This Monday, June 21st, concluded my second year of teaching middle school art. I can honestly say that I felt every emotion possible this year while teaching through a pandemic both virtually and in person simultaneously. Just as I encourage my students to do, I felt through those emotions and created art to process them. …
Read the full post →“How Practicing Mindfulness Transformed My Art Classroom”
Around this time last year I was substitute teaching, waiting tables, and making strides with my art by expanding my business and brand. In this blog I’m sharing a poem that I wrote titled “The Day I Subbed in Music Class” describing one of my experiences substitute teaching. I’ve felt every emotion possible on this …
I, Shannon Nand, was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. I attended Graduate school in Buffalo, New York. Currently, I live in Florida where I work as an Occupational Therapist. I have an insatiable thirst for travel, interior design, learning, (especially in the areas of cultural anthropology, world history, marketing, branding, and personal development) and a new found interest in cooking …
Read the full post →“Self-Healing Rheumatoid Arthritis, Shannon’s Story”
Whenever I would hear someone say anything about detoxing, I would automatically assume that they were referring to a physical detox. They probably were talking about flushing their bodies of toxins by using detox tea, sweating, or whatever their preferred method may have been at the time. While those methods may have produced desired results, …
Somewhere in my childhood I adopted the belief that meditation was something mystical and that I should probably stay away from it. Maybe it was my vivid imagination, growing up in churches with strict rules, things I saw on TV, or a combination of the three. Whatever the reason was, I am so glad that I ditched this belief …
The most important human relationship is the one that we have with ourselves.
I grew up believing that mental illness and mental disorders only looked like straight jackets, prescription pills, and psychiatric hospitals, or the “crazy house” as those around me would say. This was partially due to images depicted on television. Another reason being the environment that I grew up in and seeing my family members suffer …
Featured Painting: “Panic” Poetry: “Paranoia” Everyone’s out to get me Everyone’s watching me Everyone’s waiting to see What I’ll do next Everyone’s thinking about me Including my ex Everyone is mad at me Everyone points the blame Everyone doubts I’m sane Corinthian Elizabeth “All Gifts in Love” The Book of Corinthian
Featured Painting: “Fears” Poetry: “Dead End” Where did this desire to control come from? When did my ego come and take over? How could I get big headed And forget my Source? Why am I talking so much That I can’t hear my voice? Corinthian Elizabeth “All Gifts in Love”, The Book of Corinthian
