djesika ixe-br'er bèl —

life coaching + healing workshops in journalling & abstract art

ART IS A HEALING MODE
POETRY IS A HEALING MODE
A LOVING LISTENER IS A HEALING MODE
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a history of healing —

how we got to now

in 1997, 13 years old, i became a peer advisor. i was trained to listen without judgement, hold space & offer wise guidance. shortly after, through my own talk therapy sessions, i was diagnosed with anxiety, depression, insomnia & obsessive-compulsive disorder. i listened to my fellow students, hearing the pain of abusive parents & partners, secret abortions, addictions & disorders, as well as telling of my own pains in twice-weekly talk therapy sessions, for all four years of high school.

that is were i began two fused works: realizing my own trauma & learning how to offer healing, both to myself & others.

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in 2014 i crawled across my floor to call a woman i barely knew, the closest thing i had to a friend, and ask her for a ride to the emergency room. i was shaking, sweating, crying, my stomach was burning acid, the dysrhythmia of my heart palpitations was choking up into my throat. i hadn't eaten or slept & had barely had any water in three days. my body was beginning to die.

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in 2015 we sat together for the first time. we talked, we listened, we folded paper, bound journals with needle & thread, wrote poems & painted. we created safe spaces for ourselves with our own hands & used them to express our inner truths in empowering ways. together, we performed a microcausm of the healing process. this is how my work as a healing artist & life coach began.

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today, i offer practices gathered from over 30 years working with the therapists, counselors, life coaches, teachers & authors who helped me step out of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, self harm & suidical ideation into healing.

i use guided exercises in art (drawing & painting), poetry & expressive journalling to offer the people with whom i work a new vocabulary & vision for their inner world & personal identity.

i use guided breathwork, visualization & meditation to teach those who come to me for healing how to navigate their inner & outer worlds with grace.

more than anything, i listen with an open heart that has not only known pain, but found a way out of it & into healing.

when you're finished holding on to pain & you're ready to make way for joy, i'm here.