CAMP Stories with JoeGirl

If you’ve ever wondered about art therapy, and whether or not it might be a good fit for you or somebody you love, you’re going to want to listen to this CAMP Story.

I invited my new friend Rachel Edghill to join me and my Campers on February 12, 2022. Rachel is a licensed Therapeutic Arts Coach in Texas, and she joined us to share not only her journey to this point in her life and her career, but also to talk about how she works with clients using creative supplies and creative techniques to process and move though really difficult situations and heavy emotions.

Rachel and I chatted at length, and after our chat she led us in a live workshop centred around some creative activities to ground us and bring us to centre, and to recognize what we might be feeling in our hearts and in our bodies. That part of Rachel’s visit is exclusive to my CAMP membership, but if you’d like access to CAMP, you can check it out at https://camp.joegirl.com

You can find Rachel here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icrafthappiness/
Website: https://www.crafthappiness.me/

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In this solo episode, I chat about creating moments of ultimate mindfulness by observing—and celebrating—everyday tasks.

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On October 27, 2021, Emily Mills of Sketchnote Academy joined us at CAMP for an Artist Chat + Workshop.

The week before her visit, some of the Campers co-authored a silly, spooky, short story in honour of Hallowe’en, and Emily showed us how to use simple shapes, lines and colour to create a visual representation of our story.

Listen in, and try a few of Emily’s techniques for yourself.

You can find Emily online here:
https://sketchnoteacademy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sketchnoteacademy/

Emily’s book, The Art of Visual Notetaking, can be found here:
https://emilyamills.com/book/

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On October 5, 2021, my sweet friend Tina Thaw joined me at CAMP for an Artist Chat.

Consummate creative, Tina shared her journey through the unusual + unexpected careers which led to her current passion of foraging for natural pigments on her North Carolina property, and grinding them into watercolour paints.

The CAMP Community becomes lively in the Q+A following Tina’s interview, chatting about routines, doing too much, doing too little, struggling to focus on too many things at once, and more.

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On July 6, 2021, my good friend Ryan Iler of Wonderment Games, joined me at CAMP for an Artist Chat.

We talked about being an insatiable “creative generalist”, and how we can try all the creative things, while at the same time staying focussed + true to our innate creative calling.

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On May 4, 2021, my Instagram friend Desirée Ferdig of Her Hazel Eyes Studio, joined me at CAMP for an Artist Chat.

Listen in as we talk about things like: calling ourselves “artists” (and how it’s not always as easy as it sounds), being a self-taught artist, and how inspiration is often best found within, and not necessarily through countless hours scrolling through Pinterest and Instagram.

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On April 24, 2021, my dear friend, Heidi McLaren joined me and our fellow campers around the proverbial campfire to discuss her lifelong journey to creativity. 

While Heidi is no stranger to creativity—she was a poetry writer when she was a teenage girl, and, as a new mom, had a business sewing kids’ clothing, and now she bakes and cooks amazing meals for her family—she's only recently tapped into the more painterly side of her inner artist, and has discovered her love for sketching, watercolours, and acrylics.

We have an intimate conversation about those scary moments staring at a blank canvas, we talked about the sadness that came at the end of her 100 Day Project this year, and we talked about things that are no longer serving us that need to be let go of in order to make room for things that lift us up and fill us with joy.

This conversation is sure to inspire anybody looking to incorporate more creative play into their day.

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On February 18, 2021, my friend + art instructor, Naomi Conner of NVE Art Studio, joined me and my CAMP community for an Artist Chat.

We talked about where to find inspiration, when it’s okay and when it’s NOT okay to copy other artists’ work, and how to share your creativity with the world especially when you are terrified to put yourself out there.

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Earlier this year, my friend and Core Beliefs Practitioner, Megan O’Neill, visited CAMP to chat with the community about Money Mindset for Creatives. Listen in as she discusses common beliefs and obstacles that keep us playing small—especially when it comes to charging money for our creative output.

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This episode of CAMP Stories is the audio portion of a live online artist chat which took place at CAMP earlier in January 2021 with my friend Barbi Defazio of Red Raspberry Studios. Listen in as Barbi shares her journey to becoming a full time artist.

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