Healing through Creative Art Resources
My hope is that you will find encouragement and help from the many resources listed here to strengthen you for the journey.
Informative Journals and Helps:
AlzAuthors is a wonderful resource for caregivers: Blogs and Websites, Memoirs by those who have gone before us. https://alzauthors.com/Creating Moments of Joy by Jolene Brackey http://enhancedmoments.com/
As My Parents Age, Reflections on Life, Love and Courage by Cynthia Ruchti
God Knows Caregiving Can Pull You Apart by Gretchen Thompson
Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul
Books by Denise M. Brown: The Caregiving Years, Six Stages to a Meaningful
Journey,
After Caregiving Ends, A guide to Beginning Again
Website Communities
Caregiving Warrior, Suzanne White
https://www.caregiverwarrior.com/
Wisdom of the Wounded, Care Well
https://wisdomofthewounded.com/
Alzheimer’s Association
(National): http://www.alz.org/
Healing through Creative Art Resources
Books, Classes, Projects
Read for
pleasure, ideas and inspiration.
1) Drawing From Within by Nick Meglin
1999 (It’s costly now but you might find it used.)
2)The Artist’s Quest for Inspiration 1999 by Peggy Hadden — Find it used at: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=the%20artist%27s%20quest%20for%20inspiration&an=Peggy%20Hadden
Fun YouTube Channels:
Roxy’s Creations: Junk Journaling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpGb3I4Yeuc
&
Joie de fi at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZyeS0eybnk
https://sketchbookskool.com/
https://www.koosjekoene.com/
These online
class links will help you get started & energized:
https://cathyjohnson.info/art-classes/
