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You are Enough – Free Download

You are Enough – Free Download

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Freebies!, Mental Health

Friends, whether you are here at the end of my sharing my mental health story – or if you have found the link to my free download elsewhere, I’m so grateful to have you here and to be able to share some of my heart with you!     I created this...
My Mental Health Story Day 7 – Living

My Mental Health Story Day 7 – Living

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Mental Health

Recovery doesn’t happen in a straight line. This is what they told us at the outpatient treatment I went through after being released from the hospital. They drew this swirly line… one loop d loop after another on the board… and I had no idea then...
My Mental Health Story Day 6 – Hospitalization

My Mental Health Story Day 6 – Hospitalization

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Mental Health

Today, I am going to talk about something that I notice a lot of people get squirmy about…. There is something about being in a psychiatric inpatient hospital that makes people anxious… I think it is a lot of it is some of the preconceived ideas that I...
My Mental Health Story Day 5 – Emergency

My Mental Health Story Day 5 – Emergency

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Mental Health

Why don’t we talk more about hospitalization??? I’m not talking about for surgeries or broken bones, I’m talking about psychiatric inpatient care. I held SO much fear over the idea of being hospitalized. I had in my head, ideas of straight jackets...
My Mental Health Journey Day 4 – Desperation

My Mental Health Journey Day 4 – Desperation

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Mental Health

  Yesterday I talked about desperation… today I want to tell you about what it was like, what the of feeling suicidal was actually like for me.   I think we use that term…. but there isn’t a lot of awareness or understanding for what it...
My Mental Health Journey Day 3 – Acceleration

My Mental Health Journey Day 3 – Acceleration

by Shawna Clingerman | All About Me, Mental Health

  In 2009 – it was literally only a matter of months from the time I started feeling that first sense of things being “off” in February to things being so severe that I needed to be hospitalized in May. This is why I am ALWAYS really quick to say...
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Week 2 in Start of Fearless is all about PERMISSIO Week 2 in Start of Fearless is all about PERMISSION. I couldn't let another day go by without sharing this hand-lettered page filled with notes I took during our group calls talking about all of the amazing ways our Fearless ladies are giving themselves permission day after day! Giving yourself permission to do the things that you've been telling yourself you can't (sometimes for a long long time) takes a whole lot of courage, and I am SO proud of the way these women are SHOWING up for themselves in Fearless Art day after day! Giving yourself permission is a life-long practice, and these ladies are knocking it out of the park! <3 #fearlessart #permission #giveyourselfpermission #handlettering
After a full week away with the @creativefounders After a full week away with the @creativefounders alumni retreat in Destin, Florida last week - I'm coming home refreshed and re-focused.... but most importantly I'm coming home with a whole lot of love for ME. . I had the unique opportunity during this week away to spend a lot of time just making space for my own self - I slept alone, I swam alone, I ate alone from time to time, I laughed alone, and YES I cried alone too. . As a serial extrovert and someone who has historically been afraid of being alone with my own thoughts - I'm so proud to share that this was the look on my face after a week of taking a LOT of time just for me. . As I floated with the waves, as I created space to sit, to think, to journal, and to dream - I discovered something that has been budding in me for a long long time over here: a deep, unabashed love for ME. . There was a time that I would have felt worried that this sounds too proud, that I'm not actually ALLOWED to love being with my own self so dang much.... "who do you think you are!?" might have echoed in my head... . ...but today it is different... . Today I am deeply proud of the girl in this photo. I'm humbled by her journey. I enjoy that she lives out loud and dives in headfirst, and FEELS all of the things. I just I stinking love this girl - and after days like this, I can't help but feel honored to simply be me. . #embrace #creativefoundersalumniretreat #gettaway #beachselfie #iloveme
I came home from my Florida adventures just in tim I came home from my Florida adventures just in time for our two Fearless Art group calls this week. . Right now we are talking all about blooming: choosing a creative practice to focus on, lean into, and build our skills!! . As we talked I lettered some of the things that these brave ladies are focusing their attention on - and I am so excited watching them bloom as they lean into these skills! . Building skill is all about the practice, and what a gift it is that the practice of practicing always cultivates our skills and creates increasingly beautiful results. 💗💗💗 . To my Fearless Art ladies: you are planting and watering beautiful gardens over there, I could not be more proud 🥰 . #fearlessart #fearlessart2021 #blooming
Tonight Florida said goodbye to me by lighting the Tonight Florida said goodbye to me by lighting the sky on fire. . I love you too Gulf of Mexico. I love you too. 💗💗💗 . #nofilter #sunset #grateful
@morganharpernichols is over here speaking straigh @morganharpernichols is over here speaking straight to my soul... . This past week at the @creativefounders alumni retreat has been a week of BEING. . Being loved and cared for. Being at home in my skin. Being FREE to laugh and ponder and share and jump head first into the sea. . This has been a week of simply being ME. . I love to DO, oh how I love to do all the things... And this week I DID so many fun things!!! . ...But oh. my. heart. The biggest gift this week has been in the *being* , and my soul is saying "yes please and thank you" for the time to BE me, right now and right here. . . #creativefoundersalumniretreat #allalongyouwereblooming #mhnpoetry #destinflorida
Pink sunsets, the sliver of a moon above, a wide o Pink sunsets, the sliver of a moon above, a wide open invitation from the sea.... and the absolute bliss of just allowing myself to be me. . 📷 by @kristinwilsoncreative (Thank you, friend for truly seeing me... and for capturing this moment of me in my happy place) . #creativefounders #creativefoundersalumniretreat #creativefoundersalumni
This. Is. Me. . My name is Shawna and I am an expl This. Is. Me. . My name is Shawna and I am an explorer. . Also, I cry literally every time I fly. . I soak it all in. This beautiful universe I which I get to explore freely and also be seen.... . This precious life, where am loved, by so many of you, for exactly who I am. . Yes, I am adorned by layers of pink... But beyond that.. I am an adventurer, I am a liver, I am a lover of humanity, I am messy and I am surrounded by chaos.... . I get to choose yes more than no. I get to dream big, and I chase those dreams. . I know it is a gift. To feel seen and loved and free all at once.... . So, I fly away whenever I can, I soak I it all in. I do, I see, I live. . And I cry the happy tears of someone who knows the beauty of feeling seen. . Maybe, all I'm trying to say here, sweet sweet friends, is just a thank you... For making space for this tender spirit, to just be me. . #grateful #freespirit #thisisme
This might be my most Portlandia foot selfie to da This might be my most Portlandia foot selfie to date... . Socks and sandals aside, I'm super excited about my adventuring ahead.... . #adventuresahead #creativefounders #iamacreativefounder #creativefoundersalumniretreat
Friends, here is the heart behind my newest collec Friends, here is the heart behind my newest collection in the @illustratedfaith Print and Pray shop: “Hope in Dry Places.”: Caring for our mental health is something that I hold dear to my heart. As a part of our community, I hear your stories... and as a survivor of suicidal depression, I feel the weight of it all - right by your side. Friend, I feel it deep in my soul - and because of that, this collection is for you. . When times are hard, it can feel so easy to feel the pressure to rush through the pain. We can be in a hurry: a rush to feel better, a rush to "solve" our problems, a rush to find the answers, a rush to just get "back to normal"... but the thing about surviving hurt and hard times is that sometimes it just takes TIME. . I created hope in dry places as a reminder to us all - that even when your soul is dry and weary and you can feel the cracks of sadness start to form - even when things feel lonely and your heart is tired - even when you are waiting, waiting, waiting for the rain.... . Friend, there is hope. . I love the visual of succulents for this reminder: those hearty little pokey plants, that know how to wait out dry times. . Friend: My sweet little succulent, you are stronger than you know. . Even if you are thirsty, and tired, and weary - you, my friend are not alone... wait out this season, rest in the reassurance that you have everything you need. Stored deep inside you are courage and strength and resilience that will surprise even you... . Wait for the rain, and while you wait, let it be dry and hard and let yourself slow your urgent pace. Wait for it, have hope in your driest of places, because it is coming - a beautiful soul-quenching, life-saving, rain. . If you or anyone you know is looking for support, I have an IGTV series as well as a Blog series that shares my personal story. . I can tell you from my own experience: there IS ”Hope in Dry Places”... . Together we can see this dry season through. . Thank you, Gena, @createanddaydream for this photo and for these words: ・・・ No matter what you are going through in this life there is always HOPE. . (You can find this collection in there @illustratedfaith Print and Pray shop)💗
FRIENDS! Today is the LAST DAY before the hot pink FRIENDS! Today is the LAST DAY before the hot pink doors to Fearless Art CLOSE for 2021! . If you want to change your relationship with your creativity, if you want to find actual confidence in the art that you create. If you want to join the bestest, most supportive, and encouraging community around, and get real guidance and mentorship to help you move forward on your journey with your art... . ❤ Fearless Art is for YOU. ❤ . Yes, you. . If you aren't calling yourself an artist right now, you will be by the time we are done! AND you will have grown and changed in ways you can't even begin to imagine. . Come on in and JOIN US, friend, for Fearless Art!!! . www.shawnaclingerman.com/fearlessart (or click the link in my bio)

About Shawna

Shawna has 15 plus years experience creating art for major craft companies and you can find her work on the shelves of craft stores world wide!

Her biggest passion is mentoring and teaching creatives how to create from a confident, authentic place! Check out her signature program, “Fearless Art,” where she helps creative souls like you get comfortable in your skin as an artist AND finally give yourself permission to do the work you LOVE.

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