The Rising Space — Insights

Interview and art collaboration

Interview with For Women Who Roar, featuring my artistic collaboration, The Blue Ladies…

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Tend to yourself

In stillness and self-care we find our energy again…

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Peaceful season

Wishing you all a peaceful time this season…

Self-care this season

Today I held a grounding 1:1 virtual space for a dear friend…

Metallic hand-finished prints

I loved hand-embellishing this small print run with metallic paint…

Creating ceremony

How creating space and ceremony can help us ground…

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The art of failure

Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much – Lucian Freud

The Rising Space

After graduating from Art College, I was tentative about…

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The Heroine's Journey stage 1

During stage one, the heroine rejects…

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first women's gathering

The Rising Space’s first women’s gathering…

healing through grief

When I was little, I was fascinated by imprints…

The Heroine's Journey stage 2

This was a particularly difficult artwork for me to create…

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Rest restores

Here is Freddie demonstrating the Art of surrendering to sleep…

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Golden Milk recipe

Golden milk recipe, which can be so helpful for inflammatory conditions…

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Where the wild things grow

You don’t have to look far to find a natural offering…

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The Heroine's Journey stage 3

When I thought about this stage of The Heroine’s Journey…

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Beauty - Olafur Eliasson

The artwork exists only in the coming together of eye…