by Jenn | Sep 19, 2025 | Blog, breaking up with facebook, Current Affairs, mental health, self esteem through art, social media detox
I’ve done “social media detoxes” before, where I abstain from all social media for a pre-determined amount of time (usually a month). Every time I do it, it does wonders for my mental health! In the spirit of self-preservation, it’s come time for me to delete my...
by Jenn | Jan 24, 2024 | Art Heals, Blog, Current Affairs, Decision Making, Entrepreneurial, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
Wow! It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? I’ve been in a DEEP reflective state lately, partly because there are times where I feel like I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown and want to burn it all to the ground while running away. When I feel like...
by Jenn | Jan 25, 2021 | Art Heals, Coaching, Current Affairs, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
Do you know that by the time people (*all people) reach middle school, almost 85% of their inherent, natural curiosity and wonder has been stripped away? It’s a systemic problem. We don’t place enough value on creative thought and curiosity is often viewed...
by Jenn | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurial, Pandemic Ponderings, self esteem through art, stories from the studio
It’s been 312 days since I have been able to utilize my studio in any meaningful way. March 5, 2020 was the last day I taught an in-person class—the space has since been relegated to the ranks of a *really* expensive storage locker. I was thinking about...
by Jenn | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Coaching, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Life, Pandemic Ponderings
The easy thing is usually *not* the right thing. It’s the easy thing to leave your trash all over the beach after a day of fun in the sun. But it’s not the right thing. It’s the easy thing to not quarantine or wait in long testing lines after...
by Jenn | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus Chronicles, Current Affairs, Decision Making, self esteem through art
Hello there! Man, oh man—I miss you! How are you doing? That’s not a rhetorical question, I seriously want to know. It’s been a series of ups and downs for me the past 4+ months. Some days, I feel like I am drowning in loss and grief and trauma, and other...
