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How to finish your creative projects 2560 1925 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to finish your creative projects

How do you conceive of a great idea for a creative project? And how do you finish it and get it into the world so it makes a difference in your life and others’? How do you keep up momentum when you meet criticism and resistance from the inside and outside (it’s always there in…

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Finding your life purpose or a diagnosis? 2560 1919 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Finding your life purpose or a diagnosis?

Nowadays, it’s common to have a diagnosis of a mental disorder. Especially for children and young adults. In the past, diagnoses were rare and mostly used to describe more severe mental illness and suffering. There are probably several reasons why diagnoses are given out more liberally. Partly, it may be because we are better at…

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How to find peace and wisdom in unstable times 2560 1919 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to find peace and wisdom in unstable times

Autumn is here and I feel ready to slow down and give myself time for self-healing. I just want to sit in a cozy chair and read. I want to keep my diary next to me and jot down thoughts and ideas. For me, that provides a completely different calm than the artificial, flickering and…

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10 creative ways to reduce stress for intense times 2560 1810 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

10 creative ways to reduce stress for intense times

I hope you are doing ok given the intensity of our times. I have some inspiration and tips for you today. It’s about balance in body and mind and how to find it. It’s been a while since I’ve written to you. That’s because I’ve been working with an organization called First Aid of the…

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Writing therapy for Ukraine
How to write your way to wisdom in times of crisis 2560 1810 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to write your way to wisdom in times of crisis

When the world crashes and burns around me, when I’m stressed and confused about how to help, and what to do, I journal. Writing is a free and simple form of self-therapy using your own natural creativity. It’s easy and fast and it works. This old-fashioned and low-tech writing therapy is scientifically proven to be…

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How to heal yourself through your natural creativity 1587 2099 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to heal yourself through your natural creativity

The peace and quiet of summer are here. I hope nature and the slower rhythms are healing and nourishing for your body and soul. But underneath it all summer can also feel like emptiness, loneliness, or confusion – especially after times of crisis. You feel like you need more of a foothold in the known.…

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Finding your calling through creativity 1810 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Finding your calling through creativity

It’s all waking up around us NOW … What is calling you? Do you long to feel your spirit, get your spark back? To feel your feet take root in the ground, touch your deepest creativity, dance and sing? Find a new direction? If you want to start creating the life you long for –…

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Self healing, art therapy, stress, polyvagal theory
Sometimes deep breaths don’t do it 2048 1536 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Sometimes deep breaths don’t do it

After a long and hard time in our world, your creativity may feel a little far away. Creativity disappears easily when your system goes into the four primary stress states of fight, flight, freeze or faint. But did you know that expressing your creativity with others is actually one of the best ways to get…

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Self love and other love, art therapy
A Creative Path to Self-Love 1931 1418 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

A Creative Path to Self-Love

A Creative Path to Self-Love   Your relationship with other people determines whether you have a life you are happy to live. It’s not just something I’m saying. Decades of socio-psychological research says so, too. When we feel good and close with just 2-3 other people, we live better and longer and have fewer physical…

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Solstice ritual for your guiding light 507 676 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Solstice ritual for your guiding light

Solstice ritual for your guiding light   Well, we finally reached the end of the difficult, intense, and transformational 2020. The darkness of the December new moon has fallen and we are approaching the winter solstice. Many of us have experienced loss and pain this year. My heart is grieving over having lost my beloved…

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