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Aug 03
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Announcing new group for Fall 2021

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, News

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be offering an 8-week Inner Work Studio group beginning October 2021. Assuming public health regulations allow it, we will meet in-person, if not…

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Feb 24
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Mental health in covid: art-making....peacock!

Mental health during Covid-19: art-making

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts
This past year has been generous in its offering of chaos and mess. It is so challenging to maintain our mental health during Covid-19.  I will write more soon about...
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Oct 28
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Beyond candy: find the juice this Halloween

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, Musings

Has Hallowe’en has become a bit stale? Typically a bit too full of plastic jack o’lanterns and skulls, over-produced costumes and absurd amounts of candy? For me, yes to both.  This Covid…

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Nov 01
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The eel and the axe-man: a therapy session

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, Psychotherapy

A man in his mid-life came for counselling to help with anger that wells up inside him playing certain sports. He had a sense that it’s deep and old anger….

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Jun 12
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The story of the upside down bird

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, Psychotherapy

A bird flying upside down. A tightly wound coil. An open lake. A powerful dragon getting flight and exploring the world for the first time. What do these have in…

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Apr 24
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The power of play

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, Musings

An unforeseen, recently-acquired hobby of mine is clowning. I’ve attended a few trainings with my now esteemed teacher Helen Donnelly in Toronto. Aside from being a skilled theatrical clown, she is also…

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Jun 14
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The Vast Sea

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts

I don’t usually buy art. I’m too thrifty to justify that expense. This week I did something unusual. In fact this past month has been a bit different.  I’ll tell…

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Jun 04
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Injecting play: improv grace and more

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts

Let’s face it. Even with good counselling we all get in ruts, even comfortable, velvet-lined ones. We try to plan and think our way out often. Occasionally it helps.  Lately…

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Apr 20
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Inner Itch

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, Mindfulness

Ooh, I had an uncomfortable “I’ve gotta get it out” inner itch today.  Do you get that, when you know something is bubbling up inside, but you don’t quite know…

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Feb 11
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Infusing a choice with creative mojo: the family space travel adventure

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts

My husband and I recently made one of those Big Life Decisions. One that was a fair bit harder and more confusing since we were trying to run our own…

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