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How to Support a Highly Sensitive Person (and Survive!)
Do you live with a super sensitive person? Ever wonder how to deal with them without walking on egg shells? Here's your guide!
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Oct 6
Thriving in a Loud World - Tips For Highly Sensitive People
Navigating the world as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) comes with unique challenges and opportunities. Whether you’re managing emotions...
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Oct 1
Strategies for HSPs: Managing Common Challenges
Coping with being a Highly Sensitive Person in a world of "norm sensitives" can be a challenge. Here are some strategies for HSPs
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Sep 30
The Benefits of Being HSP: How Highly Sensitive People Excel
Highly Sensitive People are tuned into our surroundings and it can be a Super Power! Here are some of the ways...
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Sep 29
You're Too Sensitive! Or Am I Simply A Highly Sensitive Person
Highly Sensitive People, or HSPs, help humankind strengthen our ties with empathy and compassion.
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Oct 30, 2023
Celebrating Dia De Los Muertos Respectfully From A Different Heritage
In the quiet sanctum of my home deep in Mexico's central highlands, I find solace in the act of creating an ofrenda, a beautiful and...
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May 5, 2023
Small Talk, Big Consequences: How Women Belittle Their Art and Why It Matters
So, a couple of weeks ago I found myself in a "women who create" meeting, where I called out one of the artists for her habit of saying,...
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Apr 21, 2023
How To Respond To Art In A Meaningful Way Without Being A Dick
As an artist I get a lot of feedback about my work whether I want it or not. We all do. You may think I crave positive feedback and...
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Mar 9, 2021
Not A Tidy Year
A Weird Anniversary I have arrived at the one year mark of personally coping with the repercussions of Covid. I knew when I committed to...
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Oct 26, 2020
The Miracle of the Monarch Butterfly
You who go through the day like a wingèd tiger burning as you fly tell me what supernatural life is painted on your wings so that after...
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Oct 19, 2020
How Music Can Influence Your Art
In My Studio In artist's studios everywhere it is pretty standard to hear tunes playing while the creative within does her thing. Music...
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Oct 5, 2020
HappyArt Does Inktober2020
Drawing Challenges Are Awesome! When it comes to drawing challenges, I am a big fan. I’ve participated in a few over the years. It’s a...
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Sep 28, 2020
Creating Hope
These days we feel inundated with uncertainty. The American political scene is fraught with discord that is difficult to ignore. Then...
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Sep 13, 2020
Redesign Yourself As A Luchadore!
Lucha Libre is HUGE in Mexico! Translated it means "free wrestling" but is so much more than America's WWF. Lucha Libre is wrestling...
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Sep 8, 2020
Mind Mapping For Enhanced Creativity
What is creativity? Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible...
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Aug 31, 2020
Create A Totem Pole Sketch For Your Mood
These days I'm doing what I can to keep my creative juices flowing and my sanity intact. One way to do this is to reach deep inside and...
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Aug 19, 2020
The Quiet Calm of Making Mandalas
If you can stand it, these are the times of great self awareness for many citizens of the United States. Not just personal awareness but...
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Aug 17, 2020
Reality’s Pluralities: Living The Multiverse Life For Real
Reality, what a concept. -Robin Williams Choose your reality. In this time of COVID I have come to learn about the multiplicity of life...
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Aug 3, 2020
Writing Exercises for Visual Artists
Your normal access to creativity can be enhanced by exploring challenges novel to your normal routine. For visual artists, especially...
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Jul 27, 2020
The Art of Nature
The stresses of how the pandemic is impacting North America's two southern countries, the U.S. and Mexico, are taking a toll on the...
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