Creative expression packs a punch when it comes to mental health benefits. When you dive into painting, writing, or jamming on your guitar, you're tapping into some serious brain chemistry.

Whether using music to relax, ground, or energize, there are many ways that music can benefit the mind and body.

In the early years of our species, before we wrote, we drew abstractly & we tried to capture the world around us through representational drawings.

Quotes, lyrics, and the various forms in which words present themselves have always been healing tools for me.

Dancing can feel daunting, scary, or maybe even embarrassing. But listen here, my dear reader, I’m encouraging you to dance anyways...even if you don’t have a rhythmic bone in your body.

Before you reflect on what you tell yourself about art, try to enter a non-valuing mindset, meaning, setting the intention to simply observe something without putting a value of “good/bad”, “right/wrong”, “should/shouldn’t” on it.

As the pandemic continues, it can be harder to adhere to rules as feelings of restlessness can become stronger. I’ve noticed that in order to deal, I’ve been time traveling more often - either visiting the past (aka ruminating) or thinking about the future (...in a not so positive way).

Now, there are a lot of projects to help engage and develop your creativity out there on the internet. Some are fake and complete waste of time because they are created for content farms (looking at you 5 Minute Crafts) and others require a bit more time or materials.

Like we mentioned in a previous blog that shared 5 Ways the Performing Arts Benefit Mental Health, the performing arts have been scientifically proven to help kids (and adults) overcome anxiety, depression, and offer emotional release.

In today’s high pressure society, our kids are over worked, over stressed and held to overwhelming standards. Social media and 24 hour news have added pressures that prior generations did not have to manage.