Using Art To Cope With Mental Health Struggles With Jennifer Mazur

Mental health struggles such as ADD, anxiety, and depression are issues that many people from childhood to adulthood have to deal with. People learning to cope with these conditions can sometimes be stigmatized or end up feeling shame about their conditions. With Covid, it has increased the wait times for people who are seeking help with these struggles. That is why the importance of having alternative avenues is vital.

Today, I’m glad to be joined by Jennifer Mazur, a mental health artist. Jennifer’s mental health struggles started in childhood, and she has learned to cope with them using her creativity and art. She now uses her experiences to help others who are facing the same problems she faced.

We’ll be diving into the issues of mental health struggles and the impact that it can have on someone. This is a very informative conversation where you’ll get to understand the issues that people with these struggles face and an alternative means of help. 

Tune in to this sixth episode of The Beauty in the Mess to hear about how Jennifer’s experiences and talents are now helping others cope with mental health struggles.

Some Questions Asked:

• Where did you ever figure out where this (mental health struggles) originated from? (03:41)
• How did you break out of this then? How did you start to overcome? (04:39)
• How long have you been helping children with this? And do you help adults too? (16:01)
• So, in the future are you going to divide the adults that are struggling with these issues themselves from the parents of children who are struggling? (20:31)
• What kind of feedback are you hearing from these parents if you don’t mind sharing? (21:08)
• Besides the paid memberships and the different groups where do you see yourself going with this (in the future)? Do you have any projections beyond that?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Jennifer’s struggles with mental health issues as a young child (02:02)
• At 40 years of age Jennifer finally receives a diagnosis (02:30)
• The 3 things Jennifer does every day to keep herself in check (08:26)
• Jennifer decided to try to start educating people about the stigmas surrounding mental health and what they do to people (13:30)
• Jennifer decided to start helping people with mental health struggles who didn’t consider themselves artists and started offering free workshops as a means to do this (16:48)
• People are waiting forever for help due to the pandemic and these workshops help bridge that gap (17:54)
• Jennifer just released a new program with 4 openings that is customized for the specific child (23:20)

Connect with Jennifer:

• Jennifer Mazur's Facebook Profile
• Jennifer Mazur's Facebook Group
• Jennifer Mazur's Instagram

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