Ep. 149 - Art As Healer At Midlife with Creativity and Grief Coach Susie Stonefield

Dr. Fiona Lovely is a longevity, health and wellness expert with specialties in menopause medicine, functional neurology and functional medicine. She is speaking to the topics of women's health around perimenopause and menopause. When Susie Stonefield emailed us and said "I make people cry with art supplies" we knew we had to follow up and ask questions! Susie is a Creativity and Grief Coach, and teaches us how to art journal; using art supplies to help us express the feelings we cannot necessarily put words to. Something she calls "the wordless heart". Susie gives us permission to kindness, to compassion and to treat ourselves gently. Grief is an obstruction, Susie teaches us. And it prevents us from finding balance, and experiencing the lovely parts of life often. We shared our own experiences in this conversation - grief, midlife, holding on tight to keep the wheels on the bus, like so many of you. I know you will find yourself and sweet relief in this beautiful conversation, just like I did. Susie created a gorgeous workbook for us, I loved playing with the exercises within. 🩷 You can download that workbook right here. Find out more about Susie Stonefield on IG @creativity_midwife and her website (she hosts retreats in her NoCal art studio 🎨): unfoldart.com . Thank you to our sponsors for this episode: 💙Just Thrive probiotics and Just Calm Probiotics are like nothing you have tried before! Clinically proven to affect gut health for the better - keeping you calm and building resilience! You can find out more about the Just Calm and Just Thrive Probiotic and Antioxidant here. You can take 20% off your order of these probiotics with the code LOVELY. 🧬 🥬Have you tried AG1? Please visit our product partner page: drinkAG1.com/fionalovely for the BEST all-in-one nutritional supplement out there (and where podcast subscribers get cool free stuff!) 💚 Ways to work with Dr. Lovely: We get many requests for this info, so here it is! Thank you for listening to the podcast. ❤️ Follow Dr. Lovely on IG and tiktok: @drfionalovely Follow the podcast on Facebook: www.facebook.com/@notyourmothersmenopausepodcast There are resources available on our website: www.drlovely.com Please sign up for our newsletter - Fiona's Friday Favourites! This is where we make the first announcements, share course offerings or group coaching, drop new episodes, etc. drlovely.com Finally, a humble request: If you love the podcast, please leave us a review! It helps more people find useful info for a challenging time: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/not-your-mothers-menopause-with-dr-fiona-lovely/id1097326296 Please scroll to the bottom of the page to leave a review. Thank you! 💕🤗