Ep 62 featuring Maureen Nadeau: The Healing Journey of Creativity

Maureen mostly works intuitively and is passionate about sharing the process with others so they may know that they have the answers within themselves if they just listen and are willing to go deep. We talked about the healing journey of creativity and how it can help you to open up into your most authentic self.Maureen  is an artist, she has been since a young age when she was growing up in and around alcohol abuse. She turned to coloring, making things out of other things, and being outside as much as possible. It provided her with comfort and a feeling of control where as a child she had very little to none.Maureen grew up and became an alcoholic herself, drinking at a young age, finding comfort in a bottle and other substances was easy and seemed natural. She gave up art and anything to do with it feeling she had no support or resources. Her journey has come full circle, she got sober at 20 and I began to inch her way back towards a creative way of life.At first it was too painful for her to show up in that space but she knew it was the way towards healing. Maureen went to school, got a degree in Art Education and began working with children. She got married, started a family and began raising her daughters who are now 20 & 21. Her family kept her busy for a while but she always turned to her art to help nourish her soul and heal her heart. She also found a great deal of inner wisdom she never knew existed by utilizing imagery and symbols in her work. Maureen mostly works intuitively and is passionate about sharing the process with others so they may know that they have the answers within themselves, if they just listen and are willing to go deep.She started her biz The Soulful Creative and just recently launched her new website! She teaches workshops mostly live, but is moving to online platforms as well.Maureen loves Art Journaling, SoulCollage, Abstract painting, and Expressive Portraits! She is currently writing a book called Full Circle that she is super excited about and hoping to finish by years end!Maureen’s FREE gift:Art Journal class - The Sacred Heart Art Journalinghttps://www.maureennadeau.com/Use code: FREELOVE Maureen can be found here:https://www.maureennadeau.com/https://www.facebook.com/maureennadeauart/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HLuC_XnpkE5onGGrMHS5g https://www.pinterest.ca/moellieclaire/_created/https://www.instagram.com/maureen_nadeau_art/You can find the Creativity Journals on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Larissa-Russell/e/B085N9G2S9?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1615247813&sr=8-2You can find the Host Larissa Russell Here:You can find the host Larissa Russell here:https://www.creativeu.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/CreativeU.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/creativeu.ca/ https://www.pinterest.ca/CreativeUdotca/ Rate our podcast on Podchaser. You can leave a podcast review, and even episode reviews. https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/creative-soul-healing-podcast-1048842