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Step one: breathe

Learnings, teachings and tips & tricks for anyone to reference during stressful times, life implosions and moments of self-discovery.

Here’s to calmness, clarity and composting!

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What is transpersonal art therapy?

Transpersonal art therapy is just one of the modalities I offer at Gillian Drew Life Transitions. What I love about it is the way it allows for expression of whatever you need to say, even when you don’t have words for it. 

I also love that art therapy isn’t about making something aesthetically pleasing and beautiful, and it isn’t about being technically correct in art-making.  I really connect with this aspect because art wasn’t one of my favourite subjects in high school because although I enjoyed the making part but I’m not naturally artistic at all. I had so much personal judgement going on inside my head as I ‘created’ whatever we were assigned to do…I always felt like the teacher was looking at what I was doing and thinking ‘dear god, what do we have here?!’. She probably wasn’t, but in my head there was quite a conversation going on!!

Who is art therapy for? What do I mean by ‘transpersonal’? What happens in an appointment? Read on to have all these questions answered…

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Who am I?

Have you ever felt distraught and lost because you don’t know who you are anymore?

These moments may arise when you’re entering a new life stage where your attention is no longer focused outside of yourself, for example retirement, children becoming more independent, children leaving home, a relationship break up, or no longer being needed in a carer’s role for ageing parents. 

So, what can you do about it?

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What is Heal Your Life Coaching?

Life Coaching is simply a conversation.  What makes it different than other conversations is it has a purpose of helping you move towards living the life you’d prefer to be living! 

If you’d like support working through a life transition or an unexpected change, or moving towards a desired outcome – why not check out Heal Your Life Coaching? Find out more about it in this blog.

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How is stress affecting you?

Do you find yourself adapting to life and doing more, pushing yourself harder, working longer, putting up with physical discomfort and illness, and tolerating unhealthy social, working, and living arrangements? You might find yourself thinking – if I just push through this part, things will get better’. But often, instead of stopping ‘after this part’, you push on until you round the next bend of experiences…and the next…and the next.

Is this something you can relate to? Why do we do this to ourselves?

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Your life is your journey.

How you choose to travel is up to you.

Change starts with awareness

Want to take the first step?