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Sharon Frances
Jan 42 min read
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
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wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20203 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...
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wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20205 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...
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wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20204 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...
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wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20205 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...
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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...
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wellbeingsstudio
Nov 5, 20204 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...
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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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