I’m Ashlee, and I’m really glad you are here. I am a licensed professional counselor and a registered play therapist. When I was in graduate school, there was this list of self-care actions that floated around. We would give it to clients and use it for ourselves. About 10 years later, I was studying and teaching photography, and another list floated around. This time it was a list of ways to nourish your creativity. Seeing the overlap between the lists (they were almost identical!) brought to light something I already knew deep inside. Making, crafting, creating - whatever you want to call it - is self-care. I founded The Expressive Art Space to share my love of all things crafty, to help others carve out time for self-care, and to create a community of mindful makers.