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  • What is Toxic Positivity? How to find genuine gratitude without exiling difficult emotions

    What is Toxic Positivity? How to find genuine gratitude without exiling difficult emotions
    2025/04/25
    Toxic positivity happens when you, or someone you know, responds to difficult sitiuations and feelings with the belief that you must stay strong and only see the good. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses why we can fall into this trap and how art therapy can serve as a way to express your feelings with more ease. The art therapy experiential will guide you through a meditation on acceptance as inspiration as using creativity as a way to communicate and respond to your feelings, emotions, or sensations in a new way.
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    30 分
  • Your Next Bold Move

    Your Next Bold Move
    2025/04/03
    Acts of courage come in all shapes and sizes, and they can have a significant impact on your health and wellness. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses the behind-the-scenes work you can do internally to get mentally and emotionally prepared to make your next bold move. Using Mary Oliver's poem, The Jounrey, for inspiration, Stephanie will guide you to use art to explore what comes up when you imagine being courageous and what you need to feel capable.
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    30 分
  • The Power of Poignant Moments

    The Power of Poignant Moments
    2025/03/28
    Poignant moments can reveal so much about who you are, where you've been, and where you're going, especially if you take the time to work with them. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how these moments are made up of anniversaries, markers, and milestones and combs through the nuances between them.You'll use art therapy to tell the story of a poignant moment in your life and how it impacts your identity and relationships with others and the world around you.
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    29 分
  • The 4 Tendencies

    The 4 Tendencies
    2025/03/14
    This show highlights the book, The 4 Tendencies, by Gretchen Rubin, which explores the ways your personality responds to internal and external expectations. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, describes each tendency and how you could use art therapy for personal growth and goals related to your personality. You'll be guided through a loving kindness meditation, an excellent way to approach collaboration with yourself and others, which serves as the inspiration of your art therapy practice this week.
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    30 分
  • Motivation & Self Leadership: Moving away from the "shoulds" towards the "coulds"

    Motivation & Self Leadership: Moving away from the "shoulds" towards the "coulds"
    2025/03/10
    In a follow up to last week's shadow work episode, Stephanie opens up the importance of looking at how you motivate yourself, so that you can strengthen your self-leadership skills. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discussed how to move away from pressure and force towards self-worth and empowerment to get what you want out of life.You'll use art therapy to increase insight and awareness about how you lead yourself.
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    29 分
  • The Power of Shadow Work

    The Power of Shadow Work
    2025/02/27
    Shadow work is how to be inclusive of the parts of yourself you reject so that you be your whole self. The shadow offers lessons and gifts that can super charge your personal growth and healing. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses what the shadow is and how to work with it. The art therapy experiential is a gentle way to welcome in the unwelcome and create the opportunity for communication with all parts of yourself.
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    30 分
  • Art Therapy for When Your Heart Feels Heavy and You are Tired

    Art Therapy for When Your Heart Feels Heavy and You are Tired
    2025/02/10
    There's times in our life when our hearts are heavy and we are tired. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses how to work with this challenge so that you can get respite. Inspired by Brené Brown's work, be guided to use art therapy invite in relaxation, rest, and play to balance out your energy.
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    30 分
  • The Relationship Between Determination, Perseverance, and Creativity

    The Relationship Between Determination, Perseverance, and Creativity
    2025/02/03
    Determination, perseverance, and creativity are the building blocks that you can use to move from feeling stuck towards a path of healing and growth. In this episode, Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC, an art therapist and breast cancer survivor, discusses this relationship and how you can use it as a mantra and a practice of finding your way through life. Be guided to use art therapy to tap into your intuition to determine what you need to persevere, using the power of creativity to give yourself what you need.
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    30 分