Welcome beautiful people, it is so lovely to have you here again today on Women’s Circle. My name is Carlie, I am the founder of Mumma Got Skills and I am bringing you the real stories of women in our community. Today I am speaking with children’s author and artist, Gwendolyn Gray. Gwen has lived and painted at her home by Horseshoe Lagoon in Casino, NSW for the past 35 years. 

Watching the daily antics of the local waterfowl on the lagoon and inspired by Beatrix Potter helped Gwendolyn to write a series about a little duckling and his adventures. Gwen is married to a local farmer and has two grown children.

She loves her home town and the local community in which she has become well-known even receiving a nomination for Citizen of the Year and also awarded Clarence Electorate Woman of the Year.

We will be discussing:

• Death of Gwen’s father leading to childhood anxiety
• Art as a coping mechanism
• Losing Gwen’s mother at 22 compounding the unresolved grief
• Helicopter parenting as an unconscious coping mechanism 
• The literal ‘breakthrough’ to healing
• Getting to know yourself is so important before you have a baby
• The power of the women’s group for bonding and support
• Finding safety in a group giving space to look deeply at yourself
• The victim mentality as a false story that blocks light
• The stories we hear impact us even in utero - what we think and say is energy!
• Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) as a tool for releasing pain
• Our children are our healers
• The process of personal growth and healing through motherhood
• Recognising our childhood triggers through our reactions to our children
• Changing your relationships by doing you inner work
• Transformation of Gwen’s art through the healing process
• Gratefulness Practice leading to big things
• The birth of ‘Bucket the Naughty Duckling’
• The compounding stress of new motherhood

Welcoming you to the space.

Love, Carlie

Founder, Mumma Got Skills

www.mummagotskills.com.au

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Connect with Gwen

https://www.gwendolyngrayart.com/

Bucket the Naughty Duckling

https://inhousebookstore.com.au/search?q=Gwendolyn+Gray

Other Books/ Resources 

Radical Forgiveness -Colin Tipping

You Can Heal Yourself - Louise Hay