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Me Time: Reflect & Recharge

Pencils and Brushes 🎨: A Silent Therapy

This event happened on Tue, Dec 9, 2025 • Virtual
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Haadiyah Shahzad

Artist. Currently a trainee at Google UX design.

Karachi, Pakistan

I am an 18-year old self-taught painter. I find peace when I paint alone in nature. My biggest dream is to be a full-time artist! I want to build strong friendships with artists of my generation who understand the journey, so we can genuinely mentor and push each other creatively. Their energy is a truly lovely feeling that brings me to life and fills me with happiness!

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About this FieldTrip

In this FieldTrip you will be able to explore your inner peace as an essential act of self-care. Let’s learn to balance emotions by writing or drawing them in a way that only you can understand ☘

We’ll use simple tools—pencils and brushes—to quiet the mind in order to give our emotions some space. We will engage in guided, nature-inspired techniques that will not only calm you but also be your therapy 💟

Discover how a pencil and a paper can calm your nerves, available to you anywhere, anytime!

Please note: This FieldTrip offers optional breakout rooms. If you do not feel like joining one for any reason, no worries! We'll make sure you have something to do introspectively in the main room.

Agenda

  • 1. You will focus on guided calming technique and find peace in a natural setting. Then you'll participate in simple breathing exercise and quiet observation of the world around us for a moment, helping your mind to know that this is "me-time".

  • 2. Then you'll practice writing or drawing emotions privately, using a style that only you can understand. This is a non-judgmental activity designed purely for releasing heavy or busy feelings onto the page for easy emotional release.

  • 3. The goal is to show how nature can become your unique, ongoing therapy. You will learn simple methods to carry this sense of peace and aesthetic release with you, making it easy for you to "Embrace what calms you"!

What to know or bring

  •  One color paint🎨

  • A random brush

  • A pen/pencil(s)

  • A journal/diary

  • Colored marker (in place of paint and brush) 

What to expect

Workshop format!

A hands-on session where participants get to build, craft, or create something tangible.

Optional breakout rooms!

This FieldTrip offers optional breakout rooms. If you do not feel like joining one for any reason, no worries! We'll make sure you have something to do introspectively in the main room.

It will be recorded!

The recording will be shared within 24 hours in the follow up email for a 4-day window, and available at the top of this page. Make sure to register for access!

Learn more about FieldTrips

Whatsapp image 2025 10 14 at 6.46.50 pm
Your Host

Haadiyah Shahzad

Artist. Currently a trainee at Google UX design.

Karachi, Pakistan
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About Haadiyah Shahzad

I am an 18-year old self-taught painter. I find peace when I paint alone in nature. My biggest dream is to be a full-time artist! I want to build strong friendships with artists of my generation who understand the journey, so we can genuinely mentor and push each other creatively. Their energy is a truly lovely feeling that brings me to life and fills me with happiness!

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Itzel Ramirez

Visual Designer at Vancouver Film School .

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Nabiha Keshwani

Experience Designer & Strategy Consultant.

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Quentin Tallaferro Rogers

Advanced Meditation coach/facilitator.

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Itzel Rodriguez Joya

Graphic & Motion Designer at Itzel Pixel.

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Meredith K.

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Alison W.

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Kara S.

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Peter G.

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Jamie W.

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Kimberly V.

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Rene K.

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The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

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Support each other

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