How does comparing yourself to others affect your self esteem?
I'm flicking through my art journal as you may know. You might have seen some other videos from this moment and this clothing and this boring gray background. And I found a quote. A favourite quote on a not favourite art journal page The page is not that pretty at...
The importance of letting go
Hey everyone, this is Dione and one thing I've noticed since I've been putting videos out into the social media world, is that the ones that were about art journaling are very popular so, you know as a good online marketer, I should do more of what's popular, LOL. ...
Being who I really am
This morning I met with a really good friend Dezire. Don't worry, she gave me permission to use her name and her photo! And it was so cool. Isn't it just awesome to get together with good friends where you just talk about whatever comes up and you can freely share...
What story are you telling yourself?
Hey everyone. I was just talking to my daughter. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to use her name on here, but she did give me permission to tell the story. So the story goes She said: I wish I could draw faces like this! And I said: Have you tried? And she said: Yes!...
Making the most of what you’ve got
Hi again. You probably saw another video where I was showing you about my scrapbooking pages. There's a few things in specific I want to share with you in this page. This page has some good examples in it that I wanted to share. The background of this page is a...
Breathing for anxiety
I've made a bunch of videos today. You might notice a few videos wearing the same clothes. And it's going well! I'm on a roll so I thought I should make another one. And there's one thing that I've wanted to do a video on for a little while and that's about breathing....
What causes depression?
Hi this is Dione from After the Rain Arts Therapy online. I'm here to talk to you a bit about depression. Now nobody really knows where it comes from. Why some people get it and not others. They've done lots of research and they know some of the risk factors and some...
Confidence tip – Stand tall
Hi everyone, I just want to share something with you this morning to help with your self confidence. Of course it might not be morning when you see this, but it's morning when I'm recording it. This little, simple tip makes a surprising difference for me in my...
Hi I’m Dione and I’m a worrier
Now I say that I work with people who have depression and anxiety and childhood trauma and I haven't really talked about them very much. I don't think I have. Maybe I have. Anyway I just want to talk to you a little bit about anxiety and how I recognized that anxiety...
Is colouring art therapy?
Hi everyone. I've been cleaning up and sorting out and I found a colouring book, an adult colouring book. And I thought I should just talk to you a little bit about it. I wonder if some of you used to participate in the adult colouring book field or if some of you...