Art Journaling for Calm & Self-Care

When the World is Too Much: Your Reset Menu


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When the world is too much, it helps to know what kind of “too much” it is. In this final episode of the series, I’m bringing together the three resets we’ve practiced—Setting the thoughts Aside, Setting the Past Aside, and Setting the Noise Aside—into one simple Reset Menu you can return to anytime.

Your Reset Menu (signals + anchor phrases):

  • Thoughts (looping / rumination): Not solving. Softening.
  • Past (old feelings getting stirred up): I’m here now. (optional: That was then. This is now.)
  • Noise (sensory overload / too much input): One notch quieter. (optional: Less input. More breath.)

We’ll do a short guided practice, then create a simple “Reset Door” art journal page—a visual reminder that you can come back to yourself one small step at a time.

This podcast offers gentle self-care practices and is not therapy or a replacement for professional support.

If you’d like more support, check out my meditative art journal and the Joy of Journaling Circle.

A Garden for the Soul Journal – My meditative art journal to gently support your creative self-care

The Joy of Journaling Circle – A nurturing community for art journaling, calm, and creative self-discovery

Background music:

"Relaxing Music: Beautiful Nature by Tung Lam (Pixabay)

"Meditation Music v.1” by DanaMusic (Pixabay).


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Art Journaling for Calm & Self-CareBy Barbara Howrey