49. 4 Steps to Find Your Spark As a Busy Mom in 30 Minutes

Have you ever wondered how to reconnect with your favorite self, even when MOM-life feels overwhelming?

Join us in this enlightening session as we explore the "sparkly place"—a transformative art journal therapy exercise that helps you rediscover your inner joy and light, especially amidst the chaos of motherhood. 

This podcast episode was recorded in The Motherload Membership and I just had to share it with you!

The Sparkly Place: The Expressive Art Therapy Process

1. 5 MIN BRAIN DUMP: To really arrive and ground into today’s topic

2. 10 MIN GUIDED VISUALIZATION: To relax more deeply and unwind the mind.

3. 20 MIN CREATIVE PRACTICE: To reveal inner knowing and express yourself.

4. 5 MIN JOURNAL QUESTIONS: To reflect and find meaning.

Brain Dump

FINISH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WITH YOUR FIRST THOUGHT:Spend a few minutes brain-dumping what your sparkly place would look like (it doesn't have to be an actual "place" it could just be the essence of what finding your spark, or sparkly would feel like to you).

• When I’m in my sparkly place...

  • I would like to...

  • I don’t want to...

  • I feel...

  • I want...

  • I need...

Visualization

• Invitation to close your eyes.

• If you can’t, gaze at something soft.

• Tend to your kids when they need you.

• If you find yourself distracted in your mind or surroundings, try to bring yourself back to your breath & body (without judgment).

Creative Practice

ART JOURNAL PROMPT

• Using bright, neon or metallic colors, draw, doodle, paint, or collage your spark and/or sparkly place. Focus on creating bold, striking marks that stand out against the background. This one can be really fun when you use a black or dark background.

WRITING PROMPT:

• Write “My Sparkly Place” at the top of your journal page. Write with bold colors and write big on the page, don’t confine yourself to the lines or the proper way to write. Just write everything that comes to mind after that visualization.

Journal Questions

• Give your art piece a title.

• Look at what you’ve created and write down 6 spontaneous words.

• What part of the process was most difficult, emotional, or fun for you?

• One word

• One thought

• One feeling

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