Emma Castellanos: Body Safety, Mental Health & Freedom of Self Expression

Meet my friend Emma Castellanos, a teaching artist, painter, musician, birth doula, mental health advocate and so much more!

Emma is one of the most kind, generous and expressive humans that I know and right when I met her - I knew she was a soul sister. She's never been one for small talk which I ADORE so much. Our conversations are always so meaningful and full of depth and this podcast episode is nothing short of that.

In it you will hear:

- Emma share some of the deeper parts of her personal story that have contributed to who she is + inspired her healing and mental health journey including the loss of a few of her loved ones and family members early on in life, struggles with anxiety, depression and developing a drug dependency, suicidal ideations, PTSD from s3xual assault and more.

- A discussion around some different forms of therapy that Emma has found incredibly supportive and effective like EMDR, talk therapy, poetry, journaling, tantra & body painting

- Emma speak about the importance of taking radical responsibility for your healing and mental health

- Modern day issues around dealing with death and the impact that occurs from a lack of guidance around how to handle the shock, grief and tragedy it brings plus a cultural experience I had in Bali that had me ponder how we can start a conversation about recreating our relationship to death & transition of loved ones

- The impact we are all making for the next generation of artists by taking the initiative to care for our mental health and sharing the therapeutic modalities that have helped us!

- plus so much more

Phoenix Familia! Save the date for Sunday May 19th from 10AM - 12PM at Abundant Space in Scottsdale - Join Emma and I for a VERY special women's workshop experience for your next level liberation, glowing confidence, and self expression. We will have a cacao circle + a body painting workshop + improv photoshoot! DM me for details!

You can connect with Emma via her instagram:

instagram.com/emma_isabella_c

& check out her artwork via her website:

www.emmacastellanosart.com

If we haven't yet, lets connect:  visit https://www.candywheelerofficial.com  https://www.instagram.com/candy_wheeler/  https://www.facebook.com/candywheelerofficial