As children, we can’t help but get in touch with creativity, we’re starting to learn how the world works, everything comes from a beginner’s mind. As we begin practicing and repeating things, the brain eventually figures it out and moves onto the next thing. Eventually, our curiosity for most things fades away as life begins routine and we miss out on the possibilities around us. That is why I’m always impressed and inspired when I find someone who uses creativity as a modality for healing.
Today I wanted to bring to you a former New York television executive Deb Eiseman, who after suffering debilitating chronic pain after a car accident found healing through creativity. Her life has now been transformed from one riddled with chronic pain to feeling happy as an artist and designer. She contends that it was through finding her creativity that she was healed. Can we do the same?
Deb’s advice to anyone dealing with chronic pain:
Don’t quit 5 minutes before the miracle. When you are in debilitating pain for an extended period of time, you either get bitter or get better. I feel like I reached a fork in the road and chose the path that allowed me to see the gifts in the pain. Pain is an amazing teacher and I feel so fortunate that I was conscious enough to be open to learning from it.
I also think that it is important to choose the intention to heal. When I was in such overwhelming pain, it was much easier to pay attention to the pain as opposed to the healing process. But then I realized that paying attention to the pain made me feel really powerless and just kept me in pain. Once I made the conscious choice to think about the healing process, everything started to shift and the healing unfolded.