by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jun 7, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Questioning Mind
“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 Sarah Jane Vickery | May 20, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Questioning Mind
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...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Apr 3, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Popular Posts, Questioning Mind
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...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Mar 20, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Health Find, Questioning Mind
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...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Mar 8, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Questioning Mind
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...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Mar 5, 2019 | Art of Wellbeing, Engineering Life, Questioning Mind
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...
