THE ARTFUL WAY TO WELLBEING
Are you ready to Capture The Art of Wellbeing?
This is the place where happy change happens!
Here you will find uniquely designed workbooks, worksheets and workshops illustrated by me, Sarah Jane Vickery, that will inspire you to Be Curious, Get Creative and Practice Change.
Feeling Overwhelmed? In need of me-time?
Help is here!
Creativity Coaching
Experience how cartooning, colouring and journaling support wellbeing and personal development by building a calm, clear and confident mindset.
Cartoon Wellbeing Tips
Poly Moone will bring you curious observations on everything from creativity to happiness practices along with the odd poo-joke, to keep you laughing!
The Art of Wellbeing Workbooks
Doodle, Colour & Cartoon Workshops
Spark your creativity and enjoy a squiggly journey through the mind-body puzzle. Slow down, unplug, and relax as you doodle, colour and cartoon your pay to a more mindful you.
CAPTURE YOUR ART OF WELLBEING
Doodle Colour Discover & Cartoon Workshops
You won’t have seen workshops like this before! It combines creativity with a wellbeing perspective for a uniquely restorative experience.
Classes are developed from The Art of Wellbeing workbooks and worksheets and include cartooning for self-Expression, colouring for relaxation and doodling for mindfulness. Get ready to Be Curious, Get Creative and Practice Change.
How can I gain Creative skills? With Creativity Coaching!
If you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed-out and are in need of some focused me-time to reassess and reset your life, this is for you!
By connecting wellbeing research with creativity and through fun, practical exercises, I have designed a logical, empowering coaching approach that enables you to successfully achieve and enjoy significant, healthy habit changes.
Meet Poly Moone. A cartoon by me, Sarah Jane Vickery
Peruse her most Popular Posts
Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary Workshop 20th June – FREE Art of Wellbeing Experience
Do you need a little me-time? Would you like to unwind and feel more creative? I’m giving a free talk at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary in Shere next Thursday 20th June 2 - 4pm. Join me for a unique, fun and inspiring workshop that offers an artistic alternative to...
How can Colouring be like a vacation for your Brain?
I’m genuinely surprised at how relaxing it is to colour. I sit down for my ten minute colouring break and next thing I know it’s been half an hour or more! I completely relax and loose track of time. The same thing happens in the colouring classes I teach at Cafe Mila...
Do you schedule creative downtime?
I was listening to Dom D’Agostino and he was talking about the importance of taking creative downtime. He thinks it’s important to keep balanced. I agree and I need to practice this more. I get too caught up in work sometimes and forget that inspiration and fresh...
GET CREATIVE
Discover A New Tale of Me – The Wellbeing Workbook
Here you will find fun and creative, squiggly and intriguing exercises to get you thinking mindfully and journaling with joy.
This is an ageless exploration, for anyone who enjoys pondering fundamental questions, developing their creativity and gaining insights into their own life.
Grab your pen! Get your colours! Doodle away and recapture the joyous power of journaling.
The Blog of Curious Observations
Why are so many Adults taking up Colouring?
This Friday I’ll be at Sunrise Senior Living in Peasmarsh for Colour Club. Why are so many adults going back to colouring?! Colouring is for kids right? Or is it? The simple act of colouring has been gaining such popularity over the past 5 years as more and more...
Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary Workshop 20th June – FREE Art of Wellbeing Experience
Do you need a little me-time? Would you like to unwind and feel more creative? I’m giving a free talk at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary in Shere next Thursday 20th June 2 - 4pm. Join me for a unique, fun and inspiring workshop that offers an artistic alternative to...
How does being Creative decrease Stress and Anxiety? It’s all about focus!
“I can’t believe how quiet the children were!” - the feedback I got after teaching Cartoon Club at The Yard Market. I hear this comment so often. And it’s not just when teaching children, it happens in my adult colouring classes too. We all start out chatty and by the...
Colouring as Self-care for Adults – Sunrise Senior Living Workshop
Did you love to colour as a child? Didn’t we all! Colouring is not just for children. As an activity for adults, colouring is becoming ever more popular and for good reason. It has some surprisingly profound health benefits. Did you know that colouring can help you to...
How can Colouring be like a vacation for your Brain?
I’m genuinely surprised at how relaxing it is to colour. I sit down for my ten minute colouring break and next thing I know it’s been half an hour or more! I completely relax and loose track of time. The same thing happens in the colouring classes I teach at Cafe Mila...
Can a Colouring Book, and specifically what illustration I colour, help me decrease stress and anxiety?
Did you colour as a child? How about as an adult?! Not so common. Despite how ubiquitous it was in childhood, adult colouring is a very new hobby that has gained in popularity dramatically just this decade. Believe it or the first research on using colouring as...
How to maintain a Growth Mindset when Doubts creep in?
I was listening to Rich Roll and he was discussing the concept of growth mindset with Tom Bilyeu. Tom believed from a young age that his talents were not fixed. He could become skilled at anything that he set his mind to and worked at. I think this is true - I just...
Developing a Growth Mindset and not being married to your First Idea
Your first idea is rarely your best. This is what my professor from design school used to say to use all the time. At first I found it rather frustrating when I had worked on what I thought was a great concept or design, and he'd tell me to re-evaluate my initial...
How can I break this down to something more manageable?
I'm on the topic of overwhelm still. I really like this analogy. It helps me to picture breaking down a problem into smaller bite size pieces when I feel overwhelmed. It feels just like this when we have a big snow storm in Canada. I never have this problem living in...
