Do you wish you could find hope and healing through something you enjoy? In these podcasts Jen will walk you though creative exercises designed to do just that. Engage your sense of play and wonder in order to deepen your insight and bring about new layers of awareness and healing. Attend to your heart, soul, and relationships, grow as an individual, deepen your connection and understanding of God, and have fun in the process! Jen will introduce you to a variety of ways to harness the healing power of art for yourself and those you work with. She'll introduce activities, walk through reflection questions and discuss how to customize every piece of this process to best suit your needs. Plus, special guests will join us regularly to help us gain perspective and learn to see more clearly :)
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Do you wish you could find hope and healing through something you enjoy? In these podcasts Jen will walk you though creative exercises designed to do just that. Engage your sense of play and wonder in order to deepen your insight and bring about new layers of awareness and healing. Attend to your heart, soul, and relationships, grow as an individual, deepen your connection and understanding of God, and have fun in the process! Jen will introduce you to a variety of ways to harness the healing power of art for yourself and those you work with. She'll introduce activities, walk through reflection questions and discuss how to customize every piece of this process to best suit your needs. Plus, special guests will join us regularly to help us gain perspective and learn to see more clearly :)
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Today I get to introduce you to Bre Reed, Art Therapy professor at Bethel University and owner of Creative Connections Counseling, a faith based counseling center. She leads workshops at churches teaching people how to pray with art, hosts a weekly online prayer group, and has written two devotionals. You can connect with her on Instagram @BreReedATRBC, Facebook Creative Connections Counseling LLC, and her website CreativeConnectionsCounseling.net.
Listen in to learn how a praying with art can transform our hearts, minds, bodies and souls!
Get all the bonus content for today's episode on Patreon and join us for art making time during Transformational Studio Time where you'll get a special sneak peek of Bre's newest devotional "Painting in His Presence."
Learn more about Jen and the healing power of art at Learning to See Studio
Would you like to introduce the healing power of art into your ministry or church?
Then the How to CARE book by Scott McElroy and Jen Alward is for you. It gives you the science, research, and Biblical backing you'll need, along with 150 art activity ideas (includingPamela's "Letting Go" project).
What about using art to help your family connect in new ways or to help you cope with grief?
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Today I get to introduce you to Pamela Alderman, founder of Healing in Arts, an organization that brings hope and healing around the world through collaborative community art projects. Listen along to hear about her journey and the powerful creative projects she is facilitating (like the installations at ArtPrize this September).
Get all the bonus content for today's episode on Patreon and join us for art making time during Transformational Studio Time.
Learn more about Jen and the healing power of art at Learning to See Studio
Would you like to introduce the healing power of art into your ministry or church? Then the book "How to CARE" is for you. It gives you the science, research, and Biblical backing you'll need, along with 150 art activity ideas (includingPamela's "Letting Go" project).
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Today I get to introduce you to Shelley Henk of "Whole Soul Studio" who combines her knowledge of medicine, nutrition, faith ,and art together to help people creatively heal their whole being and rewrite their story. Today she shares a bit of her own story of how trauma and stress impacted her physical health and ultimately helped her create "Artful Storywork" as the foundtational process to her "Beautiful School of You" curriculum.
Get all the bonus content and join us for Transformational Studio Time on Patreon
Connect more with Shelley on Instagram and Facebook and sign up for her Beautiful School of You cohort starting next month.
Learn more about Jen and the healing power of art at Learning to See Studio
Would you like to introduce the healing power of art into your ministry or church? Then the book "How to CARE" is for you. It gives you the science, research, and Biblical backing you'll need, along with 150 art activity ideas.
Would you like to use art to build connection in your family? Check out Jen's book "Hope and Healing at Home"
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Today Marjolaine introduces us to glue books, one of the best ways she's found to engage her creativity for healing and breakthrough! We talk about the logistics of this process, that's really never meant to be finished but can help us face and overcome fears with small steps. We'll dive into it deeper and have more examples during our Transformative Studio Time this month. Hope you'll join us and try creating your own glue book to inspire you on your journey.
Marjolaine works with the anti sex trafficking organization Fight4Freedom and has her own healing art business that helps people breakthrough roadblocks and achieve their dreams.
To see the videos and access helpful links and other ideas for putting the healing power of art into practice in your life, head on over to Patreon and check out the "Glue Book s with Marjolaine Walker" post for June 2025. If you want to watch the interview, click here.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you can start to bridge the gap you feel and accept the invitation to combine your art and faith.
If you want to be inspired to dive into scripture with art making, check out Encounters in Colour 2025. The free retreat ran June 2-8 and each of the 7 artists focuses on a different verse and style of art journaling to help you encounter God in a new way. I taught a lesson on Ezekiel 37's dry bones and Marjolaine taught a lesson on neurographic art. If you purchase the Encounters in Colour Library you'll gain access to all the lessons (14) from 2024 and 2025 for a full year! Hope you'll join us and invite a friend too!
The How to CARE book is another great resource for how you can support people during difficult times with art. The website is being updated with new resources and I'm working on a workbook companion to the book as well :)
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This month we get to hear from the inspiring Jessie Nilo, founder of God Loves Art! Today we get to hear about her journey from a lonely artist sitting in a pew to developer of an art ministry that transformed a church to a ministry that expands prison walls to touch hearts. Plus we get a sneak peek into her journal and the Blind Contour drawing exercise that brought peace to her soul on a very difficult day. We're going to dig more into Blind Contour and Semi-Blind Contour Drawing during our Transformative Studio Time this month. Hope you'll join us.
To see the videos mentioned and access helpful links and other ideas for putting the healing power of music into practice in your life, head on over to Patreon and check out the "Art Ministry beyond the church walls" post for May 19, 2025. If you want to watch the interview, click here.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you can start to bridge the gap you feel and accept the invitation to combine your art and faith.
If you want to be inspired to dive into scripture with art making, check out Encounters in Colour 2025. It's FREE for the week of June 2-8 and each of the 7 artists focuses on a different verse and style of art journaling to help you encounter God in a new way. I'm teaching a lesson on Ezekiel 37's dry bones. Hope you'll join us and invite a friend too!
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In this episode it is my privilege to introduce you to Lori Lotz, a retired music therapist and native american flute player from Tennessee. She’ll share some of the science behind how music impacts our mind, shifts our emotions, and helps us connect with others and lift up prayers to God
To see the videos mentioned and access helpful links and other ideas for putting the healing power of music into practice in your life, head on over to Patreon and check out the "Music Therapy" post for April 21, 2025.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you plan to put your fingers to work as you express yourself and shift your mood through music, art and bread making.
If you want to be inspired to dive into scripture with art making, check out Encounters in Colour 2025. It's free for the week of June 2-8 and each artist focuses on a different verse and style of art journaling to help you encounter God in a new way. I'm teaching a lesson on Ezekiel 37's dry bones. Hope you'll be able to come...invite a friend too!
Take this podcast to the next level:
Go get your own copy of How to CARE with over 200 art activities to help churches minister through art in the wake of crisis and disasters and develop ongoing mental health ministry.
Check out our course "Birds & Flowers" that walks you through art processes to transform ordinary things into reminders of God's tender care and provision for you.
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In this episode it is my privilege to introduce you to Linda Sylvester. She wears a variety of hats that include healing prayer warrior, musician, dreamer, art minister, poet, cancer survivor, widow, supportive listener, and physical therapist. I hope you enjoy this sampling of her talents and heart today.
Learn more about her creative, prayer filled retreat at Evanston Vineyard Church SATURDAY MARCH 22.
To see the art projects and listen to the full recording of "Drench Me Jesus" head on over to Patreon and check out the "Healing and Comfort" post for March 17, 2025.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you pause to focus on the present moment and find peace.
Take this podcast to the next level:
The CARE book has officially released!
Go get your own copy of How to CARE with over 200 art activities to help churches minister through art in the wake of crisis and disasters and develop ongoing mental health ministry.
Check out our course "Birds & Flowers" that walks you through art processes to transform ordinary things into reminders of God's tender care and provision for you.
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This is part 2 of our interview Dr Amy Backos. Today we talk about how rebuilding after trauma is in our history as individuals, families, countries and the world. Creation hasn't stopped since the beginning and sometimes, as all artists know, destruction is part of the process. There is always good news to be found during the painful parts: God is present, helpers are coming, and there are treasures to be found--we can do this--you can do this.
Trauma and fear responses are discussed along with the importance of practicing gratitude so that we can stop dissociation and get ourselves out of survival mode into the present where we can make choices and take beneficial action.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you pause to focus on the present moment and find peace.
Take this podcast to the next level:
The CARE book has officially released!
Go get your own copy of How to CARE with over 200 art activities to help churches minister through art in the wake of crisis and disasters and develop ongoing mental health ministry.
Check out our course "Birds & Flowers" that walks you through art processes to transform ordinary things into reminders of God's tender care and provision for you.
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This interview is packed with information from how art helps us know ourselves, build bridges of trust across cultures, and helps us be present. This is critical in surviving, overcoming and thriving hard times in our lives. Dr Amy Backos reminds us that:
Making art helps us learn to see in new ways, heal from trauma, and can help prevent things from getting worse!
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you pause to focus on the present moment and find peace.
Take this podcast to the next level:
Check out our new course "Birds & Flowers" that walks you through art processes to transform ordinary things into reminders of God's tender care and provision for you.
Preorder the How to CARE book with over 200 art activities to help churches minister through art in the wake of crisis and disasters and develop ongoing mental health ministry.
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Advent celebrates God's arrival. Not just a flashy happy celebration but a truly miraculous gift of mercy. He still comes into our deep darkness to bring light!
This episode gives you a little taste of what studio time is like with art making that transforms how we see and opens us up to new perspectives and quiet time to listen to God.
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you are sensing God in your life and in the darkness.
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Are you ready for Advent? Check our Jen's book "A Refocused Advent" and free course.
Curious about the "How to CARE" book? It's a book I've been helping J Scott McElroy write for the last few years to help churches, artists, and Christian believers respond creatively and compassionately to those who are emotionally hurting. Sign up for the newsletter on my website or at CARE Arts Ministry to hear more about it's release and resources associated with it.
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If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license!
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Today we're chatting with my Brittany Roach about how color adds new life, freedom and joy to our prayer time.
There are lots of ideas in here and information about how Brittany and her husband have worked with Houses of Prayer and involved their 3 sons in prayer time too. Art Sozo, Harp & Bowl, and using all of ourselves and our creativity in our prayers are discussed as we strive to move towards the goal of 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to "pray without ceasing."
We'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on this episode and how you incorporate prayer into your daily life.
Take this podcast to the next level:
Are you ready for Advent? Check our Jen's book "A Refocused Advent" and free course.
Connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license!
Get access to everything.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Today we're chatting with my friend Danica Thurber (aka Danica the Artist) about how art can help us process our grief.
We often talk about grief after the loss, but what about the grief process that occurs before the loss? That is anticipatory grief and the main focus of our discussion and art project today.
GRIEF COURSE:
At the end you'll get to see some of Danica's own artwork and hear about her new Therapeutic Art Grief course, available now on her Etsy store.
CHILDREN'S BOOK:
Each year (October17-21), to honor her dad's heaven-versary she runs a sale on Amazon to get the digital version of her children's book, Lulu Faces Loss And Finds Encouragement, for FREE!
Take this podcast to the next level:
Connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license!
Get access to everything.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Today we're exploring how discovering our true identity brings us hope, how it takes grit to be grateful & how these things change our lives.
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Videos shared with permission:
Hosanna Wong's "I Have a New Name"
• I Have A New Name | Hosanna Wong (Off...
Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" by lalaillustrator
• Hope is the thing with feathers - Emi...
Books Mentioned:
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If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license!
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Come learn to see how God uses your imagination to reveal more about Himself to you personally. Revelations isn't about giving us new information, it's about inviting us to a new experience of the scriptures, writes Eugene in Reversed Thunder. Today we're reviewing Eugene Peterson's book Reversed Thunder to help us understand what Revelations has to say to us about judgment, salvation, and Heaven.
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She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
Get access to everything.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Come learn to see how God uses your imagination to reveal more about Himself to you personally. Revelations isn't about giving us new information, it's about inviting us to a new experience of the scriptures, writes Eugene in Reversed Thunder. Today we're reviewing Eugene Peterson's book Reversed Thunder to help us understand what Revelations has to say to us about worship, evil, prayer, witness, and politics.
Take this podcast to the next level:
Connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
Get access to everything.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Come learn to see how God uses your imagination to reveal more about Himself to you personally. Revelations isn't about giving us new information, it's about inviting us to a new experience of the scriptures, writes Eugene in Reversed Thunder. Today we're reviewing Eugene Peterson's book Reversed Thunder to help us understand what Revelations has to say to us about scripture, Christ, and the church.
Take this podcast to the next level:
Connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Learning to See Studio.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
Get access to everything.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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There's so much to share from this podcast.
Free Workshop.
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Want to connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Hope and Healing at Home.
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She is also looking for podcast guests for 2024 -- want to be a guest or know someone you want to hear her interview? Please send an email to jen@hopeandhealingathome.com or click here.
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Today I’m excited to introduce you to Marjolaine Walker, an artist, author and breakthrough coach who helps women find their voice, break up with shame and connect with God!
She wants everyone to know that you don't have to be an artist nor be afraid of the process because art, and God, bring healing in gentle ways.
There's so much to share from this podcast.
Want to connect more with Marjolaine?
Want to explore the Christmas story from different perspectives this advent season?
Check out my FREE course and devotional book A Refocused Advent.
Curious about the 1 canvas painting we mentioned?
El Duende Process Painting (EDPP) Developed by Abbe Miller
Want to connect more with Jen?
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Hope and Healing at Home.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
She is also looking for podcast guests for 2024 -- want to be a guest or know someone you want to hear her interview? Please send an email to jen@hopeandhealingathome.com.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Today I’m excited to introduce you to Sue Nelson, founder of Woman of Noble Character, cofounder of Bean so Blessed Coffee, teacher, dog and cat rescuer, cancer warrior, adopted child, mother of 4 adult children, disciple of Jesus!
In today's conversation she shares about finding her siblings as an adult, how she was loved, and how she uses art to meditate and write scripture on her heart as she seeks to be a woman of noble character in today's world and encourage others to do the same.
There's so much to share from this podcast.
If you want to connect more with Sue?
Want to experience things from the Holy Land in your own home?
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Want to explore the Christmas story from different perspectives this advent season?
Check out my FREE course and devotional book A Refocused Advent.
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Hope and Healing at Home.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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Today I’m excited to introduce you to Emma Schonenberg, artist, designer, plant lover, dog momma, and Art Therapist.
In today's conversation we talk about her journey to becoming an Art Therapist, the benefits she received from getting lost in creating her Soul Gardens and the benefits others have received as well. It's super exciting to hear about how creating something beautiful, or simply beginning to pay attention to beauty in our sketchbooks can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, make pain disappear for an hour, increase our flexibility and problem solving, give us courage and nurture our kinder patient side.
There's so much to share from this podcast.
If you want to connect more with Emma check out these links:
If you'd like to work with Jen and discover the healing power of art for yourself or those you work with, check out her website Hope and Healing at Home.
She is now certified to provide Art Therapy supervision for others seeking their Art Therapy license! Sign up for a meeting here.
To get all the bonus content with downloads, links, reflection questions, and detailed art activities, etc., join our membership at Learning to See Studio on Patreon.
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