[I am] excited to help my population grow, heal, and realize all the good things they can do in life through expressive arts. Many of the people in my population don't have the freedoms that PeaceLove workshops can give them and I am very excited to give them that freedom of expression.

I felt thrilled because it went so well, and the patients seemed to love it.

I'm excited to be a CREATOR because I know how much this process and the workshops can benefit others!

The feedback we received was incredible. We had tears of joy, happy dances, huge smiles and lots of air kisses and hugs.

I am excited to bring something new and fresh to my participants. I am excited to offer new opportunities for participants to grow personally.

I was impressed with the reactions from each of the kids... from increased focus, to big smiles, expression of feelings during the workshop.

Being able to be a part of the moment when a patient is able to freely create and express how they feel through their artwork is beyond rewarding. If it were up to me, I would have nothing but PeaceLove workshops going from 9-3 every day for every patient.

Everyone needs to take care of their mental health. You do not need to be diagnosed with something in order to get something out of [this program].

I'm excited to bring a new form of expression towards a demographic that doesn't always have access.

The CREATORS Program will help me connect with some of our children who have experienced trauma and give them a way to express their feelings.

"I want to share what I have been given. I know I will make mistakes, but for the first time in my career I don’t fear not being perfect... I can’t wait to see the women’s faces when they experience these workshops, to watch them create and experience and express themselves in a way they most likely haven’t before."

I am looking forward to creating a space to express with our youth. I hope this tool can lead to discovery, connections, and conversation.

I'm excited to bring something new that people haven't seen before. I know this program can bring a lot of positivity to their lives.

"I've always thought of PeaceLove as a way for people to express their feelings and I think that expressing yourself is critical for people's mental health."

Mental health isn't just about having a mental health disorder, but also how one improves or works on their mental wellness.

I am so excited to have a whole new set of skills that can help our children, adolescents and their families connect and find peace of mind!

The CREATORS Program allows me to connect with participants in a different way, giving kids the time to immerse themselves in a creative experience and let them be who they are.

Expressive arts is a wonderful way to give children in my hospital a voice and an outlet for their feelings.

I am excited to [use the CREATORS Program to] bring more ways of communication to my population.

I am looking forward to helping those in the community I work with better understand themselves and their emotions through expressive arts. I hope for expressive arts to be their voice and their outlet.

I look forward to implementing how open people can be with each other, being open and honest and feeling comfortable with that. I want them to be able to express themselves, even if it's not with words.

I'm excited to see others grow through expressive arts and for the potential to reach those I may not have been able to reach without the tools I've learned through the [training].

I realized that doing these workshops have opened my eyes to new ideas both of myself and how I can provide workshops to my population.

[As a CREATOR, I am most excited about] helping my patients express themselves.

I think the curriculum is great and will be really helpful to my patients, and the community.

I am looking forward to adding six new expressive arts activities to my repetoire and seeing my patients' reaction. I'm also excited for the opportunity to represent PeaceLove in my organization. I am the first from my hospital to train at PeaceLove and I hope to inspire others to train as well.

My greatest success [as a CREATOR] is being able to inspire the students I work with to try some new ways of working through their problems.

I believe that there are all kinds of support and different ways to approach mental health, and to have [this new tool] gives me hope.

I'm excited to be a CREATOR [to support] my students' mental wellness through creative arts.

With PeaceLove, clients will have access to expressive arts to help heal.

I have had the privilege of watching participants transform through participation. Whether participants were engaging in a single workshop or my weekly series through the clinic, I have watched these workshops really deliver 1-2 hours of true peace of mind.

"I am excited to be a CREATOR because it will allow me to give my patients opportunities to express themselves and recognize different emotions, things they struggle to do."

I've had some idea as to how art/creative expression can be useful, but this experience has really shifted my thinking.

I was blown away by some really profound insights from some patients who had struggled in other groups.

Running these PeaceLove groups where individuals can express their feelings and emotions in such a safe and creative way while experiencing healing and self-exploration is such a powerful and beautiful process and is the reason I feel honored and blessed to now be a PeaceLove CREATOR.

PeaceLove is creative, accessible, and non-intimidating.

I am looking forward to providing clients with an opportunity to experience mental health awareness with creativity and art.

I have always used art to find healing and deal with mental health challenges and I have always been an advocate for reducing stigma around mental illnesses and now I feel as though I can channel these passions in a meaningful productive way.

I'm excited to be a CREATOR to share alternative methods to process emotions.

The CREATORS Program will give my population the chance to express themselves and gain some insight into the areas they are hoping to work on.

These workshops have been a wonderful complement to the services I provide for my clients and the care that they receive at Ontario Shores.

I enjoyed the experience so much that I can’t wait to give my clients an opportunity to experience what I did! I think that expressive arts will be very soothing for my clients.

I have found being a CREATOR to be a huge teaching tool for me! I see the joy in the kids letting them be free to do what they want.

I'm looking forward to starting to help others work through their personal challenges in a creative and 'non traditional' way.

I have discovered an inherent creativity within myself and I am so grateful for that. I plan to carve out creative time for myself knowing this will bring me peace and provide a healthy and meaningful outlet for my own thoughts and emotions.

I am looking forward to providing new tools for expression and a way to build a stronger community where students can talk about mental health.

[With the CREATORS Program], I hope to draw out more creative potential [in my participants] and build their confidence.

PeaceLove allows me to add so much more to the people's lives that I work with every day.

I am constantly reminded, especially when doing a workshop, just how fortunate I am to work with the population I work with.

I am most looking forward [to implementing the CREATORS Program] to help kids explore themselves openly and not look to the product of something as defining of themselves or their abilities.

I'm excited for this program to help bring creativity to my therapy, and encouraging others to use art more.

I am so excited to have a new tool in my toolbox in order to help others.

I'm most looking forward to providing a positive, meaningful experience to youth who are suffering from trauma and mental health concerns.

I can't wait to help people feel a little bit better about their lives and their mental health. I can't wait to see some of the smiles, and to connect better with the population I serve, where they can express themselves without having to verbalize all of their emotions.

I’m excited to see how my students respond to these workshops and the art they create!

I am excited to be able to share what I have learned with my community. I am happy to be able to take what I have learned in training and apply to my personal/professional life. I love that I am able to use expressive arts as a way to help my patients deal with their mental health.

The kids [at Bradley Hospital] often express how much they enjoy PeaceLove.

I am genuinely so thankful and grateful to be apart of this family. I cannot wait to help spread PeaceLove and see the impact that it makes on our patients, and ultimately, how mental health is treated.

I am excited to give kids and families another way to connect with one another and their emotional experience.

I feel as though I have 6 great new activities that are going to allow me to have those 'break through' moments with each patient.

These workshops will bring empathy, compassion and togetherness to the employees and help foster a positive environment. I truly believe these programs will make a difference in the culture.

"[I'm excited] to spread PeaceLove and to help my clients."

[CREATORS] has helped me to better understand [my participants]… seeing their fears, hearing their struggles, and having them share their dreams.

[As a CREATOR], I hope that [my population] will gain greater emotional resilience, learn new modalities of coping, and begin to express and work through their own individual life traumas.

I really love [giving] the kids a tool to help them independently manage those [difficult] times on their own.

I look forward to implementing this program with my clients, because I am excited to see what will come up instead of utilizing talk therapy.

I'm excited to give others who suffer from mental illness a way to express themselves in a positive way, where they can be comfortable to share or not share.

Mainly, I have found that being creative has given me an outlet in my own life. PeaceLove gives me a way to pass this on to my students in a way I would never be able to do on my own. I am most grateful for this opportunity.

I'm excited to bring creativity and expression into my school. Creative art is a great outlet and with the guidance of each workshop I know many students are going to benefit from them and get to know themselves a little better.

[Being a CREATOR] has opened me up to seeing the individuals I work with in a different light.

I know this program will reach some students that we are not reaching in other ways, and that it will reach all students in some way.

[I'm excited to give] kids a way to express their feelings, a place where kids can be creative and connect with each other outside of their classrooms.

I am so excited [for the CREATORS Program] to bring a voice to the foster care community in a unique way!

[This CREATORS Program is] so needed for my population.

I'm excited to be a CREATOR [to help] my population create peace of mind.

My population is very creative in general and I am pleasantly surprised at their ability to articulate when given the chance to express themselves.

There is a culture shift underway around the value of mindfulness, and this is the perfect time to bring expressive arts workshops to the young children I teach, as well as their classroom teachers.

I am meant to be a part of this work... it is truly an extension of who I am and what my heart believes.

I am looking forward to the freedom that people can experience if they embrace [the CREATORS Program].

It's fun watching people take chances and get a little messy!

"I strongly believe that by offering these workshops it will allow for all members of the community to be able to talk more freely about mental health issues impacting themselves or others."

I'm so excited to be able to be a part of this... to help get rid of all the stigma around [mental health]!

I'm most looking forward to the responses of my population and to be a key to help them find peace of mind in their projects.

[I am most excited] to see the positive impact [of the CREATORS Program] and to build relationships.

"I cannot wait to give others a method/vehicle/mode to express themselves... These workshops provide such support and utilize so many different methods that everyone will be able to take away something meaningful at some point."

[I hope the CREATORS Program will help] them understand themselves more without the use of stigma.

The individuals that I serve all have beautiful voices and strong stories.

I have found that using creative arts helps me to deal more effectively with challenges I encounter in my work.

Some participants that I know struggle with self-expression were able to express themselves with ease.

[I'm excited to use the CREATORS Program] to help people cope with their illness or feelings through art as a modality.

I am excited to be a CREATOR so that I can share expressive arts with populations that would not normally have access to a program like PeaceLove!

This is one of the best programs that I have been involved with in terms of impact on my participants.

I am excited to show [my participants] another way to heal.

I am excited to bring a little bit of peace to any individual who is struggling.