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Heart Notes: Notes for your heart
In this heart month of February,
what are you doing to keep your physical and emotional heart happy and healthy? Are you finding joyful movement? Are you seeking out friendships and relationships that nourish/support you and make you blossom? Are you speaking to yourself with love and kindness, as you would to a person you love?

One aspect of self compassion that is always worth exploring is the idea of feeling worthy - of love, of comfort, of relaxation - no matter what we accomplish. This blog post I am enough explores this issue and gives tips for how to cultivate the mindset of 'I am enough'.

Renegade Conversations - new episodes coming soon!
This week I'm recording two (and hopefully three) new episodes of Renegade Conversations. I have an author, a film maker and hopefully another fantastic artist on the list. I think they are going to be fabulous conversations and I can't wait for you to meet them. Stay tuned for Season Two!

If you would like to be notified each time a new episode launches, please subscribe to my YouTube channel .

Check out my latest Artworks in progress below. I hope you like them!

Keep reading for Upcoming Classes and Events and more.
During this two hour, online class we will learn how to establish a creative journaling practice that will become part of your design process. We will cover how to begin and sustain a journaling practice, how to get unblocked through journaling and sketching, tapping into the body feeling to create designs that come from within and more. $65 US Two spots open, hit reply to this email to register today.
Stay well and keep looking for those moments of joy. Thanks for reading and connecting. It means the world to me.

Warmly,
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Meryl Cook Engagement by Design
artist, author, speaker and facilitator.
"Colour, texture, joy and self compassion"
are the core principles of my business and life. Helping you to find your joy and be wild with purpose.
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Upcoming Classes & Events

Booking now for 2024
Spots available for speaking, workshop and team building facilitation and custom designs for your conference or organization (in person or virtual). Limited spots to work with me one to one over Zoom also available.

February 8-18, 2024 In the Studio Online Workshop Week 2024
In the Studio Online will be offering another of its popular series, online Workshop Week. There is a wide variety of talks and classes available. Here are links to the teachers involved with this Workshop Week: @artwools @halbermichelle @wendiescottdavis @krisbraids @jean.haley @marystitches_ @fromjanemmason @thehookingcolonel @robbymooreart @merylcook @remileves @claypatties @storytellerwool @loopbyloopstudio Registration is open now! Get the full course catalogue here.

February 14, 1 to 3pm Eastern
Journaling for Design
Registration for this online workshop is open and the class is almost full. Do you want to create designs that express your inner self? Designs that are meaningful? Would you like to use journaling to get unblocked, to get your creativity flowing again? $65 US. For more information and to register, hit reply to this email.

Stories are Made Loop by Loop, a travelling exhibit, curated by Susan Feller. Artists in this exhibit are Domenica Zara Queen, West Virginia, Cheryl Bollenbach, Tennessee, Terri Todd, Virginia, Karen Miller, Ontario, Canada, Meryl Cook, Nova Scotia, Canada, Mary Tayliegh Lopez, British Columbia, Canada and Elizabeth Miller, Maine. This exhibit will be at the following locations:
July 12 - October 7, 2023 - Virginia Quilt Museum
March to June 2024 - Juliet Art Museum at Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
July 5 - September 11, 2024 - The Dairy Barn Art Center
September - December, 2024 - Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Link to the Stories are Made Loop by Loop catalogue.

March 13 - 3pm Atlantic
I'll be doing an Instagram Live with Sian Evans of My Menopause Self Care Coach. We will be talking about journaling, menopause and becoming our inner wild selves. How to find your joy and be wild with purpose.

March 20, 1pm Atlantic - Journaling for Creating Space - Webinar
Join me for this FREE online webinar. In this 30-minute webinar discover:
Why journal?; Tapping into the body feeling and Dreaming wildly. For more information and to register.

March 21 - Relaunch of Creating Space
Are you ready to make a change, reinvent yourself, and make time for self care and creativity? Are you on the cusp of seeing your potential to be a better version of yourself and you want to know how to do this? Would you like to find your voice and be wild with purpose? Each week I will send you a writing/sketching prompt. And you can share your response to the prompt with me directly. If you need more and would like some individual time with me, there are options to book time with me.  Sign up today for this FREE resource.

Work one to one with me
Are you feeling burnt out and needing to reconnect with joy and a sense of purpose? Perhaps you are blocked and needing help to get in the flow again. I help you discover the steps to find your joy and access your creative soul. Book your Individual Connection Session today. Packages of three sessions with me are also available.
Creating Space

Creating Space is relaunching as a FREE service on March 21. Each week I will send you a writing/sketching prompt. And you can share your response to the prompt with me directly.
If you need more and would like some individual time with me, there are options to book time with me.
For more information and to register today.
Artwork in Progress

I am working on a new abstract piece called Spacious. It is inspired by my intention for the year to be more spacious with myself. The words from my journal that are written around the edges of the design are "Spacious, open, restful, allowing, 'Let it Be', uncluttered, expansive, clear." Here's a link to a video of me working on it. While you're there, consider subscribing to my YouTube channel!

If you would like to own one of my fibre art creations, take a look at my gallery or contact me. Custom designs also available.
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My latest work in progress. Spacious. Designed and hooked by Meryl Cook.
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