Harvesting Clarity: Cultivating Self-Acceptance & Purpose Heading into 2025
New year vision boarding with a twist! Join us for a special workshop designed to help you move into the new year with clarity by blending art and writing. No art or writing experience necessary.
This hands on workshop will help you reflect on the lessons of the past year(s) and intentionally identify what you wish to carry forward. Through transformative exercises, we'll focus on self-acceptance, gaining clarity, and setting purposeful intentions for the new year!
Through art and writing prompts, we will:
Reflect on personal growth and challenges
Zero in on your personal "Word of the Year"
Explore what actions and mindset shifts will help you reach your vision
This unique twist on traditional vision boarding will not only focus on the images and ideas of what you desire but emphasize how you want to feel and the steps needed to manifest those feelings into tangible outcomes. Prepare to leave with a renewed sense of groundedness, clarity, and purpose as we step into the new year with aligned intentions.
Who this workshop is for: This workshop is for people who identify as women who want to use art and writing as tools for setting intentions. This workshop is open to those with cancer experience but it’s not a requirement. It is also open to your favorite female identifying companion - so invite your best friend, mother, sister, aunt, and so forth to register, too!
No writing or art experience necessary. All skill and experience levels are welcome. The purpose of this workshop is to discover new ways of dialoguing with yourself for vision and clarity moving forward.
This workshop is for you if you…
Identify as female.
Don’t think of yourself as a writer, artist, or are sure of what you want for 2025.
Are eager to explore art and writing as tools for manifesting intentions.
Enjoy interactive, hands-on experiences that focus on emotional and spiritual well-being.
Are ready to embrace a grounded, purposeful mindset for 2025.
Have experienced a cancer diagnosis or you are comfortable being in settings where people have a lived experience with cancer.
This workshop may not be for you if…
You already have a strong plan for 2025.
You already have a ritual for how you like to kick off the new year… aka what we’re teaching might not be for you, and that’s ok!
Money’s tight right now. (Register for our freebie on December 31st!)
How does it work?
Participate in guided writing exercises led by April Stearns of Wildfire Magazine and guided art therapy experiential with Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC.
You will bring your own writing and art supplies (suggested supplies listed below). Nothing fancy required, think of it like raiding a kid’s art box.
Engage in a supportive and encouraging environment where you can share and be inspired by others. During the workshop, you’ll have the chance to connect in dyads and with the group at large, so that you can feel connected and learn from one another.
At the end of 90 minutes, you’ll have creations and clarity that reflect your intentions for 2025, which can serve as a touch point throughout the year.
The workshop will be hosted online via Zoom. While not required, headphones with a mic are encouraged.
Materials Needed:
Sketchbook and basic art supplies (paper, paints, markers, etc.), collage materials, etc. Detailed supply list to be sent with confirmation email.
Whatever writing tool you prefer for long form writing, like journal, laptop, etc. for reflections and notes.
Price & Dates:
January 11, 2025 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST (2 hours, 15 minutes)
Cost:
Early rate: $49
After January 3rd: $59
New year vision boarding with a twist! Join us for a special workshop designed to help you move into the new year with clarity by blending art and writing. No art or writing experience necessary.
This hands on workshop will help you reflect on the lessons of the past year(s) and intentionally identify what you wish to carry forward. Through transformative exercises, we'll focus on self-acceptance, gaining clarity, and setting purposeful intentions for the new year!
Through art and writing prompts, we will:
Reflect on personal growth and challenges
Zero in on your personal "Word of the Year"
Explore what actions and mindset shifts will help you reach your vision
This unique twist on traditional vision boarding will not only focus on the images and ideas of what you desire but emphasize how you want to feel and the steps needed to manifest those feelings into tangible outcomes. Prepare to leave with a renewed sense of groundedness, clarity, and purpose as we step into the new year with aligned intentions.
Who this workshop is for: This workshop is for people who identify as women who want to use art and writing as tools for setting intentions. This workshop is open to those with cancer experience but it’s not a requirement. It is also open to your favorite female identifying companion - so invite your best friend, mother, sister, aunt, and so forth to register, too!
No writing or art experience necessary. All skill and experience levels are welcome. The purpose of this workshop is to discover new ways of dialoguing with yourself for vision and clarity moving forward.
This workshop is for you if you…
Identify as female.
Don’t think of yourself as a writer, artist, or are sure of what you want for 2025.
Are eager to explore art and writing as tools for manifesting intentions.
Enjoy interactive, hands-on experiences that focus on emotional and spiritual well-being.
Are ready to embrace a grounded, purposeful mindset for 2025.
Have experienced a cancer diagnosis or you are comfortable being in settings where people have a lived experience with cancer.
This workshop may not be for you if…
You already have a strong plan for 2025.
You already have a ritual for how you like to kick off the new year… aka what we’re teaching might not be for you, and that’s ok!
Money’s tight right now. (Register for our freebie on December 31st!)
How does it work?
Participate in guided writing exercises led by April Stearns of Wildfire Magazine and guided art therapy experiential with Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC.
You will bring your own writing and art supplies (suggested supplies listed below). Nothing fancy required, think of it like raiding a kid’s art box.
Engage in a supportive and encouraging environment where you can share and be inspired by others. During the workshop, you’ll have the chance to connect in dyads and with the group at large, so that you can feel connected and learn from one another.
At the end of 90 minutes, you’ll have creations and clarity that reflect your intentions for 2025, which can serve as a touch point throughout the year.
The workshop will be hosted online via Zoom. While not required, headphones with a mic are encouraged.
Materials Needed:
Sketchbook and basic art supplies (paper, paints, markers, etc.), collage materials, etc. Detailed supply list to be sent with confirmation email.
Whatever writing tool you prefer for long form writing, like journal, laptop, etc. for reflections and notes.
Price & Dates:
January 11, 2025 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST (2 hours, 15 minutes)
Cost:
Early rate: $49
After January 3rd: $59
New year vision boarding with a twist! Join us for a special workshop designed to help you move into the new year with clarity by blending art and writing. No art or writing experience necessary.
This hands on workshop will help you reflect on the lessons of the past year(s) and intentionally identify what you wish to carry forward. Through transformative exercises, we'll focus on self-acceptance, gaining clarity, and setting purposeful intentions for the new year!
Through art and writing prompts, we will:
Reflect on personal growth and challenges
Zero in on your personal "Word of the Year"
Explore what actions and mindset shifts will help you reach your vision
This unique twist on traditional vision boarding will not only focus on the images and ideas of what you desire but emphasize how you want to feel and the steps needed to manifest those feelings into tangible outcomes. Prepare to leave with a renewed sense of groundedness, clarity, and purpose as we step into the new year with aligned intentions.
Who this workshop is for: This workshop is for people who identify as women who want to use art and writing as tools for setting intentions. This workshop is open to those with cancer experience but it’s not a requirement. It is also open to your favorite female identifying companion - so invite your best friend, mother, sister, aunt, and so forth to register, too!
No writing or art experience necessary. All skill and experience levels are welcome. The purpose of this workshop is to discover new ways of dialoguing with yourself for vision and clarity moving forward.
This workshop is for you if you…
Identify as female.
Don’t think of yourself as a writer, artist, or are sure of what you want for 2025.
Are eager to explore art and writing as tools for manifesting intentions.
Enjoy interactive, hands-on experiences that focus on emotional and spiritual well-being.
Are ready to embrace a grounded, purposeful mindset for 2025.
Have experienced a cancer diagnosis or you are comfortable being in settings where people have a lived experience with cancer.
This workshop may not be for you if…
You already have a strong plan for 2025.
You already have a ritual for how you like to kick off the new year… aka what we’re teaching might not be for you, and that’s ok!
Money’s tight right now. (Register for our freebie on December 31st!)
How does it work?
Participate in guided writing exercises led by April Stearns of Wildfire Magazine and guided art therapy experiential with Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC.
You will bring your own writing and art supplies (suggested supplies listed below). Nothing fancy required, think of it like raiding a kid’s art box.
Engage in a supportive and encouraging environment where you can share and be inspired by others. During the workshop, you’ll have the chance to connect in dyads and with the group at large, so that you can feel connected and learn from one another.
At the end of 90 minutes, you’ll have creations and clarity that reflect your intentions for 2025, which can serve as a touch point throughout the year.
The workshop will be hosted online via Zoom. While not required, headphones with a mic are encouraged.
Materials Needed:
Sketchbook and basic art supplies (paper, paints, markers, etc.), collage materials, etc. Detailed supply list to be sent with confirmation email.
Whatever writing tool you prefer for long form writing, like journal, laptop, etc. for reflections and notes.
Price & Dates:
January 11, 2025 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST (2 hours, 15 minutes)
Cost:
Early rate: $49
After January 3rd: $59
Your co-hosts:
Stephanie McLeod-Estevez, LCPC is an art therapist and BRCA2+, TNBC breast cancer survivor who hosts a weekly radio show that can be live-streamed called Live Radiantly on WMPG. She was diagnosed at 40, when her boys were 5 & 7. Stephanie was initiated into the world of breast cancer at 26 as a caregiver for her mom, who died from MBC. Now, she works with the breast cancer community, so that we can move from surviving to thriving through the healing power of art therapy. Stephanie’s passionate about helping women live life boldly, no matter what kinds of obstacles they face. To learn more, visit www.stephaniemcleodestevez.com and sign up for her art therapy Substack: Spark Curiosity, Live Radiantly.
April Stearns is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildfire Magazine & Writing Community. Since 2016, April has guided hundreds of writers through the Wildfire expressive and memoir-focused writing workshops and published more than 50 issues of Wildfire Magazine. Wildfire came to be following April’s diagnosis of breast cancer at 35. While struggling to “go back to normal” and find others who could relate to a younger breast cancer experience, she launched the magazine as beacon of light and hope. April believes strongly that helping others tell their stories has the dramatic effect of turning a traumatic cancer experience into an empowering one. She lives with her husband and teen daughter in Santa Cruz, California.
