Create Me Free | Kathryn Vercillo | Substack

START HERE: where art meets psychology and creativity can thrive

We are not all "tortured geniuses" and art isn't always therapy but there is so much richness and connection and magic in the in between. Come learn…

Mar 3, 2024 • Kathryn Vercillo

Recent posts

What a Creative Health Map Actually Looks Like: Meet Bella

A glimpse into how I map the intersection of health and creativity for individual artists

Jan 15 • Kathryn Vercillo

Creating Through a Body That Resists: What Your Body Knows About Your Art

The adaptations you dismiss as limitations are often creative problem-solving at its most fundamental

Jan 14 • Kathryn Vercillo

Dear Artist Whose Body Hurts When You Create

On adaptation as a creative act, and why the work you make within your limits is not lesser work

Jan 11 • Kathryn Vercillo

Your Incomplete Projects Aren't Random: Where You Stop Tells a Story

What the pattern in your unfinished pile might be telling you and how to interpret the message

Jan 7 • Kathryn Vercillo

The Yarn Knows First

Art, Mental Health, and Listening for What’s Already There

Published on The Daily Chocolate Taoist ™ • Jan 5

Dear Artist Who Starts But Doesn't Finish

The unfinished pile might be telling a different story than the one you've been telling yourself

Jan 4 • Kathryn Vercillo

Work With Me

Creative Health Mapping

Uncover the Hidden Connections Between Your Health and Your Art Through a Written Analysis, Visual Map and Orientation Call, All Through the Lens of My Unique 6-part Framework

Creative Health Navigation

Explore The Ways Art and Health Intersect For You to Identify What Holistic Success Means For You and Then Achieve It

Monthly Recaps

October, November, December 2025 ... being present and looking ahead

Quick recap of the past few months and early announcements about Creative Health Cartography.

Dec 31, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

September Creative Cadence: Madge Gill, Hidden Rhythms, and Embodied Creativity

Productivity, pause, and the body’s quiet knowledge

Oct 1, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

August Creative Cartography: Charting Health, Identity, and Expression Through Hidden Messages in Our Art

From frameworks to lived stories of how health shapes art.

Sep 1, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

July } Full Yet Fragmented: Creative Health in Overflowing Times

Overwhelm, shutdown days, and art as grounding

Jul 31, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

June Creative Healing Toolkit: Letters, Downloads, and Community Wisdom

Mental health resources and techniques

Jul 1, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

May Art-Health Framework: New Tools for Understanding Creative Wellness

Resources for healthy creativity conversations

May 31, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

April } Resilience Through Art: Finding Inspiration Amid Creative Challenges

Artists persevering across decades

Apr 30, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

March Creative Wellness Deep Dive: Hypergraphia to Healing Community

Mental health shaping artistic expression

Mar 31, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

Dear Artist

Dear Artist Whose Body Hurts When You Create

On adaptation as a creative act, and why the work you make within your limits is not lesser work

Jan 11 • Kathryn Vercillo

Dear Artist Who Starts But Doesn't Finish

The unfinished pile might be telling a different story than the one you've been telling yourself

Jan 4 • Kathryn Vercillo

Dear Artist who has had a rough year,

Dear creator who has held your work together while everything else fell apart,

Dec 28, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

Dear Artist who misses warmth in your own words,

Dear artist whose work feels colder than it used to,

Dec 21, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

Healthy Creativity

Creating Through a Body That Resists: What Your Body Knows About Your Art

The adaptations you dismiss as limitations are often creative problem-solving at its most fundamental

Jan 14 • Kathryn Vercillo

Your Incomplete Projects Aren't Random: Where You Stop Tells a Story

What the pattern in your unfinished pile might be telling you and how to interpret the message

Jan 7 • Kathryn Vercillo

Creating a Soothing Space and Routine for Creativity Using the Five Senses

This is part of a longer booklet that I put together, which I wanted to offer to you today:

Sep 27, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

The Role of Sleep in Sustaining Creativity

To give oneself permission to sleep deeply, to nap, to step away from constant striving is to resist a system that equates human worth with…

Sep 25, 2025 • Kathryn Vercillo

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