Matilda Heindow

This week my guest is Matilda Heindow, an artist and mental health advocate based in Stockholm. She founded the much-loved Instagram page @crazyheadcomics, using it as a creative outlet for her colourful cartoons that cleverly skewer our collective experiences of mental health. She has shared over 700 unique pieces of art to her global following, which now totals over 500k, and her work is often used by mental health professionals and schools. In 2021, Matilda delivered a TEDx talk on 'The Art of Mental Health Advocacy'.We talk about her new book "The Art of Feeling Better" in which Matilda shares personal stories and down-to-earth advice to help you understand:- How to turn that negative inner voice into a friend- How to recognise the habits that put you on a downward spiral- What to do with difficult feelings, so that you invite better ones inYou can find more information about Matilda by following her on Instagram @crazyheadcomicsPurchase links for The Art of Feeling Better can be found here.Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to individuals about how they've used creativity as a way of helping them heal.These conversations are here to show how we find comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Feels like Healing is a series of conversations between myself Al Lewis and individuals who have turned to creativity as a way of helping them heal.Our need for healing is universal. However the reasons behind it can be oh so varied; a difficult childhood, a traumatic experience or perhaps a bereavement and our need to process grief.My search for healing stems from the death of my Dad, who died when I was 21 from Multiple Sclerosis.For over fifteen years I'd kept a quiet lid on my grief. However when it came to clearing out the last remaining boxes from my Dad's attic, that grief that I'd suppressed came rushing to the surface. It was then that I began to write songs about my Dad. Writing those songs was incredibly cathartic and I realised how useful creativity can be when confronted with the hardest parts of life.I believe that hearing other people's stories can help us to process ours and that the act of being creative can help turn something seemingly hopeless and incomprehensible in to something beautiful and hopeful.These conversations are here to provide solace and inspiration and to show you that healing can happen when we take our deepest pain and turn it into a work of art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.