"I love inspiration. I love the beautiful unfolding of thought, word and image."
Do you love quotes? How about little nuggets of inspiration? What about deeply personal stories written with raw, honest, gut-wrenching vulnerability? Me too! I've written from the heart for as long as I can remember. From messages in cards to loved ones, to poetry, to quotes, blogs and more, writing has been a means to express the personal struggles, lessons, and triumphs that have filled my days. I understand myself better through writing, photography, and art and hope to bring this kind of healing to others as well. If, like me, beauty and words lift you up, teach you, inspire you, and help you transform, then I invite you to join me through my Facebook and Instagram pages, as I share quotes, random musings, stories or beautiful images in the hopes of touching just one person's life for the better.
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Healthy RemindersA resource for Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder...or for those with simply an overwhelmed mind.
A lifetime of living with mental health issues and chronic pain inspired this resource of tools, tips and strategies...all in one beautiful book filled with photographs that illustrate the healing energy of each message.
If you can't access a professional (or don't want to), these tips come from lessons learned through therapists, counsellors, other holistic practitioners and my own lived experience of what works. They come from a willingness to do the work and try everything available in order to find wellness and balance. I wish I'd had these tools when I was younger, so that I could feel more empowered and know that once I was ready to take responsibility for my pain and suffering, I could change my life. Check out the video of my live celebration or interview below to learn more. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH ETSY OR AMAZON.
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Inspiration. Creativity. Beauty. Wellness. Empowerment.
To know me is to know what I stand for, to know what inspires my heart and guides my life. Each of the words above have influenced me, driven me, inspired me and made me who I am today. Each of them is expressed in my creativity.
I’ve been a creator for as long as I can remember. From illustrating and writing a children’s book that my public school librarian put in the library to designing, photographing and writing my new book Healthy Reminders, creativity is my passion and joy. It’s how I express myself and my heart and it’s the lens through which I see and understand myself and the world around me.
When I create, I create with beauty in mind. I create with inspiration, wellness and empowerment in mind. I love writing and designing with uplifting, inspiring words, phrases or messages. I love typography and get giddy at the challenge of picking just the right typeface to make a message soar. I love how the right image with that message can create a synergy that can be felt on a subtle, energetic level...a level of the heart. And I love arranging all of these elements in a harmonious form.
My love of typography and design came from my training as a graphic artist. My love for photography came from a different place. Taking photographs in nature was, and continues to be, a way to express my creativity but it’s also a means of healing as well. For me, beauty heals and the beauty of nature is a form of medicine. Photographing nature brings me a sense of peace, presence and connection. It teaches me to slow down and appreciate the little details of life. It challenges me to explore off the beaten path and invites me to open my heart to see with new eyes. It fills me with wonder and awe and is an expression of my spirituality. When I’m in the woods with my camera, I feel a deep relationship with the earth, with Spirit and with myself. More than anything, it helps me get out of my head and helps relieve my struggles with anxiety and depression.
Those struggles with anxiety, depression, and also chronic pain over the last twenty-five years have taught me a great deal. They’ve brought a lot of hard lessons and wisdom and they’ve shown me that I am capable of being a strong, empowered woman who is the heroine of her own life. Whether it’s through writing, creativity, healthy eating, movement, or self-awareness, (actually, all of the above and more), wellness has been at the forefront of my life. Focusing on wellness has kept me curious but it’s also kept me humble. It’s shown me that there is not one answer for everyone but that everyone has their own answers inside. We just have to be willing to listen. So when I share with the hopes of inspiring others, I’m mindful of the fact that they will find their own way, in their own time.
I’ve created many artworks and products in the last fifteen years. The ones that I am most proud of are: Love Is Everywhere, the little heart book I wrote and photographed that was inspired by my travels to Europe in 2008, the Sacred Nature Guidance Cards that I designed, that consist of forty-four of my photographs and the booklet of intuited message that I wrote to accompany them, the temporary tattoos for mental wellness that I created and sold that touched many lives, and my latest book, Healthy Reminders, a handbook of wellness strategies for the mind. All of these products share my passion for the healing power of beauty and words.
Moving forward, I’m excited to try designing for clothing and housewares, and basically see where else my intuition and creativity takes me.
Some fun facts about me are: I love collecting crystals, baking healthy snacks, making soup, listening to top 40 music, thrifting for fashion, especially second-hand, upscale resale, reading historical fiction, talking about the meaning of life with friends and spending cozy moments on the couch with my husband. And though I tend to be a perfectionist, I’m working on allowing my best to be good enough.
xo Tracy
I’ve been a creator for as long as I can remember. From illustrating and writing a children’s book that my public school librarian put in the library to designing, photographing and writing my new book Healthy Reminders, creativity is my passion and joy. It’s how I express myself and my heart and it’s the lens through which I see and understand myself and the world around me.
When I create, I create with beauty in mind. I create with inspiration, wellness and empowerment in mind. I love writing and designing with uplifting, inspiring words, phrases or messages. I love typography and get giddy at the challenge of picking just the right typeface to make a message soar. I love how the right image with that message can create a synergy that can be felt on a subtle, energetic level...a level of the heart. And I love arranging all of these elements in a harmonious form.
My love of typography and design came from my training as a graphic artist. My love for photography came from a different place. Taking photographs in nature was, and continues to be, a way to express my creativity but it’s also a means of healing as well. For me, beauty heals and the beauty of nature is a form of medicine. Photographing nature brings me a sense of peace, presence and connection. It teaches me to slow down and appreciate the little details of life. It challenges me to explore off the beaten path and invites me to open my heart to see with new eyes. It fills me with wonder and awe and is an expression of my spirituality. When I’m in the woods with my camera, I feel a deep relationship with the earth, with Spirit and with myself. More than anything, it helps me get out of my head and helps relieve my struggles with anxiety and depression.
Those struggles with anxiety, depression, and also chronic pain over the last twenty-five years have taught me a great deal. They’ve brought a lot of hard lessons and wisdom and they’ve shown me that I am capable of being a strong, empowered woman who is the heroine of her own life. Whether it’s through writing, creativity, healthy eating, movement, or self-awareness, (actually, all of the above and more), wellness has been at the forefront of my life. Focusing on wellness has kept me curious but it’s also kept me humble. It’s shown me that there is not one answer for everyone but that everyone has their own answers inside. We just have to be willing to listen. So when I share with the hopes of inspiring others, I’m mindful of the fact that they will find their own way, in their own time.
I’ve created many artworks and products in the last fifteen years. The ones that I am most proud of are: Love Is Everywhere, the little heart book I wrote and photographed that was inspired by my travels to Europe in 2008, the Sacred Nature Guidance Cards that I designed, that consist of forty-four of my photographs and the booklet of intuited message that I wrote to accompany them, the temporary tattoos for mental wellness that I created and sold that touched many lives, and my latest book, Healthy Reminders, a handbook of wellness strategies for the mind. All of these products share my passion for the healing power of beauty and words.
Moving forward, I’m excited to try designing for clothing and housewares, and basically see where else my intuition and creativity takes me.
Some fun facts about me are: I love collecting crystals, baking healthy snacks, making soup, listening to top 40 music, thrifting for fashion, especially second-hand, upscale resale, reading historical fiction, talking about the meaning of life with friends and spending cozy moments on the couch with my husband. And though I tend to be a perfectionist, I’m working on allowing my best to be good enough.
xo Tracy
Photography and Graphic Design Creations
My career as a graphic designer ended years ago through Carpal Tunnel and chronic pain but it hasn't stopped me from putting those skills to use since then. From posters to gift books and from oracle cards to a mental wellness book, I've put my love of typography, design and photography to good use in the products listed below.
Spirit Dolls
A recent passion of mine has been creating Spirit Dolls. I guess you could say I transformed my childhood love of playing with Barbie into this new form of creativity. I combine my love of nature, found objects, crystals, spirituality, essential oils, words, solar dyeing and basically everything I'm interested in to create these one-of-a-kind dolls.
Each doll starts with a person or an idea in mind and then the magic begins. From the branches to the individually hand-sculpted faces, from the fabric to the embellishments, each doll is co-created with Spirit, intuition and intention. The fabrics are either thrifted or solar-dyed using foraged seasonal plants or plant extracts and the wool is sourced from my friend Robin's sheep and my own natural plant dyes. Each doll holds special, personal blessings for it's recipient. Here are some of the dolls that I've made so far. For details about each doll, click here.
Contact me for custom requests or to learn how to make your own!
Each doll starts with a person or an idea in mind and then the magic begins. From the branches to the individually hand-sculpted faces, from the fabric to the embellishments, each doll is co-created with Spirit, intuition and intention. The fabrics are either thrifted or solar-dyed using foraged seasonal plants or plant extracts and the wool is sourced from my friend Robin's sheep and my own natural plant dyes. Each doll holds special, personal blessings for it's recipient. Here are some of the dolls that I've made so far. For details about each doll, click here.
Contact me for custom requests or to learn how to make your own!
Check out what creations are available for sale on GreenManandGoddess, the Etsy store I share with my husband Gomer Robinson or visit our combined website www.thegreenmanandthegoddess.com
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