A creative approach to the science of wellbeing
What If Art Could Heal?
What if a brushstroke, a dance move, or a story share could rewire your brain, improve your immune functions, strengthen your relationships, boost your happiness and wellbeing, and transform the way you see yourself and the world?
It can!
Creative Wellbeing is an arts-based, science-backed invitation to thrive. It’s more than a book - it’s a practice - a series of playshops designed to explore and re-imagine your “interior design,” where every session is an invitation to engage your creativity and elevate your wellbeing.
Built around a series of expressive arts “playshops,” and grounded in Positive Psychology’s PERMA+ model of wellbeing, the journey nurtures gratitude, forgiveness, flow, spirituality, creativity, self-care, relationships, and more, as we step into the art of accessing our own medicine.
This practice has the ability to strengthen our immune functions, build empathy, produce “happiness hormones,” enhance creativity, build community, reduce anxiety, build agency, and so much more! Studied and field tested, Creative Wellbeing is facilitator ready and user friendly.
So, get ready to paint, write, sing, move, share - and bring forth - a happier, healthier, more creative you!
It’s not about being good at art,
it’s about art being good for you!
Who is this book for?
Creative Wellbeing is written for facilitators, educators, therapists, communities, artists, change-makers, helper, healers, seekers, organizations, and anyone yearning to connect with the expressive arts as a tool for healing and wholeness. Whether you're navigating a life transition, guiding others through on the journey, or simply longing to bring more color to your everyday, this book offers a compass - painted with metaphor, movement, story, and reflection.
Thrive participants share their experiences.
©Creative Wellbeing® was inspired by the curriculum I developed and facilitated in an honors university course called Thrive. The book and my practice are independent, expanded offerings that build on years of experience, fieldwork, and research in arts-based wellbeing.