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Gioia

The Art of Positive Emotions

Gioia–Nesting Eggs March of 2014, Creative Wellbeing Workshops is celebrating the completion of co-founder Gioia Chilton’s Ph.D. studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Gioia was the first student accepted into Drexel’s new doctoral program in Creative Arts Therapies and now

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Gioia

Love is a Vital Nutrient

Rebecca-Twins Not only is love wonderful to both give and receive, but it also improves physical health. That’s part of why we have been using Love-Kindness Meditation (LKM) in our workshops. We follow that up with response art, such as

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Gioia

That’s My Motto!

Gioia–We Are Loved Beyond Our Ability to Comprehend The other day, while Rebecca was sharing with Gioia doubts about buying a new home, Gioia was reminded of a time when she was about 23 years old, struggling with making the

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Rebecca Wilkinson, ATR-BC, LCPAT

Arsenal, Fountain, Toolbox, Kit?

Rebecca–The Project We’ve been struggling over the best metaphor describe the collection of strategies that we use to feel renewed and revitalized.  This dilemma arose after we read one of Lisa Sonora-Beam’s newsletters where she quotes Jason Bourne (from Robert

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Rebecca Wilkinson, ATR-BC, LCPAT

Downward Comparisons

Whether you’re in the Mid-Atlantic East Coast or somewhere else, you likely know that things have been very stressful in DC over the last couple of months. We had two harrowing shootings. The government furlough has created an insidious sense

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