Inspired Creative Living Art Therapy offers group and private Art Therapy and Counselling
02/12/2025
"SHE NEEDED A HERO SO THAT'S WHAT SHE BECAME"
A heads up to all that I am facilitating this most wonderful retreat again in March 2026 - 19th to 23rd at Heartland Meadows in Gympie Qld. Event - A HERO'S JOURNEY FOR WOMEN- details to book yourself in for this soul shifting process will be out soon. Payment plans are offered. Please text me on 0449 037 011 to express your interest and I will call you to have a chat about this incredible opportunity for massive self growth over 5 days in March 2026. Absolutely capped at 12 guests with a few booked in already.
01/12/2025
Some more beautiful thoughts.....
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that
doing nothing is doing nothing
for you.
That being unproductive is unproductive
for you.
We’ve gotten so used to being busy,
so used to doing things with visible results,
so used to tracking our steps and logging our activity and ticking things off our to-do list,
that we’ve forgotten the importance of rest.
‘Doing nothing’ and being ‘unproductive’ are actually doing something productive.
They are helping you recharge.
Recoup.
Reading a magazine or having a bath or sitting in the garden with a cup of coffee are not a waste of time.
Time spent rested is not time wasted.
We are not machines.
We are not robots.
We are not here to
constantly work and move and do.
We are human beings.
And sometimes we just need to be.
*****
Becky Hemsley 2023
Fabulous artwork by Belinda DelPesco
In Brisbane today... Wickham Terrace... sweltering heatwave, hilly walk, sweat dripping of me, but I look around and I see beauty... EVERY I GO SEE GOOD AND BEAUTY... say it all the time and you will see good and beauty... what you pay attention to grows, the ugly and nasty and unkind or the good and beauty all around you...you get to choose...
26/11/2025
On the deck this morning having our morning cup of tea and all the parrots are everywhere making a racket eating the seeds dropped on the roof in the storms. Never seen them do this. The we notice one PIGEON... just cruising around with the colourful and noisy parrots...doing his own thing... just a cool pigeon doing his pigeon amongst the ther colourful birds... have to say I thought of BERT.... ps... we never feed the birds or wildlife, just plant trees, not clear trees so they have hollows to live in and branches for nests.
25/11/2025
Ladies I completed mine from Sunday... so many words. Took two pages..title "INNOVATION"... Thanks again for your wonderful support.
24/11/2025
Just beautiful words...
Carrying a bucket full of water takes more of your energy than carrying an empty one does.
A towel becomes heavier to hold when it’s wet - and it also becomes useless.
Trying to swim in your clothes weighs you down far more than swimming in your swimsuit does.
The irony of holding on to things that are full of water is that they drain you.
Exhaust you.
Because things are so much heavier when they hold water. Things weigh you down so much more when they hold water. Things are harder to bear when they hold water.
So let your tears go. Cry until it feels like every last drop has been squeezed from your body.
Let go of some of the weight. Some of the heaviness.
Some of the burden you bear.
And I promise
you’ll feel a little lighter.
*****
Becky Hemsley 2023
Lovely artwork by Samuel Worley
I saw this on Big Life Journal for kids site. Just perfect...
23/11/2025
You are not JUST you... you are every shade of you, every bit of you... you are not JUST you. ###
I looked up the word ‘yellow’ the other day.
I found so many shades of yellow that they had been distinguished by words like
gold
honey
daffodil.
I found words like fire and sand and champagne and lemon and sunbeam and I even found a song.
Now imagine someone telling yellow that it’s ‘just yellow’.
When yellow is a sunbeam and a daffodil and fire.
When yellow is a song.
Without yellow, we couldn’t make orange and we couldn’t create green and our world would be far less colourful because of it.
Yellow’s true colours are not limited to one thing.
And neither are yours.
Some days you are dark and fiery and intense.
Some days you are rich and bright and vibrant.
Some days you are buttercups and dandelions and some days you are champagne and a song.
And without you, someone’s life would be far less bright and far less beautiful.
You are you as
yellow is yellow.
And the world needs you.
Because, no matter what you think, you are not ‘just you’.
You are so much more.
💛💛💛
Becky Hemsley 2023
Lovely artwork by Marina Zhivliuk
'True Colours' is from from my fourth collection here: https://amzn.to/3LIeXqX
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23/11/2025
I had a workshop today for some very special women... as part of the morning each woman made a collage of words that resonated with them with the focus of what is important to them and what they each want to pay attention to.... because whatever you pay attention to grows... the title given to each art work is named. There is power and magic in these words and artworks.
AND SO IT IS.....
22/11/2025
I'm feeling the ❤️ love. These are from our post it note activity last weekend at Heartland Meadows for the Creative Immersion for Women Retreat.... thankyou for your encouraging words, they are deeply appreciated 👏
21/11/2025
How often do you jump from thing to thing and never savouring the completion before the next chore idea, job, or learning....this is such a powerful start to transformation.
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Hello, my name is Wendy House and I am a qualified Counsellor (Bachelor of Counselling) and a qualified Transpersonal Art Therapist (Advanced Diploma of Transpersonal Art Therapy). I use art and the creative process to inspire and empower people to transform their lives. Through the creative process a person can resolve conflicts and problems they may be experiencing in their lives. The creative process can help reduce anxiety and stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and offer a space to feel calm and relaxed .
My practice is based on compassion for those who are growing and discovering themselves. I encourage growth, discovery, curiosity and making the changes you discover to enhance your life. I help you focus on solutions rather than the problem.
I would describe myself as a change-maker and visionary. I believe in the ability to transform the undesirable into the exceptional. I enjoy witnessing and encouraging you to take something fragmented and make it whole. I also consider struggle as an opportunity for growth. I believe everyone has the solutions to their problems but that they may be stuck and need a little guidance and support to get things moving again.
I offer a unique and magical therapy space at "Therapy on the Deck" where amongst natural surroundings you are given a space to experience peace and calm. I also practice from my studio in Maryborough.
I have many years experience of working in management, group facilitator, staff trainer and small business owner/operator. I now use these skills along with my training as an art therapist and counselor to empower others to transform their lives.
