expressive writing for mental health & well-being

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“Expressive writing is a brief writing technique that helps people understand and deal with emotional upheavals in their lives. It is a little like a self-help therapy without outlandish claims. Its greatest appeal is that it is a method with strong scientific evidence behind it.”

“[You] don’t have to write a lot, but you have to first of all just acknowledge it and put it into words. And that was really for me, the breakthrough.” -James Pennebaker

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an anniversary, a new book discussion + crossing a threshold 🥳

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Today is the 🌓🌔🌕 moon is waxing to full; it is the day 😪 after one of the most talented and kind humans left Earth 🪦 (RIP Miss Dolly) and ✅ Day 96/100 of my second 100-Day Project for this year, (theme: Benevolence, Wonder and Meaning). Themes have guided through a 🎢 busy (joy-filled and stressful) summer of family 💕 visits, medical 🏥🥼 appointments, surgeries and physical therapy.

Braveheart, 2026 has felt like a crossover ➡️ between two territories: my Before and my Now. It has felt like a year of details that combined to form a portal; a long-awaited point of transition + manifestation that coincided with my soul being engaged and ready. And frankly, likely facilitated feeling 🐎 ready.

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celebrating an anniversary! 🥳

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❤️ Braveheart, six years ago I started a creative community on the Ko-fi platform with the dual purpose of providing support and resources + funding 🆓 resources for anyone with limited financial means.

We all remember what 2020 was (and was not). 😥 So it was a joy ☺️ for me to be able to provide these forms of support. 🥳

📥 [DOWNLOAD]

🥳 In celebration, I am offering you the ⬆️ first download made available on my Ko-fi account.

words from the 2020 Art Card download

💌 ALSO ➡️➡️➡️ you are invited to join me 👩🏻‍💻💕👩‍💻👩🏾‍💻 online Saturday, August 29 to celebrate + make art cards (or do whatever works for you) via Zoom (1:30-2:30-ish p.m. Central Time).

If you are not a Ko-fi patron, you are welcome to join this session. ❤️ Please feel free to 📲 contact me to receive the meeting link.

Ko-fi patrons may access the meeting link here.

Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart. 💗

I appreciate your interest and support.

~love & good wishes~

⭐️ I am an artist and curator; I am one who communicates with color, found words and collage, inky marks and doodles as I cycle like the moon (as my calendar), chronicling oracles and abiding with the sky as a meditation.

Artist’s Statement 😊🔮🔎📝🖌️🎨❤️📊🫟

⭐️ I host creative communities, safe spaces for gathering and sharing. I choose love and creativity for coping with the ongoing challenges of this world and I go to work—not because everything is fine but because I believe art heals.

❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute 🤸 delight to continue this portion of my creative 📝🖌️✂️🫧 work (even as I retire from full-time work).

  • This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. (Thank you!) 💗 But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions). 🫶
  • 💁🏻‍♀️ Other ways to support my work: ❤️ continue to read this blog + follow me on Instagram. 📲

If you already have your own system of creative journal-planning, but are interested in financially supporting my creative work, you may do so by making a donation:

  • Make a one-time contribution in any amount via [this link]. (Thank you!) ❤️