selfcare Archives - Miranda van den Heuvel

Flow

Miranda2022-11-12T23:49:04+02:00October 7th, 2022|

What does flow mean to you? When are things flowing? When are they not? Why? How does it feel? Where in your body do you feel it? For me it is waves. When things flow, it feels natural, moving, powerful, not resisting, moving around and over things instead of pushing them away. So I started my collage with a page of wave scribbles and added flowers and some doodles. Because flow is pretty and feels natural (like flowers). Life comes and goes in waves. Up and down. Coming and going. The more we [...]

Art teaches

Miranda2022-11-12T23:50:28+02:00September 9th, 2022|

When I create, there is always such an element of self. I can only create from within, from my feelings, my experience, my love/hate, my messages, my needs, my perceptions, my understanding, my views,... Every piece of art, every collage, every doodle, represents a little (or big) piece of me. Yet it is also not me. It is a translation. A story that needs telling. An image that needs drawing. A feeling that needs being felt. A message that needs to be heard. I always knew there was a healing el [...]

What does self-care look like for you?

Miranda2022-07-11T15:33:13+02:00July 11th, 2022|

It looks different from one person to another. We all need, like and crave different things. Self-care can even look different from one day to another. 🦋 What does self-care look like for you? 🦋 There are the obvious: sleep, healthy food, exercise, meditation etc. But it can also look less obvious... ✨Hugging a tree ✨Taking a walk ✨Making art ✨Reading a book ✨Hugging a pet ✨Noticing the little things ✨Lighting a candle ✨Picking flowers ✨Looking at the stars ✨Going for a walk ✨Walking barefoot in [...]

The problem is, you think you have time.

Miranda2022-06-30T10:18:34+02:00July 4th, 2022|

The problem is, you think you have time. I have quite some time on my hand at the moment as I'm on sick leave, recovering from 2 surgeries in 1 month and resting up for what is to come in the next four weeks. Time is tricky. Sometimes it passes fast. Sometimes it slows down to a halt. I always liked to organize my time and plan. But when time and plans get thrown overboard a little, that's when time shows its real face. Time is a matter of perspective. When you're young you want it to move faste [...]

Accept

Miranda2022-06-30T10:11:49+02:00June 30th, 2022|

Accept. ✨That it's too hot to do anything and stay inside to rest. ✨That your kid gives you trouble and trust that he will find his way. ✨That change happens and some things will never change. ✨That some days you feel great and others not so much. ✨That your body is constantly changing and that is okay. ✨That one year you're fit as hell and the next you seem to go from one issue to the next. ✨That work may not always be what you wish and that you can only do what you can with the means that you [...]