When Words Fail, Art Heals: The Medicine Hiding in Our Creativity | Herstory Circle Podcast
There are moments in motherhood when words just aren't enough. When the emotions are too big, too tangled, too heavy to put into a sentence. That's exactly what I sat down to talk about with Gertrude Matshe on the Herstory Circle Podcast.
I shared my own experience with postpartum anxiety — and how a paintbrush started expressing what my voice simply couldn't. Art wasn't just a creative outlet for me. It became a lifeline. And what I've come to believe deeply, both personally and clinically, is that healing doesn't always come from the right words or the right diagnosis. Sometimes it comes from color, from movement, from making something simple and letting your emotions finally breathe through expression.
“You don’t need to be an artist to heal — you just need to begin.”
We talked about:
Why creativity is medicine, not just a hobby
How art therapy is about self-expression, not skill
The moment I realized my own story could help someone else heal
Why every one of us is born creative and what makes us forget
