Episode 68 featuring Amanda Anderson: Mental Health and Expression through Art

Amanda and I had a great conversation about the healing aspects of art, and how she used her art to find her way through depression. Amanda and her partner were both part of our summit in February.Over the last four years, Amanda Anderson has worked hard at perfecting and improving her art techniques, her self-care routine, and how to use art to improve her mental health. In 2016 she was admitted on a suicide watch because she was in the depths of a nasty postpartum depression. While admitted, she found a natural love and talent for art. That was the first time she realized she could use art to help her heal.Since then, she’s never stopped painting and drawing. In August 2020, she became a Therapeutic Art Life Coach and is currently completing her bachelor’s degree in Fine Art Education, with the plan to get her master’s in Art Therapy to become a licensed art therapist.Amanda has been fortunate to build a mini business out of her home office, currently just outside of Boise, Idaho. Not only does she get to take her art, her four small kids, and her business all around the world (her husband is in the military), She gets to inspire and teach thousands of budding artists how to use art to navigate overwhelming emotions and hard times. AND she hosts her very own podcast, ‘The Safely Spoken Podcast’ (it's a safe space to talk about real life and real emotions). You can find Amanda here:https://www.sketchedandsealed.com/https://www.instagram.com/sketchedandsealed/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsneNIA4EfsEczdE_HFUXFg/https://www.facebook.com/sketchedandsealedhttps://www.pinterest.com/sketchedsealedTik Tok: Sketched and SealedYou can find your 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/ 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