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A Grounded Guide to Mindful Art Therapy Practice
In Mindful Art Therapy, Barbara Jean Davis offers clinicians a grounded, compassionate approach to integrating mindfulness and creative expression. With clear theory, case studies, and practical insights, this book is a valuable guide for therapeutic work.
Why Jerry Saltz Says You Don’t Need Permission to Make Art
In How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz delivers 63 punchy, irreverent rules to help creatives push past fear, perfectionism, and inertia. A funny, encouraging, and deeply honest guide for artists who need a reminder to just begin—and keep going.
Invisible Women: What Happens When Women Are Forgotten
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez exposes the hidden ways gender bias in data harms women’s health, safety, and daily life. A compelling, evidence-based look at how systems fail when women are excluded—and what happens when we finally count them.
The Perfect Read When You’re Afraid to Start Creating
In Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk, Danielle Krysa offers a funny, relatable, and deeply validating take on self-doubt. This creative pep talk helps artists move past fear, perfectionism, and procrastination with humour, honesty, and gentle nudges to begin.
Lazy Creativity Helps You Start Without the Pressure
Lazy Creativity by Kyle Bernier is a refreshingly honest and kind guide for anyone feeling too tired, messy, or unsure to make art. It’s about starting small, embracing imperfection, and trusting that even quiet creativity still counts.
What Worthy Teaches Us About Confidence and Belonging
Jamie Kern Lima’s Worthy is a warm and powerful reminder that you are already enough. Through personal stories, affirming messages, and a clear path of reflection, she helps readers unlearn self-doubt and reclaim a sense of belonging and inner worth.
Creative Resilience for Real Life: Beth Pickens’ Approach
Beth Pickens offers a refreshingly honest and compassionate guide for artists navigating fear, grief, time pressure, and self-doubt. With practical tools and emotional insight, Make Your Art No Matter What helps creatives sustain their practice in real life.
Coaching the Artist Within: A Mindset Guide for Creative Growth
Coaching the Artist Within by Eric Maisel offers thoughtful tools for navigating creative blocks, building emotional resilience, and deepening self-trust. With a blend of psychology and reflection, it helps artists create with clarity, purpose, and care.
Stop Postponing What Matters: A Review of Die Empty
Die Empty by Todd Henry is a motivating guide to doing your best work with intention. It challenges readers to stop postponing meaningful projects and align daily actions with purpose—so your greatest contributions don’t go unmade or unheard.
From Burnout to Creative Rhythm: A Review of Awakening Your Creative Soul
Awakening Your Creative Soul by Sandra Duran Wilson is a 52-week journey of art, ritual, and reflection. Rooted in the seasons, this book blends mixed media projects with soulful prompts to help you reconnect with creativity, meaning, and inner rhythm.
Feeling Disconnected? The Creative Cure Helps You Reconnect Through Art
The Creative Cure by Jacob Nordby is a heartfelt guide to reconnecting with your creativity as a path to healing and self-discovery. With journaling, reflection, and gentle insight, it helps you reclaim joy, voice, and meaning—no perfection required.
Your Life, Your YES: How Your DAMN Manifesto Helps You Begin Again
Your DAMN Manifesto by Bevin Farrand is a compassionate, practical guide to rebuilding momentum after life’s curveballs. With small steps and heartfelt honesty, it helps you reconnect with what matters and take action—even when things feel messy.
I acknowledge and thank the W̱SÁNEĆ people on whose traditional and unceded territory I live, learn, and teach. The W̱SÁNEĆ people have lived and worked on this land since time immemorial.
