Tag: Creative therapy

  • Why Quieting the Ego Strengthens Your Best Self

    Why Quieting the Ego Strengthens Your Best Self

    We live in some times. On the one hand, things are better than they’ve ever been. Overall rates of violence, poverty, and disease are down. There have been substantial increases in education, longevity, leisure time, and safety. On the other hand… We are more divided than ever as a species. Tribalism and identity politics are…

  • Safe harbours & places of refuge when life gets stormy

    Safe harbours & places of refuge when life gets stormy

    If you have followed any of my social channels over the past few years, it might seem as if I project a positive, upbeat attitude. Let me be clear, that is not always how I feel. I try not to be guilty of making my life look better than it is. But, I don’t see…

  • Why do people stare when I knit in public?

    Why do people stare when I knit in public?

    “It is creative apperception more than anything else that makes the individual feel that life is worth living.”   -D.W. Winnicott, psychoanalyst, pediatrician and creativity expert Some people might think it is a bit strange to have packed knitting needles on a year-long trip away from home. I have to admit, this even gave me…