WisdomQuest Arts and Coaching
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Got spring fever? Ready to create some bold, new, colorful beginnings? This issue can support you in taking a fresh look at your creative path.To assist you in expressing your natural creativity, I encourage you to check out the playshops I'm offering below on visioning for success, creating your personal healing Mandala, and listening to your body's wisdom!
I've also included articles from my blog to encourage you to PLAY! It's fundamental to experiencing JOY. Learn how to calm your inner-critic so you CAN create.
Speaking of creating anew, I'm thrilled to share I will soon be working part-time with NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) San Diego as a Peer Presenter for their program,
In Our Own Voices
. I'll present at various venues to help remove the stigma of mental illness, offer hope, and helpful resources. Am looking forward to supporting this worthy cause! Click
Here
for more information.
I'd love to hear about the projects you're working on. Remember that creative playtime is the perfect remedy for spring fever!
Happy Springtime.....may the luscious colors of this season inspire you!
Blessings, Peace, and Joy,
Suzan
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
—Golda Meir
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
—George Bernard Shaw
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Below are some expressive arts playshops to consider participating in!
You don't need to be an artist.
We focus on the process, not the product. Creating art heals! Group size is intimate – a maximum of 10 women. All playshops below will be held in Tierrasanta in Suzan's Art Loft. Stay Tuned as I will soon be announcing a Playshop for Couples!
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Journey to Your Future Self
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Join an intimate group of like-hearted women for a sacred journey to your inner-wisdom. Clarify your vision through a powerful visualization. Discover your deepest desires and express them with writing, art, and movement. You will leave with a guiding word which you can paint or write on a stone.
Friday, April 5th 1:00 – 3:30 pm
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Create Your Maori Mandala Soul Portraits
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Participate with an intimate group of like-hearted women in an ancient healing ritual of an indigenous tribe, the Maori of New Zealand. Create a personal Mandala using Universal Life Symbols. This diagnostic tool is based on the work of the late Dr. Angeles Arrien, a Cultural Anthropologist, who lived with a Maori tribe. Learn where to focus your energy during the following year for optimal health and well-being.
Friday, April 26th 1:00 – 3:00 pm
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Discover Your Body’s Wisdom for Well-Being
Join an intimate group of like-hearted women as we learn powerful ways to listen to the wisdom of our bodies. You can bring a health, relationship, work, or other situation to the playshop that you would like to resolve. Explore what you need for your optimal well-being and also, learn life-enhancing techniques you can do on your own. The program will include meditation, movement, art making (a wide range of choices), and reflective writing.
Friday, May 17th 1:00 – 5:00 pm
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I hope to see you at an upcoming playshop! Please email me with any questions. Meanwhile, enjoy the helpful articles from my blog, below.
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Play is Serious Business
Play is serious business for children and adults−synonymous with breathing to keeping us alive, although our society tends to downplay it. Since it’s “unproductive” with no tangible results, adults may neglect it.
According to the Author of Play and psychiatrist Stuart Brown, MD
, play is on par with oxygen, “it’s all around us, yet mostly goes unnoticed or unappreciated until it is missing.”
What’s the big deal about play? For children it’s vital for brain development and healthy connection. For adults play helps to build community, keep our minds sharp and also, maintain healthy relationships, especially with our significant others. According to Dr. Brown, when adults are play deprived they are no longer much fun to be around. Play is fundamental to experiencing joy. Without it we risk becoming dull. This is a considerable consequence. Click
HERE
To Continue Reading.
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Calm Your Inner-Critic to Create
Does “letting go” of your work or personal projects challenge you? Do you find yourself holding on for dear life until something is “perfect” often finishing it much later than planned? Worse yet, maybe it never gets done. Notice your heart beating rapidly and/or your belly feeling queasy−that familiar sense of dread as it creeps up on you?
Perfectionists feel driven at any cost, usually the currency is one’s own self-esteem. According to Psychology Today, (Belkin, 2014) perfectionism has become rampant in our society. It’s almost the new normal. We’re more obsessed with our appearance (our clothing and our behavior – how we come across); achievement; and our acquisition of “things” or “education.”
Years ago in the training field I recall the program evaluations and how carefully I examined them. 95% of them may have had “very good” and “excellent” scores yet I couldn’t take my eyes off of that one evaluation with the lower score. Then I would beat myself up over it (or rather allow my inner-critic too)! Many times I threw out a perfectly good program to develop a brand new one because my inner-critic convinced me what I had wasn’t good enough. Being a perfectionist can drain one’s energy because we often over deliver convinced we need to give 150-200%. Giving only 100% might mean we’re slacking. Can you relate? Click
HERE
to read more.
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You have received this e-newsletter because you previously participated in a playshop, class or other event; purchased a book; or expressed interest. Thank you
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Feel free to contact me at (858) 722-5172 or stussonmcneil@gmail.com
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