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Doodles for Self-Care - Self-care for me today

Doodles for Self-Care -
Self-care for me today was doodling in my journal about those things I love or wish for, for my office. I want it to match the new me I’m evolving into & I want to add a little more of me into my space too. So today was me paying more attention to my surroundings, cause I feel that they affect me in such a big way these days.
I ask myself, how can this space be more aligned & accepting & accommodating to me & my self-care today? A lot of ways, it turns out. It’s proof on my doodle page. I’ve envisioned it in my mind, from my heart. That’s the first step. I’m looking forward what these little doodles can do for me & how they will become a reality when the timing is just right. Self-care is letting myself wish & dream this beautiful space.
By the way, if you haven’t tried doodles for your self-care, this is a crazy delightful thing to get into. No great artistic skill needed. No long chunk of time. No planning or perfecting… just plain FUN! In case you’d like to give it a try, I talk more about self-care doodling here:
https://skl.sh/3ATuQkQ
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/doodles-for-self-care/?feed_id=51&_unique_id=62c9be1ba18e5

A Little Self-care Pampering - Self-care for me

A Little Self-care Pampering -
Self-care for me today was taking a little extra time to put on my make-up. Some days I go without it, some days, actually most days I do it as quick as possible, just because I don’t like to spend so much time on myself. But today I needed that little gift of pampering, that little extra blush or eye color to make the inner me sparkle just a tad more. A little extra confidence & shine to those winkles that are just proof of a heart full of joy. And it feels great!
I also decided to wear something totally new and different! New as in that I’ve never paired up my shirt, sweater & shorts this way before. New that it felt like inner me was a little more daring & expressive today, wishing to come out of its shell or willing to give some added flare & creativity to its usual casual style. It still felt so me because it come from within.
And Self-Care is really checking in about everything, even those very physical/practical things. Because it affects how I feel about myself and then what I tell myself and ultimately what I choose to do for myself. Do I treat myself to a little mid-day pause? Do I take a few minutes for some meditation time or for a workout video? Do I deserve an extra piece of chocolate? When I check in and listen to my intuition, I usually get a pretty good idea of what I need in the moment.
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/a-little-self-care-pampering/?feed_id=46&_unique_id=62bc88d7cb97f

My next course in the works. Great for adults, kid

My next course in the works. Great for adults, kids, even grandpas and grandmas or the whole family together. If you're a cat lover or admirer or know of someone who is, this could make the cutest personalized gift ever. I'll keep you posted with the progress.
Have a "paw-some" day!
#catlover #cutecats #catcourse #catjournal #agnesart #artcourse #cuteillustrations #petcat #drawcats #learnart #catdoodles #agnesdebezenac

Something I'm currently working on, creating my ve

Something I'm currently working on, creating my very own business plan, from scrartch, with crafts and scraps of paper...🤣 It's my joy and passion at the moment and can't believe the clarity and insight I'm getting about myself and my work while I'm at it. Can't wait to share it with you soon!
#creeativity #creativebusinessplan #businessplanforartists #artsybusinessplan #craftingmybusinessplan #agnesart #agnesdebezenac #businessplanforcreatives #crafting

A brand new course, on drawing dandelions from rea

Self-care Consumed - Self-care for me today was

Self-care Consumed -
Self-care for me today was the realization that I’m all “self-care” consumed these days, and that’s okay. Any new vocabulary word or new piece of art I create, new idea or inspiration, any added piece of décor to my space, anything I read or fill up on, I ask myself subconsciously, “Does it fit in to my self-care?” or “How does it tie in to my self-care?” I’m “selfishly” making time for my self-care, and that’s a good thing for me. Finally! But I never thought I could ever bring myself to say that.
But I feel really great! And the more consumed & into it I get, the more I feel nourished and excited about life, the more I feel I’m important and of value, the more I figure out what are those things that replenish me, the more I dig in to all that good stuff. And in the end, the more I have to give from my overflows. It’s not anymore wringing out every drop of sacrifice or generosity that I can muster up. It’s not giving and serving and doing until I’m “dead”. Now I get to give from a place of plenty and abundance, from a heart filled with joy. A body and soul nourished with love and compassion.
Self-care, is my unlimited resource of love, joy & beauty. The more time, reflection, play, creativity, meditation and expression that I give it, the more peace, excitement, fulfillment, satisfaction, gentleness, & delight I feel in return. And the more I have of it to share with others. I don’t have to try too hard to do anything, sometimes the very best is even to do...
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/self-care-consumed/?feed_id=66&_unique_id=62a4cc7dc2bba

Painting has been very relaxing for me lately. Sha

Painting has been very relaxing for me lately. Sharing just a few recent examples here. Not sticking to any particular style or technique, but just letting myself get inspired as it comes. That's stepping out of my comfort zone for a perfectionist/organized/planned artist as myself, but it's been a great challenge.
#agnesdebezenac #agnesart #wildflowers #flowerpainting #summerflowers

Playing with some random flower compositions and c

Playing with some random flower compositions and colors. All new for me, but loads of fun. A sure way to "let loose" and relax.
#agnesdebezenac #agnesart #flowerpainting

A little fun and experimenting with acrylic paints

A little fun and experimenting with acrylic paints. We all need a little "unplanned" art play at times, don't we?
#agnesdebezenac #agnesart #flowerart #paintedflowers

High-heels for my Self-care - What do high-heel

High-heels for my Self-care -
What do high-heels and Self-care have in common?
Well, self-care for me today was wearing a pair of high heels that I never wore before. I've been saving them for a “more important” occasion, or for “the perfect” event, and they’ve been sitting on my self for over a year now. So I made today that important occasion and that perfect event, because I decided so.
That’s a strange thing to relate to self-care, I know. Well, I love word pictures or visualizations, object lessons, whatever you want to call it. I’m a kid at heart, as you can see, or maybe I’m just an artist that loves to imagine. Anyway, I sat down and just thought about it some… after wearing those most beautiful heels. It’s true, self-care is like those heels… They lifted me up higher than I thought I could go, as they built me up in confidence. Because who doesn’t look great with a pair of high heels? At least they make ME feel tall and slim and beautiful... Taking care of me at every level, whether it be emotional, practical, mental or spiritual is kind of like putting on those heels. It adds to that level of sophistication.
Part of the dressing/preparing for the day process is deciding on what shoes to wear. Depending on the clothes I’m wearing, what I’m doing, where I’m going, even my mood or the style I feel like…. I take such care to pick out my clothes and shoes for the day, but how often do I ask myself about my self-care practices? Like, which area do I want to focus on today? What do I really ...
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/high-heels-for-my-self-care/?feed_id=38&_unique_id=629260fe86e65

My translation of JOY - Self-care for me today

My translation of JOY -
Self-care for me today was looking at JOY just a little differently, and relating it to my self-care journey. JOY spells out for me: Just Open Yourself. Cause I open myself to new thrills, beauties, feelings & experiences, new creations, new ideas, even new little moves forward as I step into new habits for myself as I pay more attention to my self-care, at every level.
It’s a slow mindful process, it’s a pause & reflect attitude, it’s a say “no” to outside voices, but most of all it’s a quiet “checking in” at every bend or turn, and a realization that it’s all good because I’m accepting all of me, whatever stage I’m at. This year is leading me to a better version of myself and I feel so excited to be learning new things because I’m paying attention to my self-care.
So I’m asking myself today, how can I practice more J.O.Y.? What does it mean to leave myself open to the new? And what benefits do I get from doing this? Just thinking about it, brings up oodles of examples of times I left myself open to what I needed, whether it was something tangible or intangible, and how that never failed to welcome in more joy and fulfillment, even new creative ideas for my art.
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/my-translation-of-joy/?feed_id=33&_unique_id=628a451003055

Self-care Unique to You - Before I start postin

Self-care Unique to You -
Before I start posting some of my own creative journey experiences through self-care, I wanted to reiterate the fact that self-care is so vast, depending on how we look at it, how we feel, what we are experiencing... When I start thinking about self-care, I realize that it really affects every part of my life – whether it be more practical and physical, related to my health or fitness, or whether it be more emotional, mental or spiritual – and those parts of my life actually also affect my self-care.
Yes, it has to do with our feelings, our mindsets and thought patterns as well as our habits and the actions that we take, the things we do or don’t do. In saying that, I realize that there are so many things that make us uniquely us and that’s also a part of self-care, being aware of that and being accepting of ourselves exactly where we’re at. I’m not sharing my journey and lessons with you here so that you feel overwhelmed or like you have to do what I do. Not at all! On the contrary. I’m sharing parts of my journey here so that you can feel encouraged that you are probably already doing many things that you never thought were self-care at all.
Plus I realize and want to re-emphasize that it will look very different for each one of us, with our different situations, lifestyles, personalities, character traits, things we love and that make us feel fulfilled and true to us. So that’s something to keep in mind as you continue to read and explore my little blog posts on thi...
See the complete post on my blog: https://agnesart.fr/self-care-unique-to-you/?feed_id=27&_unique_id=628a424bafe21

The start of my self-care journey - To get star

The start of my self-care journey -
To get started, I wanted to include here what I thought about self-care 2 years ago. The funny thing is that I didn’t know there was such a thing. So here goes, a little back in time to one of my journal entries:
“I watched a Youtube video today, from someone I follow. She was talking about treating yourself and doing self-care and the difference between the two. I never heard of self-care before. I know I need to give myself some loving care to help me feel better. I had to go dig in a little more about it. I was intrigued, and especially with this question… 'What’s the difference between treats and self-care?'
Because to me, self-care IS a treat. But here’s what I discovered...I had it wrong.
Self-care are those things that you do or little routines that make you feel good and look good, which you need to take care of yourself, but that we often put off because we’re too busy.
And treats are those occasional, out of the norm things that don’t happen every day but that we love and really enjoy and need, in order to feel joy.
I guess that could be like a once a week thing maybe? Treats are more those things you do once in a while and they are fun and relaxing and needed, but they aren’t those things that sustain my daily mood and health. Taking care of myself involves daily habits and routines that keeps my mood high, my stress low and my peace balanced. Some self care habits I’m thinking of right now that I could do better in: wash my face, put on some lotion...
Link to my blog post: https://agnesart.fr/start-of-my-selfcare-jourey/?feed_id=22&_unique_id=62888b38cdac4

Why the need for self-care?. So yes, I left off l

Why the need for self-care?.
So yes, I left off last time with my little secret, of what happened next…
What came next was a slow and steady recovery process. This is what I’ll be sharing here on this blog and all my posts to come.
Some of my realizations, discoveries about myself, the ups and downs of this journey. Lessons I’ve learned, inner work practices, some difficulties and challenges, as well as happy moments. Letting go of things that didn’t serve me anymore, and welcoming in what I really wanted in my life! (This is a continual process, by the way!)
If I could sum it all up in one word it would have to be SELF-CARE. Yes, I’m finally paying attention to this part of my life that I never took the time for before. It was selfish or a waste of time, it was conceited and I felt guilty taking time for myself and not doing everything for everyone else… but sad to say, that’s why I ended up in the state I did. If more of us took time to love ourselves by giving ourselves permission to take better care of ourselves, to give ourselves more time and attention, not only would it change our own lives, like it has for me, and many many other’s as well, but it would help to make this world a better place too. Cause we’ll be coming from a place of peace and love and joy, instead of fear, worry or stress. Who wants to be with a person like that anyway? Today, I can’t afford NOT to take this time of SELF-CARE and I want to encourage you that you can feel that way too.
If this can speak to anyone, or encourage you along your journey through a creative block as an artist, or if you’re going through a low time in your life, please read on. Cause maybe they’ll be something here for you, that will spark your attention or give you a few ideas, hacks or inspirations to start doing some things and stop doing other things as you join the band-wagon of Self-care.
I’ll be sharing some of my morning journals as well as my daily self-care logs, some craft projects I do, some reflections, etc. Because since I’ve decided that I will do ...
Read the rest here:
https://agnesart.fr/why-the-need-for-self-care/

Welcome to my self-care blog. This is my first bl

Welcome to my self-care blog.
This is my first blog post ever and I’m a bit uncomfortable starting it. But who is ever totally courageous, comfortable and confident about starting something different and new or maybe scary?
Well then, why am I doing it, you may ask? In order to answer that I’m going to go back in time a little.
Try to imagine… this is me 3 years ago… stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, one of the those people-pleasers, a worry-wart full of “what if’s" and "why’s" and "how’s" taking up a lot of energy. I kept busy and worked hard, but I worked myself crazy too. No time for me, much less to enjoy my life I was living. I had things to accomplish, high goals to shoot for, an image to keep up with, friends and family to impress… and not speaking of health problems popping up from all over the place. Emotionally depleted, no real joy or passions. Everything had become an energy drain.
For a time I felt like just bumming out, sleeping or doing totally nothing, being all by myself with my sad self or just watching other’s lives on YouTube. I carried around so much past baggage that still affected me from my childhood and youth. I held on to pains and hurts from difficult situations, not having fully recovered.
I’m an artist but I couldn’t find the joy to even draw. I was blocked and frustrated cause I wasn’t able to put what I wanted on paper. Was this a burn-out? Is this what depression felt like? I don’t know, I never experienced this before. But I knew something was wrong and more clearly than that, something had to change. I knew that I didn’t want this to linger for much longer and I needed a resetting, big time!
I’ll let you in on my little secret of what I decided to do, in my next post.
#anxious #selfcare #stress
My blog post: https://agnesart.fr/welcome-to-my-self-care-blog/?feed_id=8&_unique_id=6287bc234353f

Another side project of mine... creating some post

Another side project of mine... creating some postcards from some of my Alsatian pictures. You can check them out on my youtube channel agnesart.
#agnesart #agnesdebezenac #ilovealsace #alsace #alsatiancards #francesouvenirs #alsaceart #alsacien #alsacienne #cartespostales

Check out my new course on Skillshare and Udemy (s

Check out my new course on Skillshare and Udemy (see website in bio) all about practicing more self-care and compassion with some "solid rock reminders". A fun, creative and meaningful project, good for all art levels and easy to personalize to your own needs. I hope you enjoy.
#selfcare #self-care #selflove #compassion #gentlereminders #motivational #boosters #rocks #creativeactivity #artsandcrafts #agnesart #agnesdebezenac

A great reminder for entering into the Spring seas

A great reminder for entering into the Spring season... It's okay to sometimes just take the time to do nothing but to just "be".
#self-care #selfcare #agnesart #agnesdebezenac #compassion #selflove #mindfulness

Something that I take the time to regulary ask mys

Something that I take the time to regulary ask myself. So many benefits to taking the time for that.
#self-care #selfcare #agnesart #agnesdebezenac #compassion #selflove #mindfulness

Joyeuses fêtes de Pâques. Happy Easter. Welcome

Joyeuses fêtes de Pâques. Happy Easter. Welcome Spring. A cute little personalised magazine card to gift to a friend or loved one. Very soon to come out on my YouTube channel. See link in bio.

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