CANCER SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT JOURNAL
For an Introduction to the Penny Brohn Cancer Support Centre, advice sheets on diet, exercise, emotional clarity, Nature, etc. see their website, click HERE
The Immune System is strengthened in many way, so we need to keep a dialogue of results, research and affordable life-style for our situation.
HOW CREATIVE JOURNAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS CAN HELP:
THIS FOCUSES ON THE DEEPEST NEED FOR THE RECOVERY OF OUR NEED FOR GOOD PARENTING.
Cancer is a huge challenger and very often it is an answer to a sense of failure:
Clia Vision Coaching is a way of self counseling these ‘inner conversations’ that we have which make us feel let down.
Hidden perplexities of our lives can become healed, and turn into our best friend. Using expressive arts, in the form of free expression and both handed dialogue, these unacknowledged questions can be recreated with colour, scribbling, sketching and stick-figures. This way, Creative Journal introduces us to our ‘inner vulnerable child’, the elusive memories that avoid our attention, and those childhood disappointments can be turned into personal inner wisdom and forgiveness.
VISION COLLAGE
Unconsciously we may continue to wonder: Why did the life I wanted to live vanish mysteriously? Time to make a picture of that childhood dream and heart’s desire. Along with this picture, we may use mats to project ahead to steps we can take that bring us support, challenge and deeper interaction with others.
-
- Circular collages and ‘living timeline’ of personal objectives.
-
- Timeline as ‘personal mandala’ – walking into your own future heart’s desire.
.THE WHEEL OF LIFE:
EACH month of the year has been depicted as having ‘creative stages’ of growth and learning of us as individuals. These archetypes have been handed down from millennia, and correspond to mythology, psychology and astrophysics. The aim in life is to realize the power of our own heart’s desire.
Peter Dawkins’ draft – re-crafted by Caroline Danby 2016
The seasons of the year as a ‘round table’ of creative qualities emerging within each of us. These are also challenges from life situations that help us draw upon our inner wisdom and understanding. There are no mistakes in life, only a path of realization of these highly desirable qualities.
GROUP SUPPORT
Group vision collage:
Group vision as a collective mandala, with each participant lighting a candle of commitment to THEIR HEART’S desire.
Creating your own CANCER SURVIVORS’ ‘DREAM TEAM’ is a source of encouragement and clarification for our personal vision.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Activities to recognise your inner parent and inner child:
- Draw yourself as a child.
- Draw your ‘inner parent’ – is it a severe challenger?
- Draw the ‘inner nurturing parent’ you wish you could have had.
Is it hidden behind disappointing memories? - Reconnect with your heart’s desire, and begin to feed that optimism and shared experience with your support group.