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Happy New Year 2025!
Seven years in the making, I can finally say that 2025 will bring the publication of my story Ash and Feather, about a bird-girl and her par
Sharon Frances
Jan 42 min read


Making Art about What Matters to Us
Everyone has a story. Many stories. Often our stories emerge from pain or struggle. Storytelling helps us make sense of a swirl of...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20203 min read


Mothering and Writing through Cancer
This Mother’s Day, I think about all the ordinary women doing extraordinary things for their family and themselves. For me, it is a...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20205 min read


From Isolation to Metamorphosis: Slow Art for Children and Teens
This week, I wrote, “I feel forlorn and unmotivated. I am exhausted by 4pm, left with a defeated world at my feet. I can’t muster...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20204 min read


Light, Dark and Shadow: Living through Art and Drama during COVID-19
I remember the day my hair started falling out. I finished an oncology appointment and was standing outside waiting for my ride. I had...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20205 min read


Anti-racist Parenting and Teaching is Emotional Well-being
“I am a young black man, doing all that I can to stand… I just want to live.” –12 year old Keedron Bryant. I listen to Keedron as a...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20205 min read


Racism Is a Public Health Emergency
Thank you to Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins for this assertion and your leadership in the wake of George Floyd’s...

wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20204 min read
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Read on for ideas to read, write and make art with young people, along with occasional poems to shine light in a difficult world.
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