Art Journaling for Your Unique Body Story
A creative 6-session journey through the story only your body can tell.
A creative space to explore the story only you can tell.
Most of us are born feeling at home in our bodies. Somewhere along the way, that changes — shaped by the messages we absorb from family, media, diet culture, and a world full of opinions about what bodies should look like. Over time, we can lose touch with our own story.
Art Journaling for Your Unique Body Story is a 6-week virtual small group experience that uses creativity as a gentle tool for coming home to yourself. Each week explores a new chapter of your body story — through art journaling prompts, short reflections, and optional group sharing.
This is not art therapy. You do not need to consider yourself an artist. There is no right way to make a mark on a page, just as there is no right way to inhabit a body. Curiosity and a willingness to show up for yourself are the only requirements.
6 Sessions | Weekly | 75 Minutes | Live on Google Meet | Join the Waitlist
What does art have to do with your body story?
It challenges perfectionism. Art journaling focuses on process, not outcome. There is no "good" or "bad" page. That same flexibility can begin to soften the all-or-nothing thinking that so often shows up around food and bodies.
It creates space for self-compassion. Many people find that making art — messy, imperfect, expressive art — opens a door to self-awareness and kindness that other approaches haven't been able to reach.
It works as a metaphor. Just as you don't have to get art "right" the first time, eating doesn't have to be perfect to be nourishing. Art can support variety, coping, and resilience — especially for people who feel stuck in diet culture.
Creativity offers a different way of relating to yourself and your body.
Six Chapters of Your Body Story
Six sessions. Six invitations to look a little closer at the story you've been living — from the messages you inherited to the story you're ready to write. Each opens with a short grounding, followed by art journaling prompts and optional group sharing. Click any session to explore.
Each session is facilitated by Alexis, a registered dietitian and Certified Body Trust® provider whose approach is rooted in weight-inclusive, trauma-informed care.
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Every body story has a beginning. In this first session, we gently explore the earliest messages you received about your body — where they came from, who handed them to you, and how they took root. This is a session about witnessing, not fixing.
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The world had opinions about your body long before you did. In this session, we begin to name those inherited voices — where they came from, what they cost you, and how they shaped the story you've been living inside.
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Your body has been with you through everything — the hard years, the loud voices, the moments you'd rather forget. In this session, we turn toward it with curiosity and care, acknowledging what it has survived, held, and endured. Not to critique or correct it, but simply to bear witness.
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What does it mean to truly nourish yourself — in food, in movement, in rest? In this session, we explore what pleasure, satisfaction, and genuine care feel like in your body, untangled from the rules, restrictions, and "shoulds" you've been handed.
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Not where you think you should be — where you actually are. In this session, we pause to take stock of your relationship with your body as it exists right now, noticing what has shifted, what still feels hard, and what you're beginning to trust.
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This is where the work you've done begins to take shape as something new. In this final session, we look at what you're ready to release, what you want to carry forward, and what it might feel like to move through the world in your body — with more curiosity, more compassion, and a story that finally belongs to you.
What to Bring
No artistic experience or special supplies needed — just something to make marks with and something to make them on. A few ideas to get you started:
A journal, sketchbook, or loose paper
Pens, pencils, markers, or gel pens
Watercolor or acrylic paint and a brush
Colored pencils, oil pastels, or pastels
Stamps and ink
Magazines or printed images or text for collage
Scissors and a glue stick
Washi tape, stickers, or anything decorative
Whatever you have on hand is enough. There is no right way to show up to the page.
Investment
$480 (or two payments of $240)
6 live virtual sessions on Google Meet (75 minutes each)
Small group setting (capped at 8 participants)
A brief grounding practice to ease into each session
Session prompts shared in advance
Optional group sharing each session
Please note: sessions are not recorded. This is an intentionally live, present experience.
Ready to begin?
Your story is waiting to be witnessed.
Spaces are limited. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when the next cohort opens.
Open to participants across the US. This is a creative and community experience, not a therapy group or clinical program. No clinical relationship is established through participation.