The Art of Flourishing with Lauren Da Silva

Jessica Blankenship

Jessica Blankenship is an art teacher, preacher’s wife, momma, and co-founder of The ARTFUL Gathering, LLC. In this episode, Jessica and I chat about the intersection of joy, creativity and healing from generational trauma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Monique Stevenson

Monique Stevenson is a contributing author to “Being and Belonging” - a collection of real life short stories about women’s personal journeys to becoming themselves fully and being loved as they are. Monique shares her story of living courageously with autoimmune disease, not allowing it to define her or her life, and her journey towards self-acceptance and belonging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Julie Grange

Julie Grange is a contributing author of the book, “Being & Belonging”, currently living in California. In this episode we chat about grief and loss, having the courage to feel and process those tough feelings, and accepting life as it is - pain and suffering included. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Christianna Johnson

Christianna Johnson is an author and entrepreneur based in Mississippi who is both a contributing author of a piece in “On Earth as in Heaven” and one of the editors of the entire “Art of Flourishing” book series. In this episode, we talk about learning to dream again and having the courage to pursue those dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Carmen Mwenda

Carmen Mwenda is an artist, mother, entrepreneur and more based in South Africa. In this episode we shed some tears talking about belonging, learning to be and love yourself, and learning to receive love offered to us by others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]