Episode 38 featuring Christine Karpiak

Christine is a mixed media artist and teacher who seeks wholeness through creative discoveries and expression. Whether Christine performs, gardens, paints, photographs or makes a general mess in her studio, the need to breathe creativity into her life is how she survives life’s hardships and elations.After having finished her Masters, Christine was faced with long term grief from suddenly having lost her sister, after tragically losing her mother only a few years prior, and turned to her art for therapy. She explored a world not only of art and its opportunity to practice new techniques, but she discovered how healing the process of creating art was to the soul. Christine became an expressionist, an explorer, and a storyteller, and felt compelled to inspire and help others who may need guidance expressing their own thoughts and emotions.Christine is a teacher on Wanderlust 2020 and has been published in Brush and Somerset Studio magazines.https://www.chriskarpiak.comhttps://www.instagram.com/christinekarpiakInterview Time Stamps00:57 - Bio02:12 - Can you share some of your story and your path that brought you to where you are now?04:15 - What does healing with creativity mean to you?06:50 - Do you think there's a driving force that inspires you?08:01 - Do you have a past pain that's informed your life purpose?11:00 - What would you say is your favorite creative healing modality for yourself?12:25 - What would you consider is your greatest accomplishment to date?14:28 - If you could change one aspect of our society through your work, what would it be?17:11 - What inspirational advice would you give someone who's struggling?20:10 - Do you have an inspirational quote that sums up your life journey21:53 - Additional SharingYou 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