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I am Isabel Fryszberg, founder of Arts-Based Well-Being, a practice and program to nourish one's capacity for wellness through the arts.
I am an inter-disciplinary professional artist and certified/registered Occupational Therapist, residing in Toronto. I am passionate about innovating healthcare through the arts and have over thirty years of experience developing arts-based programming and online resources for diverse communities, individuals, students and health practitioners.
I have witnessed first-hand how the arts can be transformative and bring out the best in people, especially their sense of vitality and resilience.
I have received requests from others wanting to develop their own self care practice through the arts as a way to discover and bring back their own muse, develop a creative practice and find a new sense of wellness. Tapping into a daily arts practice is liberating and frees you from the barriers that can hold you back.
I am looking forward to supporting you on your creative journey as I provide the tools and resources you need to take your self-care to the next level!
The Arts-Based Creative Self-Care Practice is an 8-week, practical and engaging online program with live art making sessions each week. This program is designed to support you in your arts practice and help free you from your barriers (inner critic/perfectionist/negative self judgement). This is an area that I work on daily and am eager to work with each other in community. I will guide you through the steps needed to learn to nourish your own creativity and support your well-being. No matter how you approach this toolbox, you will find it timely and restorative! The self-care practice will teach you both therapeutic tools and new art making techniques—the best of both worlds!
In this course I provide collaborative hands-on art making webinars/zooms where we meet weekly and create. I will provide a demonstration of how to use different materials and approaches to enrich your practice, including mindful watercolours, mixed media painting, smash booking, and collaborative writing/songwriting.
You will receive interactive modules, pdf worksheets and exercises that you can work on at your own pace. These include downloadable resources, creative activities, guided exercises, reflections, prompts and videos. In addition, you will have the opportunity to schedule a 1-on-1 arts-based coaching session with me to work on your personal art practice.
The toolbox has been developed using key applications from an occupational science and therapy framework, scientific principles and practices that have been thoughtfully integrated with arts and creative-based approaches that are all supported by evidence-based methodology. By enrolling in this course, you are taking the first important step to finding your own authentic path so you can:
• Build creative environments for your own art practice
• Learn how to create a safe space for yourself
• Develop more passionate and mindful practices in your art practice.
• Bring more play and delight into your work and personal life
• Learn how to ‘tenderize’ your inner critic to enable you to create
• Connect with other like-minded creatives working to carve and strengthen their creative practice
• Develop a compassionate approach for your self-care and creative practice
The modules can be completed at your own pace and include a rich resource of materials to guide you through the lessons and beyond.
BE YOUR OWN HERO:
You will find new ways to think about your dreams and begin to put them into action. You will learn and have the support to come up with a realistic approach to develop new vision for your ideas.
COMPASSION & CARE:
Over the years I have come to realize that compassion is central to unleashing one’s own creativity. I will be sharing key work and personal experiences that helped me open up and make room for artistic expression in a transformative way; I will show you how you can integrate this with your own creative practice.
MINDFUL ENGAGEMENT & ENJOYMENT:
I will be sharing evidence of how being engaged in something satisfying can benefit our well-being. I will also provide some fun exercises and prompts that you can experience for yourself.
CREATIVITY THROUGH THE ARTS:
You will be offered a variety of dynamic and accessible step-by-step creative exercises, resources and examples for you to practice and learn from. You can use these techniques to nourish yourself and to apply to your own wellness, art, and work practices.
RESOURCES:
This bonus section is filled with invaluable downloadable resources, creative activities, guided exercises, reflections, prompts and videos. You will also find a list of reading material, podcasts, playlists and more!
SUPPORT:
l will be available to answer all your questions throughout the 8-week session. You can email me with questions or share them during our weekly live sessions. You will also have the opportunity to schedule a 1-on-1 coaching session with me to discuss your personal art-making practice.
ACCESS:
You will have access to all the online lessons for 5 years from your purchase date and lifetime access to the videos and documents you have downloaded.
Arts-based occupational therapy is a way of bringing more play and creativity into your everyday life in order to gain a more restorative life balance.
Recent research indicates that the increase of technology in our lives can cause isolation and loneliness, with predictable negative effects on our health.
A new wave of arts-based research tells a more hopeful story, showing how creative expression in the form of visual arts, music, dance, or writing can generate resilience and new social supports. The emergence of communities based on these shared passions supports the health and well-being of the participants.
This is the essence of an arts-based approach to occupational therapy.
If you have ever felt stuck, have difficulty getting started or become paralyzed by your negative self-talk, this 8-week course will provide the tools to give you the confidence to begin a sustainable creative art practice.
Together we will find simple and effective ways of overcoming resistance, that can impact other areas of your life and provide you with a new sense of resilience and energy.
The course is an 8-week online program with content that you can work through in your own time. The online course material is supported with a live session each week for a total of 8 live sessions. You will also have the opportunity to schedule a 1-on-1 arts-based coaching session with Isabel, to work on your personal art practice.
It's up to you! We will be meeting live each week for 1.5 hours and I encourage you to join us for those sessions. Like anything else, the more you put into the tools, the more you will get out of the program!
You can email me anytime. We will also have 8 live art-making sessions where questions can be raised. I will also be providing 1-to-1 individual coaching sessions for your art-making practice.