About My Healing Art
My healing art is a deck of Inner Child Healing Cards that I created. The deck evolved out of two drawings that my inner child made during my own healing work. My spirit guides then encouraged me to create a whole deck of cards because there is so much healing energy coming from my art to the viewer. I am also a Reiki Master and this energy is in the deck. The cards picture children from infancy to age 10 in a variety of childhood situations, some happy, some traumatic. The purpose of the deck is to bring old childhood memories to the surface so that they can be looked at again, reevaluated as an adult and processed.
My "Inner Artist" Process
My drawings were created after I asked one of my inner children if she would tell me about an early part of my life that I don’t recall. When I was an infant, my parents got sick and could no longer take care of me so I was left in an institution. I was there until I was four and a half.
I have very little memory of this time, so I asked my child if she could/would tell me anything about our experience then. I invited her to sit on my lap with me at the kitchen table and use pencils and magic markers to make a drawing about that time if she wanted to. She did and surprised me with several very poignant drawings. Every time I look at the drawings I’m able to bring up and release some of the sadness and fear attached to the abandonment I felt as a child. These drawings and others in the deck have been very powerful healing tools for me.
Lessons Learned
- I am very proud of my drawings and card deck. It provides a full range of emotions, from joy to fear to feeling loved and supported. It is not only a valuable healing resource for me; it can be used by anyone. We all have inner children, many of whom are waiting and hoping to hear from us. The cards are direct links to their feelings and provide a way for them to communicate directly with us.
- The deck is also a powerful tool for therapists, 12 step groups, school social workers and oncology support groups.
