04/06/2026
Watch me regulate using creative techniques 🎨
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I had a longer lunch break recently, so I took some time to slow down & use creativity to help calm & regulate my nervous system.
✨ I started by painting a line as I breathed in & a line on the opposite side as I breathed out, gradually encouraging my breaths to become a little longer and bringing my attention back to the present moment.
✨I then moved on to drawing with a pebble, allowing the pebble to choose the direction my pen moved in.
✨Afterwards, I water-coloured the different shapes that had appeared on the page before finishing by
✨Painting colours across the whole page.
There was no right or wrong. I painted outside the lines, I accidentally lifted my pen off the page, & none of it mattered. This wasn’t about creating something perfect and it wasn’t even about the picture on the page.
It was about giving my mind & body space to slow down & how I felt while creating it.
Creative activities like these can help bring us into the present moment, reduce stress, encourage self-expression, support emotional regulation and provide a gentle way of calming the nervous system.
Research suggests that engaging in creative activities can lower stress levels, improve mood and support overall wellbeing. Sometimes it isn’t about what you create, but the process of creating itself.🎨
Do you have a creative activity that helps you reset during the day?
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