Vickeidy of Sewspicious shares her childhood trauma of abuse and how it centered around sewing, as well as her journey through healing and coming back to the sewing machine. She also discusses her painful and overwhelming experience she went through as a new mother and dealing with psychosis. SHOW NOTES Resources: RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, and they offer a variety of resources for survivors of sexual violence, including a 24/7 hotline, online chat, and educational resources. www.rainn.org Phone:  National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours 1-800-656-4673   FIND VICKEIDY AT: sewspicious.com ON INSTAGRAM: @sewspicious FIND MAUDE AT: theretroquilter.com ON INSTAGRAM: @theretroquilter

Meagan Guite of Sew Giddy and member of the Ruby Star Society crew, shares her story of coping with the many stages of grief after losing her mother to cancer.    SHOWNOTES Meagan recommends these resources on grief and dealing with death:   Books: Grief is Love by Marisa Renee Lee   Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae   Heart Talk by Cleo Wade   Podcast -You're going to die -Terrible, thanks for asking   FIND MEAGAN - on Instagram at: @sewgiddy     FIND MAUDE AT: theretroquilter.com ON INSTAGRAM: @theretroquilter @threadandtherapypodcast    

Paige of Ponderosa Creative talks about being a neurodivergent creative with border polar: a condition of bi-polar and borderline personality disorder. She also talks about her love of quilting and how that became a crutch for her coping which lead to burn out.  SHOW NOTES Resources for Bipolar Disorder and BPD:  FAQ on either disorder (including what they are, how to support yourself or a loved one, how to find other resources): https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder and https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Borderline-Personality-Disorder What Border-polar means: https://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-and-borderline-personality-disorder-dual-diagnosis  FIND PAIGE AT: Ponderosacreative.etsy.com ON INSTAGRAM: @ponderosacreative   FIND MAUDE AT: theretroquilter.com ON INSTAGRAM: @theretroquilter

My friend and mentor, Elizabeth Chappell of Quilter's Candy shares her thoughts and feelings about quilting, and how it relates to her business, ADHD, and grief.   SHOW NOTES Find Elizabeth at: https://quilterscandy.com/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quilters_candy/?hl=en    

My good friend Belle chats with me about coping with autoimmune diseases, and how quilting got her through treatment. Belle is also an advocate for child abuse prevention and has a quilt pattern and quilt along to support the cause. Links in show notes.   SHOW NOTES Find Information on the Lovely Pinwheels and the Child Abuse Prevention Quilt Along: https://www.seamssewme.com/post/lovely-pinwheels-quilt-along-in-april Find Belle at:  https://www.seamssewme.com/  On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seams_sew_me/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeamsSewMe   Find Maude at: https://theretroquilter.com/ On Instagram: @theretroquilter @threadandtherapypodcast