready!!!
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THREADSTACK Interview with Lia Pas of The Slowest Thread
"When I'm symptomatic it helps to visualize what I am feeling and "dissect" those sensations to make them less overwhelming. Freehand stitching those…
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When Art Is Asked to Heal Too Much
“Art heals” is a beautiful idea. I believe in it deeply. I live it. But it's not that simple; art can also be a burden.
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Dear artist with waning motivation ...
Your journey with art is a marathon, not a sprint, and there will be seasons of intense activity and seasons of quiet reflection.
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Creativity Isn’t Just a Spark. It’s a Relationship. It's a Way of Being.
We talk so much about creative output, we can forget that creative being is something we carry even when the materials are untouched.
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Soothing the Nervous System with Stitches: Why Medium Matters
In fiber arts especially, medium choice is not just about what we want to make. It is about what we need to feel.
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Why I Moved the Yarn Again (and Again)
The act of moving objects is the act of locating oneself again. It reestablishes agency in a world where internal chaos often feels untouchable.
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Quick Tips for Crafting Through Different Emotions
Here's a quick "craft emergency kit" guide for using the fiber arts to ground and calm
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Craft to Heal Monthly Chapters Have Launched + Bonus Material!
New insights into how to use fiber arts/crafts as a way to heal, grow, and connect to others
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The Medium Is the Message: How Material Choices Reflect Mental States
We think we are choosing our materials. Sometimes it feels more like they choose us.
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