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Find light in the fertile darkness 1800 1200 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Find light in the fertile darkness

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” (Rumi) In ancient times, at the darkest night, the midpoint of winter, people celebrated the rebirth of the sun and the light it would bring to the Earth. In the embrace of the winter solstice,…

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A creative end of year ritual for hope and resilience 2560 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

A creative end of year ritual for hope and resilience

A ritual to guide you through the dark and into the new Feel free to change anything as you do this ritual! When I invite you to draw and write, you can choose to dance or sing instead. It is very simple and takes an hour all the way through. You will need: Journal/pad, paper,…

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Embrace the dark to move through it 2560 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

Embrace the dark to move through it

We can’t repress the darkness right now, but we can see, hear, feel, and acknowledge that it’s here – both inside and outside of ourselves – and create as much light as possible by working for positive change. To do this, we need to draw on new and old wisdom. Right now, we’re close to…

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New body/soul-nourishing course for tired healers 2560 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

New body/soul-nourishing course for tired healers

Create, play, and rest yourself WHOLE A creative, nurturing, and playful stress and trauma-sensitive personal growth and supervision program for tired caregivers. Are you a therapist, teacher, healer, educator, social or health professional and want to feel less stressed, empty, and burnt out? Would you like to feel safer, more alive, and energized – more…

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How to heal your thoughts with creativity 2560 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to heal your thoughts with creativity

Hey there and welcome to the first blog post of the summer! Can you heal and transform your thoughts with creativity? It might sound a bit strange. Isn’t working with thoughts more of a cognitive therapy thing? Well, my thoughts aren’t always creative or cool either. They tend to repeat themselves and can be overly…

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How to feel safe and why it matters (a whole lot)! 1810 2560 Karin von Daler Healing Arts

How to feel safe and why it matters (a whole lot)!

Did you know that a sense of safety is the foundation for you to learn, develop and be creative in your life? When you feel unsafe, a large part of your energy and attention goes into survival. It is tiring and hard on your body and soul and it slows down your growth. The good…

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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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