Benefits of Using Creative Arts for Wellbeing | Karen Corona
                     BENEFITS OF USING 
CREATIVE ARTS FOR 
WELLBEING AS A 
PARENT
ABOUT US
Ever wonder how your creative expression can benefit you 
emotionally? Creative arts uses visual art expression, music, 
movement, dance, writing, journaling and more as modalities 
for personal healing and transformation. It’s about the process 
not about the product. Children understand this intuitively, 
without consciously realizing what they are achieving. When we 
leave our childhood behind, we often forget how important 
these tools are to keeping the sparks of joy, peace, and 
resilience alive. 
LOWER STRESS
Stress is a part of daily life, and finding healthy ways to 
navigate it is imperative to one’s overall wellbeing. 
Adopting certain rhythms and rituals for the transition 
time between work and home life can be an important 
way to decrease stress. Thus, the act of creating 
through visual arts can produce a sense of calm and 
have a positive effect on a neurobiological level. 
SUPPORTS PROCESSING 
FEELINGS
Expressing your inner landscape of feelings through 
lines, shapes, and colors can be quite cathartic and an 
avenue to process emotions that come up throughout 
your day. In my expressive arts therapy and coaching 
practice, I invite clients to either keep a ‘scribble 
drawing’ journal or adopt art journaling as a means to 
express emotions in a healthy way. 
AIDS IN DEVELOPING NEW 
INSIGHTS
Self-awareness and insight are the precursors to change. 
It starts with a revelatory thought, and this sets the 
groundwork for getting unstuck and altering old patterns 
no longer serve you. Through the visual arts, there is an 
opportunity to externalize the internal. This allows for a 
different angle to be explored and to resolve any 
ambivalence one has about change.  It supports personal 
development and moving closer to becoming emotionally 
unburdened, wherein you may experience more freedom. 
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LOCATION
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United States, Oregon
WEBSITE
www.karencorona.com