The Tiny-but-Powerful Secret to Easing Mom Overwhelm That No One Told You About

Tanya Valentine
Jun 3
21 min read

Updated: Jun 4

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If motherhood has you feeling frazzled, scattered, or stuck in survival mode—this episode is your 5-minute permission slip to breathe, reset, and actually feel a little better.

I’m joined by Ginny Bracht—artist, geologist, and mom in a beautifully neurodiverse family—who discovered the power of a tiny, doable art practice during one of the hardest seasons of her life.

Ginny found a way to quiet her mind, regulate her nervous system, and reconnect with herself. And now, she’s sharing this beautiful, accessible self-care tool with other overwhelmed moms—no artistic talent required.

In this episode, we cover:

Why it’s not about the product—it’s about the process
How just 5 minutes a day can shift your mood and calm your nervous system
What this practice looks like with zero supplies and zero experience
How Ginny used art to get through a tough season of parenting
The biggest mindset blocks that hold moms back—and how to get past them

Whether you’re deep in the trenches of motherhood or just need a new way to reset your mind, this episode is full of gentle encouragement, practical tips, and creative calm.

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Transcript

Hey mama! Before we dive in, just a quick favor—if you’ve been loving The Mom-entum Podcast, it would mean the world to me if you’d subscribe, leave a quick rating or review, or share this episode with a friend who could use a little peace in her day. It’s one of the best ways to support the show and help other moms find their footing in the chaos too. 💛

Okay—deep breath in… and out.

Because today’s episode is basically a reset in podcast form. I’m chatting with Ginny Bracht—an artist, geologist, and mom in a beautifully neurodiverse family—who found a powerful, creative way to calm her mind during one of the hardest seasons of her motherhood journey.

We’re talking about tiny, doable art practices that can help you feel more grounded—even if you’re not an “artist,” even if you only have 5 minutes, and even if your brain is running in a hundred directions.

Ginny started this during the pandemic when her kids were just 3 and 5. It’s simple, calming, and something anyone can do—with nothing more than a pen and maybe the back of a cereal box. 🙃

In this episode, we talk about:

Why it’s about the process, not the product
What this looks like when you have no time and no art supplies
How this practice helps your nervous system regulate and reset
And why 5 minutes really can make a difference in your mental well-being

If you’re feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or stuck in fight-or-flight mode, this episode will help you find a little more calm—right in the middle of the mess.

Let’s dive in.

Tanya: Welcome to the show. Jenny, welcome to the momentum. Podcast. Thank you so much for coming on.

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Ginny: Thank you for having me. It's great to be here.

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Tanya: Yeah. So I introduced you prior to this. But I want you to start with your story from your point of view, and I want to just talk about how you discovered this art practice and how you figured out it could support your mental health and well-being as a mom.

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Ginny: Yeah. So I would say, I've always been an artist.

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Ginny: and part of that. There's always been kind of an innate knowing that art helps.

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Ginny: whether it's crocheting to help pay attention in philosophy class, or just feeling better as a human. After I spend some time creating some pottery.

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Ginny: but a big shift into specifically using art for well-being.

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Ginny: happened in 2020 with the Covid lockdown pivotal time for a lot of us.

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Tanya: Okay.

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Ginny: I I knew that doing something consistent and intentionally, regularly would would help

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Ginny: I didn't know exactly what help meant, but so I started every day. I was doing these 4 by 4 squares. It was drawing some intricate doodles, some watercolor, and I was doing one a day for a while

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Ginny: and and that was helpful.

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Ginny: but also because we had 2 young kids and.

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Tanya: How old were your kids?

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Ginny: At that time they were.

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Ginny: say, 3 and 5 or 4, and they were both in preschool. My oldest started kindergarten in the fall of 2020. So that was fun.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Tanya: Oh.

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Ginny: So the the 2 young kids at home, plus trying to work remotely for both of us, and then no

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Ginny: external help with the kids.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Ginny: So it it was a lot, so I was. Usually

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Ginny: I would do these drawings in the evening after they'd gone to bed, and you know bedtime isn't always

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Ginny: You go to bed, and that's it.

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Ginny: There there was definitely the in and out and up and down.

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Ginny: so I often end up staying up a little too late, or a lot too late to finish

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Ginny: so, on the one hand, I had this practice, which which was helpful for for just getting this regular reset each day. But there was also sleep, deprivation, and just a whole massive load of responsibilities.

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Ginny: And then, later that year I ended up joining a program for parents of out of the box kids. And some of the early stuff in that program was around self care

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Ginny: and being that it was targeted for parents of out of the box kids, there was no assumption that we had.

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Tanya: Can you.

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Ginny: Of time.

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Tanya: Can I pause that for a second because I don't know what out of the box Kit.

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Ginny: Oh, so it's more of a generic term. Most of the kids, most of the parents in that program. The kids are neurodivergent in some way or another. But there were also kids who didn't specifically have a diagnosis. But just

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Ginny: all of your typical advice was not working

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Tanya: Okay. Okay.

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Ginny: Yeah, and that that's kind of how they described it. So it it's more of a catch. All okay.

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Tanya: Sorry.

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Ginny: Way, yeah, yeah, so.

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Tanya: Sorry to interrupt. I just didn't know what that meant, and I I'm probably not the only one.

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Ginny: Yeah, definitely.

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Ginny: so, yeah, there were some early modules focusing on self-care, and how to actually make it work. And I kind of had an Aha moment about the art that I was doing.

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Ginny: And I made a critical tweak. It was a tiny shift, made a huge difference that so, instead of having the pressure to

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Ginny: finish a beautiful piece of artwork every day, I could find a discrete amount of time that I had

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Ginny: set the environment.

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Ginny: Doodle for a few minutes.

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Ginny: and then and still get that little calm reset, but without the added sleep, deprivation, or the pressure of what the final product was. So that that's really where this this all started for me.

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Tanya: I love that, and you had mentioned that this practice that you do requires no skill, so can you explain, like exactly what it looks like?

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Ginny: Yeah. And because when you're thinking about art for well-being.

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Ginny: approaching it specifically from that, it's the

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Ginny: it's about the process and not the product.

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Tanya: Aye.

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Ginny: So

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Ginny: all you really need is something to draw on and something to draw with, and that can be as simple. One example I like to use is like a gel pen and the back of a cereal box.

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Ginny: Those are things most of us have.

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Tanya: Perfect.

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Ginny: And you know, if he's if you can get a little calm music in there.

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Ginny: and then you draw a really simple, repetitive pattern, like one that I've used not infrequently. It's just little dashes like tally marks. So you don't. You don't have to be an artist

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Ginny: to to do that is, it's very much about

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Ginny: the actual actions and what your body is doing.

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Ginny: and it does not matter what it looks like in the end.

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Tanya: Okay.

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Tanya: yeah, because I can just see like somebody like me, like, I don't really feel like, I'm artistic in that way, like creating something like my sick figures are horrible, so I feel like that would be very. But I do believe in the value, and like how it can improve your mental health.

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Tanya: Creating something like that.

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Tanya: So you say, just like the act of just like sitting down.

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Tanya: creating the calm environment, having something to draw with something to draw on. And it can just like just not getting too

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Tanya: concerned with, like the act, the end product. It's just the act of

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Tanya: just doing it, just putting pen or whatever writing utensil you have to paper.

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Ginny: Absolutely.

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Tanya: Seeing what happens. Okay, awesome. So if moms feel like they don't have time for anything extra.

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Tanya: how does this kind of creative practice realistically fit into the chaos of daily life with kids.

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Ginny: Yeah. And I think you probably got from my story that I absolutely get having no extra time. And you know, you get people saying, like, we all have the same 24 h, and I kind of get where they're coming from. But at the same time it

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Ginny: it dismisses and ignores how wildly different the demands on our time can be.

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Ginny: And and that's why this is really intentionally like a 5 min or 5 to 10 min practice

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Ginny: for me. It's part of a morning routine that I've built and didn't used to be a morning routine person, but it's.

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Tanya: No, I really that.

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Ginny: I mean that.

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Tanya: Starting your day with.

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Tanya: Thing that. Yeah, I totally. I am

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Tanya: so with you on that, like I have the same thing like I have to start my day like doing something

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Tanya: for me, and something that can be my win for the day, if nothing else.

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Tanya: Yeah, that's awesome. And.

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Ginny: And then.

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Tanya: But.

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Tanya: Go ahead!

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Ginny: Oh, I was gonna say, then, for other

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Ginny: other folks is the mornings don't work for everyone. Some kids get up.

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Tanya: Right, true.

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Ginny: Before you, no matter what time you get up.

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Tanya: Yeah. Well, and then there are the people that work midnights, too. Like, right? That's right.

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Tanya: Possible for them. Yeah.

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Ginny: Yeah. So there, there's like 3 ways of looking for time that I like to think about like a time swap

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Ginny: where maybe you can spend 5 min doodling instead of doom scrolling on your phone.

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Tanya: Yeah, yeah.

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Ginny: Or.

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Tanya: That way. Better.

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Ginny: Yeah.

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Tanya: For you. Yeah.

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Ginny: Yeah, or adding 5 min to something you're already doing. Like if you if you're able to go to the grocery store for by yourself. Maybe you can sit for 5 min in the car.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Ginny: Or finding a pocket of unused time like waiting in the school pickup line.

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Tanya: I was just thinking of that you were reading my mind.

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Tanya: There's so many little pockets of time everywhere. I mean, today. I actually I was driving. My daughter had an award ceremony at her school, and I had just dropped off my kids to my in laws. And I was like, okay, I have enough time to stop for gas. And then I was like, I'm gonna be really early. Let me

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Tanya: car wash. And I'm like, Okay, I'm in the car wash. Here's my pocket of time to like. Go through my emails.

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Ginny: Yeah.

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Tanya: But there's yeah. They're everywhere. If you train your mind to look for them right right.

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Ginny: And if you only need 5 min, if you don't need.

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Tanya: Yeah, even.

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Ginny: Minutes can feel like too much.

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Tanya: Yeah, I love that just 5 min of your time.

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Tanya: Yeah. And really.

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Tanya: they make a huge difference. So what are some of the biggest mindset blocks. You see, that prevent moms from allowing themselves to try something like this.

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Ginny: Yeah. So we've talked about like 2 huge ones are. I'm not an artist, and I don't have time. And

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Ginny: I think another big assumption is that 5 min doesn't make a difference.

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Tanya: So can you explain why 5 min does make a difference? Because I believe it. I believe it does.

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Ginny: Right. If it's part of your regular routine and practice, it is a it's a daily signal to your brain that you're taking care of yourself.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Ginny: It helps your teach your brain that you're safe. It's

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Ginny: and it gives you a daily opportunity to just dip a little bit into that flow state where there's like this brain body connection that helps your body physically process stress.

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Ginny: And because it is so small you can also use it as a little reset like. If if you have a really stressful

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Ginny: something really stressful happens in your day afterwards, you can

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Ginny: sit for 5 min, do a doodle help again. Send your brain those signals that you're safe

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Ginny: and get that set and refresh. And it's not instant magic like you do this once you're not necessarily immediately going to feel

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Ginny: amazing and better. But it's it's that that consistency in the habit.

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Tanya: Yeah. And I would think it would like, shift your focus, too. And I love this as an alternative to like having a glass of wine to take the edge.

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Tanya: Like. I truly believe that 5 min of like shifting your focus to like doing this little art practice like doing a little doodle like

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Tanya: if somebody were to like track this like, write down how they were feeling real quick before.

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Tanya: how they feel after the 5 min I'm sure that they would notice a difference. Don't you think.

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Ginny: Well, absolutely, and thinking back to when you can find time. If you take 5 min right when you go to bed.

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Ginny: That's an easy place to add in time, and then it helps

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Ginny: helps. Calm your mind and still you, and get get you ready to sleep.

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Tanya: It might make a difference in in being able to fall asleep, too.

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Tanya: Yeah, yeah, that's awesome.

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Tanya: So you've experienced the mental health benefits firsthand. Can you describe how this practice helped you emotionally or mentally during the tough seasons.

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Ginny: Yeah. So we already talked about the Covid lockdowns. And that was a big.

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Ginny: tough season. About a year and a half ago fall of 2023. Both of my kids were different reasons, having massive school struggles. And it was

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Ginny: it was really stressful, it was really unpredictable.

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Ginny: I had to constantly have my phone on me, because there could be that an emergency call from school at any time. And so I was in constant

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Ginny: on edge fight, flight, freeze mode.

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Ginny: and logically we were working on stuff. We were getting supports into place. There were there were teachers and therapists, and

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Ginny: and then someone would ask me like a really tough question like, Hey, how you doing. And I I would just break down. It was such a hard

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Ginny: And with the reminder then to that creating art regularly really does help teach your brain we're safe.

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Ginny: There's no bear, it's not.

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Ginny: There's yeah, it. It really was not instant magic.

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Ginny: But it did help

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Ginny: process those those stress hormones and the adrenaline. Those are like physical things happening in your body. So even if your brain knows logically what's going on.

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Ginny: Your body doesn't always believe it.

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Tanya: Right, yeah.

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Ginny: And yeah, so having having this kind of reset really

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Ginny: really helped bring me out of that constant fight, flight freeze. And

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Ginny: so we were able to work to work through the struggles, and

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Ginny: the kids are wrapping up their school years this week, and it has been such a good year for both of them. They're doing so well right now.

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Tanya: Oh, that's so good to hear. I'm curious. Do they do something like this, too?

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Tanya: Are they artistic?

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Ginny: One of the they. They both draw a lot in very different ways. I I should more intentionally

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Ginny: try and do something like this with them.

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Tanya: It. I mean, you don't wanna shit on yourself. But

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Tanya: yeah, I could just yeah, it really is. It's so therapeutic, like, I know, like my one, my oldest daughter she loves to color, and I just know, like even those more because I have a 7, a 5 year old and a 2 year old, and they can fight well. The older 2 can fight, and you know they throw tantrums and stuff, and one of like the ways out for me like instead of

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Tanya: you know, you'll go the go to like, do you want a snack, or want to watch TV like one of the big ones is like, how about we color.

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Ginny: Oh, that's great!

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Tanya: Yeah. And it definitely. You know, they have to be open to it, like, not in the Red Zone, but it definitely helps.

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Ginny: Year old he loves to draw, and 1 1 thing

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Ginny: he really likes to do is we call it chain pictures, where we set a timer, and each of us draws for like 5 min, and then we switch papers.

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Tanya: Can you imagine?

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Tanya: Add on to the other.

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Ginny: And then we add on to the other person.

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Tanya: That's so cute. Oh, my God! I think I'll try and do this with my daughter Lucia. She would love that.

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Ginny: It's so much fun.

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Tanya: That's such a cute idea.

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Tanya: I love that. That's something I want to try. Okay, so can you share a few simple ways? Someone could start a tiny art practice today, even if they don't have any supplies or feel creative at all.

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Ginny: Yeah. So the basics of what I teach it's a super simple steps is 1st of all, identify your 5 min block of time.

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Tanya: Okay.

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Ginny: And then find anything to write on and write with so highlighter crayons, pencil.

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Ginny: printer, paper, junk, mail anything.

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Ginny: I.

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Ginny: And one thing you can search Youtube

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Ginny: and a timer with calming music or peaceful music or relaxing music and start that.

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Ginny: And then just doodle a really simple repetitive pattern for the duration of the timer, so that could be like little dashes, series of spirals.

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Ginny: rows of little tiny squares, some freehand, squiggly lines.

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Tanya: When I was younger. I do like the figure eights.

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Ginny: Yeah.

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Tanya: Seriously.

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Tanya: Like that infinity sign, you know.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Ginny: Something like that would be great.

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Tanya: Yeah, yeah.

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Tanya: okay, cool. So I know you're starting to support others in doing something like this. So can you explain, what does that look like? Are you offering workshops, courses, or community spaces at all?

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Ginny: Yeah. So I'm I'm at the early stages of working to support folks. So what I have right now I have a free

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Ginny: get started. Guide that that it goes through the exact process that we just described, and also has some

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Ginny: pictures of examples of Doodles. And then with that you also get on my email list. Which?

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Ginny: I'm.

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Ginny: It's it's practical.

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Ginny: We get approximately weekly emails.

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Tanya: Okay.

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Ginny: To build on that foundation provide encouragement, support, answer questions, and then that'll that'll be where upcoming opportunities will also be shared. I'm hoping to do. I'm planning to do a free art for wellbeing workshop in the fall. We did one in the spring, and it was really

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Ginny: it was so much fun.

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Tanya: Is, that in person or virtual.

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Ginny: No, it's it'll be virtual.

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Tanya: Okay, okay? So you'll share that through email, and possibly on social media, too.

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Ginny: Yes, so I have a link for wait list for that, and I'll make sure you have that so you can share it in the show notes with your listeners, or however you like to share.

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Tanya: Yeah, that's where it will be.

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Ginny: Yeah. So the wait list will also get the

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Ginny: that that free guide. And then the email.

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Ginny: And I do, I am thinking in the hopefully, not too distant future that I'd love to build a community for

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Ginny: folks who want that mutual support and accountability encouragement. So I'm really excited about that idea.

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Ginny: I'm I'm hoping within the next 6 months to a year, you know, got kids and a job. So I'm taking baby steps at a time.

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Tanya: Get that. I get that, and I'm right there. I'm right there with you. I'm right there with you, but I love you have a vision, and I love it one step at a time. All right. So everybody be on the lookout for that.

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Tanya: And I want to know. So if somebody is feeling inspired, but is still hesitant, what's 1 small small action that you'd encourage her to take today to begin nurturing herself creatively.

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Ginny: Yeah. So I love breaking things down into teeny, tiny baby steps. It is how I can actually get stuff.

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Tanya: Started.

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Ginny: Yeah. The very 1st baby step I would do is just find that

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Ginny: on Youtube search for that 5 min timer with calming music.

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Tanya: Perfect.

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Ginny: Sit with it slow your breathing.

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Ginny: close your eyes and listen to it.

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Ginny: Just that.

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Tanya: Okay.

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Ginny: And I like that step for 2 reasons.

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Tanya: So.

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Ginny: One is that it is a little bit of a calm reset. It gives you that moment to yourself.

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Tanya: Yeah.

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Ginny: And the other is that it shows you that you have those 5 min.

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Tanya: Yes.

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Ginny: So that's that's the 1st baby step.

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Tanya: Okay, I love that. Actually, do you have

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Tanya: like something specific that you like to listen to on Youtube like, is there a specific channel, or

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Tanya: thanks for that.

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Ginny: So I actually have in my music on my phone. There is a I think it's actually a 7 min

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Ginny: song that I had downloaded years ago. So that's usually what I listen to. But there are a number of

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Ginny: a number of options that'll pop up. Some of them have, like

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Ginny: the beach waves and ambient sound. Nature sounds so the 1st one that you find might not be the best one for you.

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Tanya: There's probably so many.

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Ginny: There's so many.

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Tanya: Yeah, okay, just look for something coming coming.

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Ginny: We have right?

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Tanya: Awesome. All right, Jenny. Well, can you share how listeners can connect with you and also, if you have the URL for the link. Share it here, and if not, no worries everybody. Just go over to the show notes and I'll have it there.

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Ginny: Yes, so yeah, my email list is the best way to connect with me right now that URL for the wait list. It's jennybrock.com forward slash index dot php, forward, slash waitlist! Haven't figured out yet how to get that index dot php out of the Urls, but.

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Tanya: Okay, I might be able to help you with that. Actually, after we record this, we'll talk about that.

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Ginny: Go ahead.

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Ginny: I was. Gonna say, also, you could send me an email directly, Jenny Brock, art@ginnybrock.com, and I can send the link to, and Ginny Brock is GINN, y

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Ginny: BRAC, HT.

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Tanya: Perfect, awesome, all right, everybody. Well, my, our homework for you today is to take that 1st step.

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Tanya: and I would just add to that I think it would be. I would. I think it would make such a huge difference if you took just like a couple of seconds to write down

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Tanya: how you're feeling before.

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Tanya: Then find whatever music that you want to listen to. Set a timer for 5 min, just relax, focus on listening to the music, taking deep breaths, and then, once that timer shuts off tune into your body and write down how you feel afterwards, and I know with all my being that the emotions that you're going to feel after that 5 min you take to yourself.

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Tanya: It's it's going to be more positive

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Tanya: versus the emotion that you feel prior to.

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Tanya: And you're just creating evidence for yourself that you do have 5 min to take care of yourself, and that it does actually make a difference on how you feel, and then that is going to have a ripple effect on everything else in your world. Because think of how you interact with your family, your friends, how you respond to stressful situations when you're in a higher, vibrational, more positive mood and energy.

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Tanya: So yes, I, Jenny, thank you again. So much for coming on and sharing thanks for having me.

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Tanya: I'm so excited for everybody to listen to this episode, and please share your feedback with both Jenny and I. We'd love to hear what you think. And again, thank you so much, Jenny, for coming on, and thank you everybody for listening. I will talk to you next week. Bye, bye.

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Ginny: Bye.

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