Your creativity can be a guide for expressing yourself, supporting your mental health, and working through challenges. The arts show us that we don’t have to accept the world as it is. You can use your gifts to express yourseslf and to imagine a healthier, more just world.
Creativity and the arts can support your emotional well-being and resilience — and help you express who you are and what you’re going through. But how do you get started? Let’s talk about it!
Watch this video and try a creative goal setting exercise to explore ways to express yourself and support your mental health. Explore your ideal medium and the approach that works for you.
4 Steps to Set Emotional Creativity Goals
Explore and share these resources to nurture hope, creativity and emotional well-being.
Research shows that hope can empower us to set goals, identify pathways, and take action in ways that shape our lives and support our mental health. Hope is so much more than just wishful thinking. Hope can guide our steps as we build resilience and find healing.
Write your own social post about the power of hope can creativity. Grab this image and share it with your own creative expression.
Your creativity is more than just a way to express yourself. Sometimes justice can feel elusive, especially for young people of color. But your creative energy can be a catalyst for change, finding balance, and supporting your mental health. Here’s how!
Creative writing: Imagine you’re a different person and this person is writing you a letter. Use these 5 steps to write to yourself saying why you deserve balance, how creativity supports, and why being fair with yourself and others matters.
Write Yourself a Letter: 5 Steps to Help Find Balance through Creativity
Artist or not, here’s a creative exercise to help you process emotions and support your mental health.
Justice is more than a legal concept — it shapes your physical and mental health. Taking steps toward justice can enhance your sense of empowerment and benefit your mental health and resilience. Here are insights and tips to help.
As you work on these creative exercises, try sharing what you’ve created with a friend and talk about your work and ideas. If you’d like, you can try sharing on social media. Or, just grab and share this graphic.
What strategies do you use when challenges arise in your relationships? Your creativity is an important tool you can use every day both to support your mental health and to work through relationships challenges. Learn more.
Do you feel confident offering help when you notice stress in yourself or others? Studies reveal that your creativity can give you space to reflect, to explore healthy coping strategies, and take action.
Offering Support in Relationships: Emotional Support vs Problem-Solving
Research shows that your upbringing shapes your relationship with love. The stressors you experience each day and challenges you may have experienced growing up shape your relationships and how you understand love.
Noticing signs of stress in yourself and in your relationships is an important skill. Consider these stress clues and action steps.
Recognizing and Communicating Stress
How do you notice and address stress in relationships? This exercise will help you talk about emotional well-being with others.
