The Mindful Artist

February 24, 2026

Acceptance Doesn't Mean Giving Up

Do you ever wake up and you’re already tired of your own thoughts? That’s what insomnia feels like. Insomnia isn’t just NOT sleeping. It’s lying aw...

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February 10, 2026

Self-Love is Medicine for Self-Hate

The hardest relationship I’ve ever had is the one I have with myself. It’s been a lifelong love/hate story. As a kid, I was confident. Sometimes… ...

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January 27, 2026

Let in the Silence

The first thing winter does is not get colder. It gets quieter. The snow blankets the earth in stillness. And most of us don’t know what to do in t...

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January 13, 2026

Can Guilt Kill You?

Hello my friend, and happy 2026! I hope you had a restful, magical holiday, full of love, laughter and food! I’m so glad to be back in my studio,...

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December 09, 2025

December is the Month of Magic

It’s the season of magic, and I don’t mean magic like spells and wands. I mean the kind you can feel in the air when the year starts to tilt tow...

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November 25, 2025

The Emotion I've Been Afraid to Face

Anger: The Emotion I’ve Been Afraid to Face Anger has a bad reputation. It’s the feeling we’re told to calm down, hide, or manage. But what if an...

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November 11, 2025

Where Does Grief Go?

Grief is love with nowhere to go. And there’s more than one kind of grief. You can grieve more than a person who has passed. You can grieve the lif...

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October 28, 2025

Finding Joy

This week, we're talking about Joy. Be honest, has joy been hard for you to find? Have you spent years treating joy like a reward you had to earn...

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October 14, 2025

When Sadness Visits

If you’re reading this, maybe you’ve felt it lately—the thick ache of sadness. The kind of sadness that comes quietly, settles in somewhere unde...

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September 30, 2025

How to Make Friends With Your Thoughts

Dear friend, I've been thinking about the relationship we have with our own minds—how sometimes our thoughts feel like unwelcome visitors who nev...

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June 19, 2025

Make a Wish

When we think about wishes, we think about what we don’t have. What’s missing. What we’re still longing for. But lately, I’ve been thinking about a...

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June 05, 2025

The Bittersweet Truth About Growing Older

My biggest fear is growing older. And death. I think about it almost every day. The fear got louder after I turned 40. I’m 45 now. And some days, ...

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May 20, 2025

Do You Smell That?

Do you smell that? Spring is in the air. It smells like grass, hope and... AHCHOOOO! Sorry. As much as I love the scent of grass, I’m also allergic...

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April 24, 2025

For the Days You've Lost Hope in Hope

If I’m being honest, the past five years have felt like one long ache. Really hard. Grief that rattles the bones. Anger that simmers beneath the...

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April 08, 2025

I Disappeared...Here's Why

I didn’t mean to disappear. But sometimes, life has other plans. The truth is, I was burnt out. Not the kind where a nap fixes everything—but the...

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December 17, 2024

The Art of Rest

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to just stop? To put everything down and say, “That’s enough for today.” I struggle with this constantly. Th...

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December 03, 2024

The Art of Wintering ❄️

I used to dread winter. The grey days, the biting cold, the endless layers of clothing—it all felt so heavy. The season would settle over me like...

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November 19, 2024

The Many Faces of Stress

The Many Faces of Stress: How It Shows Up and What It’s Trying to Teach Us (Whether We Like It or Not) I’ve been dealing with stress and anxiety ...

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November 05, 2024

Why is There an "If" in Life?

Why is there an “if” in Life? Because life isn’t a straight road, but a winding path, full of twists, turns, and questions. The “if” is where we...

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October 22, 2024

Learning to Love Yourself

I’ll be honest: self-love has never come easily to me. The self hate started in my twenties. Ironically, I had more confidence as a teenager. But...

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October 08, 2024

It's Okay to Cry

I’ve always been the kind of person who feels everything deeply. Whether it’s joy, sadness, anger, anxiety -  my emotions run close to the surf...

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September 24, 2024

Inside the Studio - My Creative Process

I’m so excited to share some behind-the-scenes magic from my latest book, Ruthie Rose’s Big Idea, written by the incredibly talented John Schu. ...

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September 10, 2024

The Power of Play

This summer has been a journey of healing and rediscovery for me. After months of battling creative burnout, I found myself lost, struggling to rec...

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August 27, 2024

Our Flaws Make Us, Us

For much of my life, I believed that flaws were something to hide or fix. Whether it was in my art, my relationships, or how I saw myself, I fel...

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August 13, 2024

Embracing the Art of Letting Go 🍂

As August gently fades and September whispers its arrival, I find myself inspired by nature’s rhythm. The leaves will soon begin to fall, and t...

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July 30, 2024

Healing From Burnout

I've reached a point where the burnout feels deep. Deep down to my very bones. Every part of me aches, including my mind. I’ve been running on ...

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July 16, 2024

The Healing Power of Nature

The Healing Power of Nature This week's newsletter is a bit shorter than usual because I've been struggling with burnout for a few months. My crea...

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July 02, 2024

Facing Your Fears

Fear is a powerful emotion that has had a big impact on my life. My biggest fear is death. This fear became overwhelming during the COVID-19 lockd...

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