I'm losing my way with the embroidery. There, I said it. I've still got all the same great ideas I've always had but i'm finding it hard to put them into action - I sit down to do the work and my mind draws a blank. Suddenly all these invisible and indefinable barriers go up. I need to try really hard to figure out what they are otherwise i'll never move forward.
Mission Statement - Feb 2018
#stitchingformentalhealth perfectly sums up my philosophy and what I aim to achieve with @emilyrowanstudio. Through encouraging the process of craft as therapy, the next step I wish to take for my business is to use CBT techniques and the new ways of thinking I have adopted along the way to create supportive embroidery kits.
Mission Statement - Nov 2017
Navigating the mental health wave via a severe and unpredictable bout of depression and anxiety earlier this year is what made me finally take the (in my mind) humungous step of opening an Etsy shop. Contradictory, you might say, but it is realising the therapeutic qualities of embroidery and a need to at least attempt a different career path that continues to keep the debilitating thoughts at bay.