small group
Co-making
Art for No Reason
A 4-week creative exhale for people who feel all the things, all the time and are done trying to fix it.
You’re tired of being a self-improvement project.
You’ve done the work - and somehow, there's still more work.
Your brain needs a break.
Self-care is starting to feel like a second job.
Meditation, journaling, “regulate your nervous system” - you know the drill.
You’re tired of trying to be “better.”
You don’t need more insight. You need somewhere to put your feelings.
Not into words. Not into goals. Just into something that can hold them.
You deserve a space where your mess is welcome.
No fixing. No performance. Just quiet art, soft prompts, and humans who get it.
This isn’t self-care.
It’s emotional maintenance.
(Like planks, but with pencils…crayons instead of crunches.)
You’ve therapied. You’ve journaled. You’ve done the breathwork. Taken the magnesium. You’ve successfully turned tending to your nervous system into a full-time job.
And sure - some of it helps.
But self-care shouldn’t earn you a gold star.
You don’t need another life hack.
You don’t need to go deeper, fix more, or align with anything.
You just need somewhere to put it all.
To bring the inside out - so you can finally see it, hold it, maybe even shake it around.
That’s Art for No Reason.
A soft, weekly place to feel - without fixing.
To move what’s inside through scribbles, shapes, stillness, and quiet making.
Make.
Feel.
Be messy.
Your 4-week journey:
Week 01.
Too much.
We begin by bringing your shoulders down from your ears.
With the noise. The emotional traffic jam. The everything-all-at-once-ness.
When there’s too much inside, you don’t need to sort it - you just need somewhere to put it.
This week, we spill. We scribble. We let it move.
No tidy takeaways. Just space to breathe a little looser.
Week 02.
Stuckness.
This week is for the freeze. The pause. The places inside you that feel like mud.
The heavy limbs. The tight jaw. The mental loop that won’t let go.
We’re not here to force movement - we’re here to meet the stillness.
Slow shapes. Repeated marks. A place to be with the not-yet-moving.
week 03.
Belonging.
This one's for the weirdos. (Hi.)
For the parts of you that feel a little sideways in the world.
Difference can ache - but it’s also where your humanness lives.
Let’s make with the misfit bits. The lumpy, wonky, not-quite-fitting parts.
They’re the most interesting bits anyway.
week 04.
Hope.
Tiny. Quiet. Sometimes hiding under the furniture - or tucked between your neatly stacked doom piles.
Not loud. Not urgent. Just a little more space in your chest.
We’re not here to force joy.
We’re here to notice the magic in the mundane.
Hope doesn’t have to shout to count.
Play a little, shift a lot…
Maintained
This is emotional hygiene. Like flossing, but for your inner mess.
Uncluttered
Morning pages for your heart - clearing space without needing all the words.
Unstuck
Stretching for your nervous system. A little more room to move inside yourself.
Expressed
Not every feeling needs to be unpacked and labelled.
Some just need to be seen and felt.
Unfixed, and that’s the point
This isn’t about becoming your best self.
It’s about not needing to.
Skip the explaining. Skip the fixing. Just make the damn thing.
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What This Is
Hi, I’m Hayley - a Creative Arts Therapist who believes in the power of making things for no reason at all.
Truthfully? I think a lot of wellness culture right now is… kind of yuck.
You don’t need to trace every feeling back to childhood.
You don’t need to master your emotions like they’re a skill to conquer.I don’t believe you’re here to be fixed. I think you’re already flipping cool.
You’re deeply human - and you deserve space to express yourself in ways that are yours.Art for No Reason is a gentle (but very excellent) weekly group where we make art -
not to figure things out, but to be with what’s real.No goals. No outcomes. No pressure to be insightful or profound.
This isn’t art therapy. It’s co-making to feel good.Just a quiet place to move what’s inside, and maybe feel a little more like yourself - for no reason at all.
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My Approach
Art for No Reason is intentionally loose - but not aimless. Each session offers a gentle structure and an open door.
Because creativity doesn’t need the perfect conditions. It just needs an entry point.You’ll get a prompt, a bit of quiet, and the chance to follow a thread - or ignore the prompt entirely and just move your hands across the page.
No one’s here to analyse your work.
There’s no pressure to perform or explain (though we’ll probably share a little, in whatever words or sounds fit).No critiques. No gold stars. No tidy bows.
Make because it helps.
Make because it moves something.
Make with curiosity, not clarity.
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How It Works
Sign up – Join the group. You’ll get all the session details, plus a few gentle reminders - so your overwhelmed brain doesn’t have to hold it all.
Show up – Once a week, online (I’ll send you the video call links). Bring your feelings, something to draw with, and permission to not have a plan.
Make stuff – We begin together, then create quietly. Sometimes there’s music. Sometimes there’s movement. Mostly, there’s space.
Leave different – Maybe softer. Maybe clearer. Maybe just a little more in your body. No pressure. No tidy moral. Just a shift.
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Accessible and Intentionally Small
This is a paid offering - $120 for four weeks of creative co-making in a tiny group (max 4- 5 people).
That’s $30 a session for a space that holds you, not handles you.
No pressure. No perfection. Just a weekly place to show up, be with what’s real, and make something that wasn’t there before.
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Who Is This For?
If you’re creatively rusty, emotionally tangled, or just tired of turning your feelings into homework - this is for you.
Perfect for big-hearted overthinkers, therapy veterans, sensitive brains, and anyone who wants connection without the pressure to make sense of everything.
No small talk. No fixing.
Just space to feel what’s true, and make something from it. -
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sketches instead of squats → pencils instead of planks → crayons instead of crunches → sketches instead of squats → pencils instead of planks → crayons instead of crunches → sketches instead of squats → pencils instead of planks → crayons instead of crunches →
Big-love from big-feeling people.
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NATALIA
“Hayley holds a beautifully supportive and gentle space for self-exploration. She is present with you every step of the way and provides attuned and thoughtful insights that help you see things from different perspectives. I have felt the therapeutic effects of our session go beyond the time we had together, with a new awareness in my everyday life.” - Natalia
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CAITLIN
“Hanging out with Hayley for the afternoon felt like a sip of lemon myrtle tea – so fresh, invigorating, and damn delightful. I felt right at home in my first art therapy session with Hayley, gently guided into my own colourful, arty process. I discovered my wildest dreams are very tangible and found new ways to bring more magic into my day-to-day life. What a treat!”
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KRIS
“I initially had some concerns about my lack of artistic skills before starting art therapy. However, I was looking for a new way to explore my feelings outside the typical therapy context. I found Hayley’s art therapy to be a really wholesome and fulfilling way of approaching some of the problems I'm going through, especially the guidance around the art aspect. It helped me link my thoughts and feelings to physical reactions, creating a more comprehensive approach to healing. I love Hayley’s combination of kindness and silliness to help create a really beautiful atmosphere that makes it easy to be vulnerable. This experience was more interactive and personal than regular therapy, leaving me with tangible reminders of our work and a sense that we were really collaborating on my well-being.”
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TRAVIS
“Throughout the session, I didn't feel you were in front pulling me along, nor in back pushing me forward. I felt you were standing beside, and we were taking a walk together at a pace I felt comfortable with. Rather than psychoanalyzing my drawings and everything I was saying, to me it felt like you were pointing out notable words and phrases, and allowed me to interpret it for myself.”
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JODIE
“Therapy with Hayley was just lovely. I felt safe, contained, cared for and delighted in. So beautiful!”
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SARA
“Working with Hayley is an absolute delight! The presence and space she holds is infused with unconditional love and acceptance, and this in and of itself feels so healing. Her grounded energy and the insights she offers are POTENT. The practices and exercises she guides are powerful, and address the deepest roots of whatever is being addressed. I would HIGHLY recommend working with Hayley!”
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JEN
“Hayley is an exceptional therapist. She has a beautiful, calming and safe presence. Hayley has been able to pinpoint some deep-seated patterns in me and help me begin to release them and believe in my worth so that I can move forward towards my dreams. I had so many a-ha moments in my time with Hayley; realisations I never would have had without her great questions and guidance.”
