

Artsoup, January 2025 Havening
We have moved away from facilitating art therapy group workshops.  In 2023 a good friend of mine introduced me to Havening, or finding a safe haven. This process has been life changing for myself and many others I have worked with. Here’s the story… My friend who was a midwife studying for her PHD, was interested in helping women who had a fear of natural childbirth. This many times resulted in an elective caesarean, which often had adverse long term effects for the mother


Artsoup, January 2022
Well 2022, here we are, who can believe that? The MOST exciting news is that my motivational cards are published and available for sale. They are based around my healing journey, where I used creative expression as a self help tool. My Art Therapist diploma enabled me to express myself when I actually could not speak, when words were simply not enough. That is why I totally get it. I have only published 100 packs, including 44 cards and an instruction booklet and they are se


Artsoup, August 2021
Wow how did we get past the middle of the year? We have two exciting pieces of news. The in school programme ‘Raising Self Esteem through...


Artsoup, May 2021
Well Term 2 already, wow this year is flying. Term 1 had us again returning to providing Artsoup’s, ‘Raising Self Esteem through Creative...


Artsoup, January 2021
Wow we are at the end of January already, this year is certainly flying along. Our biggest news is that our Artsoup Visual Nutrition...


Artsoup, July 2020
Wow, how can we be in the middle of the year already? Well what a massive sequence of events 2020 has brought to get us back in balance...


Artsoup January 2020
Hope everyone has had an amazing Christmas and holiday break and are rested and refreshed for the year ahead. For us 2020 is about balance. We all work hard in our day to day lives, but do we truly achieve wellbeing and balance? Balance allows clarity! It has become more apparent in recent times the need for authentic creative expression, not only for our children but also ourselves. Life and schooling has become all about the academics, largely to the exclusion of the so


Artsoup, October 2019
Well we are at Term 4 already, oh how the year is flying by. Our Saturday group has taken a back seat this term due to the work we are...


Artsoup, July 2019
Another term has whizzed by. Our Saturday group has continued to see friends travelling from far and wide to share the joy of creative...


Artsoup, April 2019
Wow, Term 1 completed already! We ran a very successful pilot scheme at Waitoki School this term, ‘Empowering Children and Raising Self...
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