A creative approach to the science of wellbeing
What if a brushstroke, a gesture, 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 a living practice - an arts-based, science-backed invitation to thrive!
Every session invites creative engagement as a pathway to wellbeing. Offered through expressive arts playshops grounded in positive psychology’s model of wellbeing, the journey explores gratitude, flow, mindfulness, creativity, self-care, connection, and more - guiding participants to access their own creative wisdom. Aligned with social–emotional learning and supported by neuroscience, this arts-based practice supports emotional awareness, builds empathy, improves communication, foster belonging, develops agency, and so much more through creative expression. Studied and field-tested, Creative Wellbeing invites us to gather 'round the campfire where together we'll explore the light and the medicine, not just in art and human connection, but in ourselves. Creative Wellbeing is field-tested and facilitator ready.
Get ready to paint, move, write, share, and create 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 transformation. 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.