Bodyful Minds: More You, Less Noise.23 Okt 2025

Calm Through Creativity: Lessons from a Mom Who Turned Art into Self-Care

This episode marks the start of a new chapter on the Bodyful Minds Podcast — a series of inspiring interviews with mothers and experts whose work connects with mine in meaningful ways.

Some of my guests will be ambitious moms sharing their personal journeys, others will offer professional insights to help you navigate motherhood and career with more ease — and some, like today’s guest, are both.

Ginny is an artist, geologist, and parent in a neurodiverse family. She’s always been driven by curiosity, wanting to understand how the world works and to express what she discovers through creativity. When her oldest was born, Ginny shifted her geology career to part-time, making space for family life and, eventually, a new creative direction.Like many parents, the chaos of the Covid lockdowns pushed her to find new ways to care for herself. She began reshaping her art practice into a small daily refuge to find peace and grounding amid the chaos.

Today, Ginny is growing an art business that helps other exhausted moms discover how even tiny moments of creativity can nurture calm and wellbeing.

🎨 Connect with Ginny

Art for Wellbeing Workshop waitlist (starts October 27th) - signing up puts the subscriber on the waitlist, and also delivers a quick-start guide to calming doodles & access to emails designed to encourage & support as they build their calming art practice: https://ginnybracht.com/waitlist/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginnybrachtart/
Contact: ginnybrachtart@ginnybracht.com

💡 Related resource:
If Ginny’s story resonates and you’ve been wondering whether a shift to part-time could help you thrive too — without losing career momentum — explore the Part-Time Power Plan.
It’s a step-by-step guide to redesign your role so you can keep growing in your career while creating more space for the rest of your life.

More you, not more to-do.

For even more resources go to www.bodyfulminds.com or follow on Instagram @bodyful_minds

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