Art, Art Therapy
Jodi Rose
The Enterprising Entrepreneur: Behind the ...

In the practice of art-based mindfulness, an intention rests behind every artwork. Preluding the creation of Timberella 6 (T6), the intention was enterprising. 

Immediately, the piece went in unexpected directions. I wanted to think forward in time, but T6 took me back. I wanted enterprising to be expressed as entrepreneurial grandeur and financial success, she wanted simplicity and resourcefulness.

Restricted by time and materials—and knowing better than to force creative flow—I opened to the process. Here are the surprising (and inspiring) results! 

The Enterprising Entrepreneur: Behind the Scenes of Timberella 6
Art Therapy
Jodi Rose
Artful Mid-Life Magic: Embracing Peri | ...

Art-based mindfulness and mindfulness-based art therapy can be used to address the physical and socio-emotional changes that are experienced during mid-life. In this week’s blog, I explore the research, and also share five benefits of art-based mindfulness during mid-life transitions including perimenopause.

Artful Mid-Life Magic: Embracing Peri | Menopause and Change
Art Therapy, Caregiving
Jodi Rose
When Life Falls Apart— Six Tips For Getting ...

When things fall apart, it is entirely possible that they are falling together. In this week’s blog, I share about the two most difficult periods of my life—caregiving and divorce—and how creativity and mindset were used to get through. This blog also features six tips for managing personal crisis with acceptance and grace.

When Life Falls Apart— Six Tips For Getting Through
Art
Jodi Rose
Girl in the Woods Parable #6 | Creativity & ...

There once was a girl, who lived in the woods, in a nest on the tallest of treetops…

Through parable and environmental sculpture, Girl in the Woods is an ongoing body of work that explores my personal journey through the lens of yoga philosophy and nature-based art. Central to the story is a woodland character named Timberella.In Parable 6, she meets the Stag— symbolizing divinity—who teaches her how to connect with her Inner Wisdom through art and creativity. The sculpture Timberella 3 is also revealed

Girl in the Woods Parable #6 | Creativity & Inner Wisdom
Art Therapy
Jodi Rose
Five Gifts Of An Eating Disorder

In this week of national eating disorder awareness, I offer a very personal statement in the hopes that this will reach whoever needs to hear it: your eating disorder does not mean that you are less than or broken. It can actually offer you some of life’s greatest gifts.

Five Gifts Of An Eating Disorder

Art Therapy

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The Enterprising Entrepreneur: Behind the Scenes of Timberella 6

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The Enterprising Entrepreneur: Behind the Scenes of Timberella 6

In the practice of art-based mindfulness, an intention rests behind every artwork. Preluding the creation of Timberella 6 (T6), the intention was enterprising. 

Immediately, the piece went in unexpected directions. I wanted to think forward in time, but T6 took me back. I wanted enterprising to be expressed as entrepreneurial grandeur and financial success, she wanted simplicity and resourcefulness.

Restricted by time and materials—and knowing better than to force creative flow—I opened to the process. Here are the surprising (and inspiring) results! 

Artful Mid-Life Magic: Embracing Peri | Menopause and Change

Artful Mid-Life Magic: Embracing Peri | Menopause and Change

Art-based mindfulness and mindfulness-based art therapy can be used to address the physical and socio-emotional changes that are experienced during mid-life. In this week’s blog, I explore the research, and also share five benefits of art-based mindfulness during mid-life transitions including perimenopause.

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When Life Falls Apart— Six Tips For Getting Through

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When Life Falls Apart— Six Tips For Getting Through

When things fall apart, it is entirely possible that they are falling together. In this week’s blog, I share about the two most difficult periods of my life—caregiving and divorce—and how creativity and mindset were used to get through. This blog also features six tips for managing personal crisis with acceptance and grace.

Five Ways Art Therapy Gave Me The Courage To Start My Business

Five Ways Art Therapy Gave Me The Courage To Start My Business

Through art therapy, courage is cultivated not by “building up”, but by exploring the things that block it. Art therapy allows those blocks to subtly shift and fall away, so that you can be more present and authentic to life’s challenges and opportunities. This blog explores how I used art therapy to start my business.

Emotional Vomit: What To Do When You're Ready To Spew

Emotional Vomit: What To Do When You're Ready To Spew

In those moments when life puts you too outside the norm, when your emotional bottle gets too full…and when you are meanwhile trying to present to the world that all-is-normal-and-good...I highly recommend that you do an Emotional Vomit artwork. It's a time to be real, but also to be playful and to be YOU. This blog will talk you through it.

Creative Freedom: Five Facets of Recovery for Artists and Makers

Creative Freedom: Five Facets of Recovery for Artists and Makers

For creatives who know what it’s like need a drink to get in the “flow,” to have stories and rules about what to make and not make, who are terribly bored by production work, or are stifled by perfectionism and making work to please others. If you are experience any of these creative blocks, here’s how to find your way back to yourself.

Resilience Is Your Brilliance: An Energetic Profit Model

Resilience Is Your Brilliance: An Energetic Profit Model

Are you feeling scattered, stressed, burnt out, or drained? When you earn a profit on personal energy, the payoffs include more time for yourself and your family. You will feel emotionally and physically better. You’ll sleep better. Energetic profit will improve your career and your performance; you feel more focused and creative. NOW is the perfect time to consider how to stop living a deficit lifestyle: choose resilience, not recession! This blog will show you how.

Clients Endorse the True Natured Creatives App by Jodi Rose Studio!

Clients Endorse the True Natured Creatives App by Jodi Rose Studio!

Unleash your artistic potential and experience the limitless joy and ease that comes with embracing your creativity. Explore the transformative effects of my new free mobile app, True Natured Creatives, and how it can help you find inner peace and unlock your artistic potential. Join our transformative community and embark on an incredible journey of self-discovery, healing, and artistic expression!

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The Ancient in Ease: On Modern Life, Yoga, Archetypes, and Environmental Art

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The Ancient in Ease: On Modern Life, Yoga, Archetypes, and Environmental Art

In my art-based mindfulness teachings we explore why it is imperative to first calm the body, then quiet the mind, towards deepening self-awareness and insight (as well as managing anxiety and stress). We do this through the intentional use of materials, processes, and embodiment while we work. As the mind quiets, an inner voice—what some call the True Self—can be heard. We work with that voice through specific interactive techniques (typically journaling) with the artwork. The big questions are: Are you listening? Are you living life in alignment with your True Creative Nature?