Rach, Author at Light in my Shadow

Manage PTSD with Mindful Drawing

I’m not saying that mindful drawing can help everyone manage PTSD – I don’t feel it’s right to make that call. This post is about how I learned to manage PTSD. My mindful drawing practice has deactivated every one of my awful symptoms that haunted me for decades, and I absolutely believe these benefits are […]

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Mindful Drawing Can Keep You Out of Prison

This benefit is hard to write because it brings up shame for old me’s actions – but this is not who I am now. My past literally feels like another lifetime to me. My mindful drawing practice is what I fully credit for keeping me out of prison. If my life had played out differently,

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Become an Optimist – Rewire your brain to see potential in everything (even the WORST stuff)

Learning to become an optimist wasn’t a massive shift for me, because I’ve never been a huge pessimist. But my optimism lens got a very obvious upgrade when I rewired my brain through mindful drawing. Now, no matter what negative situation comes up, after the event has sunk in, I can see it from a

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Activate Self-Awareness and Insight (Level-Up with Another Superpower)

When you activate self-awareness and insight, you’ve got your hands on one of the most powerful benefits in the whole goodie bag. In fact, you won’t get far fixing your shit and creating your powerful new reality, without it. When you activate self-awareness you’re no longer are stuck IN the program with no awareness that

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Throat Chakra – Ink – 42cm x 29.7cm

I drew this symbol of the Throat Chakra in 2018 – back when I couldn’t speak my truth. I didn’t know what my truth was. I had no self-confidence to speak bravely. I’m still working on it every day, but compared to where I was I’ve come a hell of a long way. I wasn’t

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Increase Focus and Concentration with Mindful Drawing

When you increase focus and concentration sure you become a smart cookie who’s able to hold a conversation without forgetting what the hell you’re talking about, but it’s also a key to supercharging your entire consciousness. Increased focus and concentration are whopping game-changers. Focus and concentration are the magic duo that press PAUSE on your

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Increase Self-Confidence and Own Your Authenticity

It wasn’t until I was past 40, that I began to increase my self-confidence. Before then I had none. When I found it, I threw off some heavy shackles I’d worn since my teens. For the first time in my life I was able to stand in my own authenticity – regardless of whether people

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Judge People Less – It’s Ugly and Toxic (and we all do it).

Humans are a judgy bunch. I was. I still am. But there’s a difference – these days, I’m conscious of it. Being aware of it means I judge people less, and when that low-vibe bugger sneaks in, it’s fleeting. It’s so easy to get stuck in the habit of judging other people and honestly? I’ll

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Improve Self-Care – Baby Steps Is How You Get There (Keep On Going!)

When you first begin to improve self-care – whether it’s taking up a new habit or stopping an old one – it can be REALLY hard. It’s often starts as one step forwards, and one step back (or two or three steps back if you’re like I was…). But this is still progress because it’s

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Clear Repressed Emotions and Learn How to Manage New Ones

Looking back, it’s painfully obvious I was clogged with old, repressed emotions until my vault couldn’t fit anymore and it just broke. Shit got messy. So these days I’m ultra passionate about feeling emotions as they arise, honouring them and allowing them to move through me. Processing emotions keeps you energetically clear, mentally healthy and

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