Discovering her happy face, remembering.

(literally)

IM

Hearts all lined up and pushing through

SC

I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. It made me very calm, happy and in touch with nature.

IM

affirming and reinforcing ‘enough’

DC

Self compassion is not selfish

SC

Cloud watching. Feeling better for taking time to see the trees and quietening the chattering to do list brain.
JR

Feeling calm after creative mindfulness painting 
MB

Expressed my irritation in a word poem and felt better. 
MB

Feeling empathy with sadness. After expressing it in a collage and then using a phone app on the image, I like what I expressed. I still felt the sadness afterwards – empathy is empathy. 
MB 

Feeling reflective. Reassured by Nature’s metaphor (frost and growth). 
MB 

Feeling like doing something mindless like watching telly so remembered to do something mindful instead. Felt better for doing so. Energised. 
MB

Knowing my path isn’t always this clear and accepting that’s OK.
JR

Listening to myself and giving myself permission to take time out from busy self-employment.
JR

Felt better with this imperfect drawing.
IM

Simple self kindness
IM

Liking what writing in a notebook can result in.
MB

This painting took me from feeling uncertain to feeling resolved. 
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