YOUR JOURNAL LOVING CREATIVITY COACH, UNASHAMEDLY
OBSESSED WITH THE HEALING POWER OF WORDS AND ART.
[ I’m all about cozy corners, extra blankets, barefoot creating (on the floor) with a hot coffee, my worn-out journals anD favourite art supplies ]
I want to heal the world with creativity one journal at a time.
THIS IS MY SOUL MEDICINE
With an art degree and a passion for supporting others, I have spent 10 years teaching and mentoring in the UK, South America, South East Asia, Australia and now 100% globally in the online space.
I launched Creative Heart Healer with a vision to build a community of like-minded women, empowered by creativity to give themselves permission to slow down, to de-stress, to prioritise ‘me time’ and re-discover themselves in the process.
I dream of a world where art heals and creativity is accepted and celebrated as a tool for wellness in all communities.
I’VE EXPERIENCED ART AS A CATALYST TO HEALING
And I want others to experience it too.
On the surface, I’m your regular run-of-the-mill girl next door. I walk my giant dog, run around after my toddler, watch too much Netflix, spend Sunday mornings on the couch with vegemite toast, drinking coffee, Instagram-ing and Pinterest-ing in my pj’s. I am very content. I am exactly where I want to be.
Except it wasn’t always this way.
In my mid-twenties I found myself without a place to call home and alone for the first time as an adult after a break up from a long term relationship. There was no time to process any of it as my family shattered and I became their rock, supporting everyone but myself.
I was worn down, burnt out, anxious, emotionally drained and full of self-doubt about who I was and where my life was headed.
I felt weirdly stuck and adrift all at the same time.
In search of answers, I tried all the things, yoga, meditation, gratitude journaling, read all the self-help books, joined the gym, started long-distance running, travelling. . . everything. Nothing worked.
Eventually, I turned to what I knew best - my creativity. I tunnelled inwards. Went all in on art-making and journaling. A whole lot of mindset shifting happened and inside those pages, I learnt to become my own caregiver, my self-doubt shifted, there was clarity and quiet confidence I had never felt before.
I soon realised that creative journaling had become my soul medicine.
“I BELIEVE THAT TRUE WELLNESS IS FOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTROSPECTION, CREATIVITY AND INSPIRED ACTION-TAKING”
fun facts ABOUT CLAIRE
BORN IN
Germany and raised on the beaches of beautiful Jersey, a tiny little island of Channel Islands, UK. Her Mum always knew she’d raised a gypsy soul and she wouldn’t stay ‘home’ for long.
NOW LIVES
Under the bluest skies of Australia with her partner and their little girl. Travelling and exploring this beautiful country makes every day an adventure.
GIANT DOG
Owner to Odin the Leonberger - pretty much the Creative Heart Healer in house therapy dog! He never says no to a cuddle.
WORKED
In schools, colleges & employment services but her favourite job was the one teaching and learning Spanish nestled in the Andes mountains in Cusco, Peru.
VOLUNTEERED
In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, teaching English and Textile skills to Polio and landmine survivors. The warmth and resilience of the women she worked with (and the country as a whole) will stay with her forever.
HERE’S TO HEALING THE WORLD WITH CREATIVITY ONE JOURNAL AT A TIME.
AND HERE’S TO YOU.
THE ONE WHO KNOWS THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO WELLNESS.
THE ONE WHO IS READY TO TAP INTO THEIR CREATIVITY.
THE ONE WHO WANTS TO SAY ‘YES’ TO THEMSELVES.
KEEP CHASING YOUR CREATIVE JOY,
