Entering the Golden Age!

Menopause, Women, Wellness, Self-Discovery, Journey, Identity, Healing Journey, Health & WellnessJoan SaldanhaAugust 10, 2020menopause, aging, women, love., selflove, womenhood, womanhood, sensuality, sexuality, sexy, divine feminine, feminine

Divinely Guided

MarriageJoan SaldanhaAugust 10, 2020women, love, selflove, trauma, rejection, fatherwound, marriage, intimacy, partnership, family, healing, wellness

Work & Wellness

I’ve been on a wellness journey for awhile now and understand more and more that if I am not consistently taking care of my physical ,mental, emotional and spiritual health, then I am not showing up fully as who I am to everything that I do.

Finding my Tribe

I have always been an introvert. As a child, youth, and young adult, I would roam around alone for hours, and hang out by myself all the time. I would get lost in my own thoughts and quite often get into trouble with my teachers and mom for daydreaming in school and at dinner. At times my thoughts would turn into negative self talk and then the loneliness would set in. The loneliness was so deep especially when I was a teen, that I wondered what I was even doing here on this earth.

Journey, Identity, Healing Journey, artist, Self-Discovery, WomenJoan SaldanhaApril 5, 2019sisterhood, sacred, spirit, selfdiscovery, women, elder, ancestors, healing, darkness, light, peace, love, joy, awarenessComment

Process Art

When I was young I used to create art to escape from my reality. A difficult reality filled with anger, volatility and unpredictable situations. I was always so afraid and anxious about what was in store for me when I got home or woke up. Art, writing and music helped me feel free and even joyful. I felt that I could breathe and move and most importantly express myself using these tools.

Healing Journey, Health & Fitness, Identity, Journey, artist, EntrepreneurJoan SaldanhaMarch 29, 2019art, artmaking, creativity, create, artist, painter, watercolour, process, tools, self expression, entrepreneur, womenComment

The Liminal Space

Liminal is the Latin word for “threshold”. A time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘what’s next’. It is a place of transition, waiting, not knowing. That moment right before you are about to take the plunge, next step, and make a decision ‘yes’ or ‘no’. It’s an important space filled with choice and great power!

Rebirth

I am embarking on a new chapter in my life and it's yet another major shift and in order for me to make sense of it, I gotta write about it!

Self-Discovery, Identity, Journey, Healing Journey, Health & FitnessJoan SaldanhaFebruary 6, 2018women, woman, womenempowerment, ageing, body, mindbodysoul, art, artist, spiritual, mentalwellness, mentalhealth, journey, selfdiscovery, Self Care, Self Love, Mom, blogger, brownblogger, browngirl, southasian, SouthAsianArtist, India, Bangalore, Canada, Canadian, DurhamRegion, Ontario, Toronto, Sisterhood, Elder, Wisdom, Love, Peace, Light, Spirit, Children, Family, Teacher, Healer, LegacyComment

The Future of My Identity

I have been grappling with what identity means to me and the many hats that make me ME! Labels get the best of us and I am no exception. It's almost like in order for me to be seen and heard, I must identify myself first. Hi, my name is Joan Jothi Saldanha and I am a South Asian Canadian woman, wife, mother, artist, entrepreneur. BUT WAIT! I am soooo much more than that! Why do I feel this deep need to fit in?!