Art & Being: The Beauty of Intimacy: Recent Episodes
Cathleen Klibanoff
Artist, sculptor and life coach Cathleen Klibanoff explores the vulnerable depths of intimacy and the emotions that stop us from living in full color. Join, listen, laugh and cry as we give thanks for our little blue planet and discover how self-care is part of sustainability.
Spring cleaning isn't just for your homes, let's clean out our minds and bodies!
Trace back some of your old thoughts and rules and clean out those pieces that are holding you back.
Perfectionism is an addiction. This addiction obstructs an awareness of “good enough”… It is a rigid way of thinking and seeing the world as polarized, dots of black and white. Life becomes a battery of tests and there are only two outcomes -pass or fail, a mishmash of fantasy and nightmare.
Black and white pendulum that alternates between fantasy and nightmare.
We are meaning making machines... let's capitalize on our emotional intelligence!
Brené Brown is banana bread with chocolate chips. If there’s one thing I miss since going gluten-free, it is a loaf of good, sweet bread. Brene’s a researcher author innovator sassy and special lady. If you haven’t seen her iconic Ted talk on vulnerability, Google and catch up.
Tyler and Hope, an awesome couple I'm so proud to know. I believe the odds are in their favor and they manage the dips and dance of vulnerability so well. I recently created a custom "Be The Art" piece for them, learn a little more about my process and what the image means to them.
In my sculptural work Yin Yang, horseheads represent the complimentary forces. Horses symbolize freedom. Self-compassion and self-care ensure resilience ie emotional freedom. Resilience gives us the emotional & mental elasticity to love without losing your identity or compromising values. Resilience can weather loss without sacrificing trust in self. Resilience, like a good horse, always brings you home.
How I am Vulnerable...
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- What does Kale and Vulnerability have in common?
- Vulnerability is choosing to forgive, having patience & willingness to be still while listening to a higher power
- How motherhood brings out vulnerability
- I voluntarily expose the jagged edge of my grief as I say goodbye to my loved ones
- I am vulnerable because it’s the only road to intimacy