Updates, Challenges and a Kit Giveaway

Bad blogger...we've been so busy these last few weeks planning the October 2010 to March 2011 kits and working on our teen/tween curriculum and therapists program! I'm actually blogging from San Diego where I've been meeting and greeting at the American Psychological Association conference...there is so much good stuff out there about the value of art/journaling and healing.



We have an amazing six months of deep, gorgeous and 'a la minute' (sorry, cooking reference) - if you're looking for the best of the best from CHA-Summer 2010, look no further. We've got you covered! Just stick around and we'll continue to bring you the latest and greatest, along with all the inspiration you'll need to explore your heart and soul.



In the meantime, we're doing a giveaway today with our friend Cathy Zielske! Want to win one of the last few DISCOVERY kits available? Click here to go to Cathy's blog and enter to win. Or just come on over and buy yours today...

Here are the first two DISCOVERY challenges using our evocative journaling prompts...everyone is welcome to play along and create, kit or not. We'd LOVE to see your interpretation. You can post your LO in our challenge gallery here. It just takes a moment to sign up, and we'll email you when you can log in.

August Challenge #1, Aha Moment/Suprise Element

Please create a LO about an AHA moment in your life - a moment when you disovered something that had previously been unknown to you and it hit you like a flash.

For the design twist, please include a surprise element - something that pops out, pulls out, appears from nowhere.

August Challenge #2, Avoidance/Separate

Don’t Tell Me: What do you shy away from knowing to protect yourself? Are there difficult truths which you avoid in order to keep feeling good, or to avoid feeling bad? Are these truths about you and who you really are, or about the roles that others play in your life? Are there stories in your family that are kept secret which you choose not to pursue? What do you hide about yourself from others, and why?

All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James Thurber

Please create a LO about something you avoid/have avoided discovering...are there untold truths that you'd just as soon not know?

For the design twist, please separate your photos from the truth - be it your title, or another representation of the thing you avoid.

What will you discover? Join us on the INNER journey.

Love,

Rachel