Essential Mental Healing
Essential Mental Healing
Candace Fleming
Who Are You After The Crisis Ends with Nerissa Balland
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Welcome And Meet Narissa
Cancer And The Identity Aftermath
Why Creativity Helps You Process
Broken Crayons Still Color
Motherhood Guilt And Letting Go Control
Redefining Strength As Vulnerability
Addiction And What We Do Not Say
The Camp Checklist Meltdown
Crisis Reveals What You Suppressed
When Healing Actually Begins
Legacy Is How People Feel
Approval And The Relationship With Self
A Story Of Permission And Grace
Time Pressure And The Speed Culture
What Readers Can Take From The Book
Workshops Creativity Beyond Art Class
Where To Find Help And Close
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Send us Fan Mail It's Therapy Thursday!! Survival can be the loudest chapter, but the quiet that comes after is where so many of the real questions hit. We sit down with Nerissa Balland, a therapeutic arts practitioner, visual artist, and the author of Canvas of Courage, to talk about what it means to rebuild your identity after cancer, trauma, grief, or any life-altering change that leaves you feeling emotionally disoriented. Her story begins with a metastatic melanoma diagnosis while she’s ...