{"id":28,"date":"2022-12-27T06:57:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T06:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/mindfulmindla_old\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-09-12T07:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:59:50","slug":"background-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/mindfulmindla_old\/background-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Background & Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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From managing stress, to finding your Self, working with Joanna will empower you to create new opportunities to change your life ! <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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J<\/span>oanna is a Teacher, Mentor and Professional Certified Life and Therapeutic Art Coach. She has her MA in Clinical Depth Psychology and BA in Mental Health and Human Services. She is also a former MFT and Behavioral Therapist. She has worked as an Educator (now in her 30th year) and specializes in Experiential Process Work & Expressive Arts – focusing on Human Development & Personal Growth.\u00a0<\/span>She provides \u201cEducation through the Power of Experience,\u201d specializing in Expressive Healing Arts and uses creative methods to help individuals to achieve Self-Help and Personal Growth to Empower and Activate their \u201cSelf\u201d to Create Positive Change in their life!<\/p>

Being a Childhood Cancer survivor has been a major life influence and large contributor to her calling as a helping professional, that also inspired her focus in Expressive Healing Arts as well. Her experience using Art therapeutically, had a profound\u00a0<\/span>impact on her healing and recovery. Growing up, the experiences of individuals such as Anne Frank and Frida Kahlo, resonated with her personally and motivated her professionally as well; motivating her to further understand her own experience and how to use this insight to teach & help others! This interest graduated to intrigue with Carl Jung and Marion Woodman, with their abilities to utilize Expressive Arts for personal Healing & Recovery. \u00a0Engrossed in her quest, she was dedicated in her mission.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\nI am \u00a0a Survivor, yet we all are , everyday,\u00a0in all we do\u00a0–\u00a0either Consciously or Unconsciously… We are Surviving.\u00a0Perceivably my Life Experience; whether Science, Miracle or Magic,… it may be considered\u00a0as a true gift of Insight, or a state of \u00a0Conscious Awareness ? It could be considered\u00a0a lot\u00a0of things,\u00a0and \u00a0in deed It should be considered at that…Yet ,\n\nConsider this; what began as a child’s dream to save the world,\n\ntruly became a Life-Changing Experience for me…\n\nProving in itself, that..\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dreams do come True & Life is what You Make it !<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As a True Life Artist; Joanna has engaged in the use of Art throughout her life, as her own process of Self-help, from journalling and creative writing, to drawing and painting, singing and dancing etc…enjoying the elements of Creative and Expressive Arts helped her to follow her inspiration and creative flow; ultimately as a form of uninhibited Self-Expression. These experiences were instrumental in opening the door to so much more! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Her life experiences inspired her to help others and her goal was clear; to create her own program and business, where she could educate others about her discovery.\u00a0Yet, this was before fields such as Art therapy, Mindfulness or Expressive Arts were mainstreamed concepts in the Health and Wellness Industry; considerably, an innovator in her time, she forged her own road. Through time and dedication, she integrated her ideas and expanded her knowledge into a hand-tailored educational coaching system and program and achieved her dream of starting her own business. \u00a0In a place now, w<\/span>here the world has shifted and people became aware of\u00a0using Art as Therapy and\u00a0conceptually, the often\u00a0trendy\u00a0appeal of Mindfulness, she is an expert and authority in this field, as both an Educator and Coach.\u00a0The fundamentals of her program have been backed up with research and evidence based data, yet provide \u00a0a unique program experience for each individual. It is what she does as a\u00a0strategist, educator and creative, wrapped up in one, that\u00a0is truly inspiring !\u00a0<\/p>

She engages genuinely, providing unbiased and constructive support. She is patient, open and understanding, able to adapt her skills to meet the needs of all individuals. With her specialty in education and development , as well as her clinical training; her coaching & classes are both motivational and constructive, with a creative element that provides both freedom and support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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