Healing and Recovery by Rachel Nicholls

Healing and Recovery by Rachel Nicholls now takes appointments on their Page.

We will be at Christchurch car boot sale 11-2pm on Saturday 28th August(this sat) with a selection of our cards and gifts. We would love to see you there!

Some of my healing and Recovery cards are for sale in the Good News centre which is a Christian bookshop in Loughborough. I am looking for more places to sell the healing and Recovery cards with the hope they might reach more people who will find the images helpful in their own journey. If you know anyone that might be interested please let me know! Rachel

Some of Rachel's "Healing and Recovery" range of cards are now available in the Good News centre, Christian bookshop in Loughborough. Painted out of her ongoing recovery from complex trauma and eating disorders. Designed to help others who are struggling.

Lovely to see the profiles of 32 Stamford artists up down Ironmongers Street. We were very pleased to be included!

Having not written a blog on the website for some time I felt it was time to share the meaning behind another of my healing and recovery images, with the hope it might connect with others also struggling with change. Rachel

"A new thing" – John G Nicholls Art & Design I am learning at the moment in my recovery that sometimes we need to let go of the old to embrace the new things that are just beginning to grow up, or even to give them space to grow. Personally I find this difficult and sometimes painful and only through looking back can I see why I needed to take...

This image has been on my mind a lot recently. Maybe it is as we come out of some of the Covid restrictions. But I am reminded the process of release from anything holding us is often a slow rather than a sudden process.

Release When we are trapped within our difficulties, it feels like a cage around us. It traps us, yet also somehow the confines bring us safety and security, a way to cope when what is outside feels risky and uncertain.

New stock of Stamford cards delivered to Walkers Bookshop Stamford. Including new designs! John & Rachel.

Restocked Nisalocal Drift Road Stamford today. Including handmade cards by Rachel and 2 new local scenes by John. Why not pop in and take a look? John & Rachel

Beautiful day for it! Cards back on the gate today! Including new designs, and £1 bargin basket. Radcliffe Rd Stamford, opposite fire station, why not come and take a look! John & Rachel.

We were pleased to restock Nisalocal Drift Road today. Including a range of Easter cards including handmade cards, new Birthday card designs and local scenes. Why not pop in and take a look!

I have recently completed a new piece called "inner child". This illustrates the process I am going through in therapy. It portrays what I could not say in words. I hope it may also help others battling with these difficulties. Rachel.

A4 Print A High quality A4 print from an original silk painting by Rachel titled "Inner child" Available as either a framed/mounted print. Prints are mounted in an ivory mounts and come in a protective cellophane sleeve. Finished mounted size 28x35.5cm. Frames are made of quality solid pine. "Inspired by my....

My healing and recovery and many others are available to purchase in Nisalocal Drift Road Stamford.

We have been stocking Nisalocal on Drift road today. Including Mother's Day with homemade cards by Rachel and Easter cards. We have some colour in cards for anyone who likes colouring to enjoy! Keep safe John & Rachel.

New cards now in Nisalocal on Drift Road Stamford. Including packs of 5 Stamford scene cards, all from original paintings by John. While not have a look while you pick up some essential shopping!

We are pleased to offer Stamford scene A6 cards (in packs of 5), from original watercolour paintings by John now available in Walkers bookshop Stamford. Walkers remains open through lockdown, and is stocking 7 different Stamford scene cards all printed on high quality card.

A good selection of Healing and Recovery cards are now available to purchase ar Nisalocal Drift Road Stamford.

New cards at Nisalocal Drift Road Stamford today! Including some local scenes by John. Why not pop in and see for yourself!

Christmas craft sale at the gate.

Craft sale at the gate tomorrow Sat 12th Dec 10-4pm 2 Rock House Gardens, Radcliffe Road, Stamford. We have lots of Christmas crafts, cards, prints and gifts. 10% of all raised donated to Mindspace. Please treat as you would a visit to any shop. Remember your mask and social distancing. Hand sanitiser will be available. We are really looking forwards to seeing you! John & Rachel.

*Stamford scene Christmas cards* Now back in stock in Walkers Bookshop in Stamford! We restocked today after they sold out again. They have all 3 designs while stocks last! Thanks for all your support! John & Rachel.

My latest healing and recovery blog is now live. The hope that good can come out of difficulties.

"Beauty out of a Rocky Place" – John G Nicholls Art & Design This weeks image depicts a tulip growing out of rocks. It seems especially relevant as we embark on a further episode of restrictions across the country in response to the rise of Covid-19 cases. Although it is a hard time good can grow up out of our difficulties, opportunities we wouldn't have had....

My first healing and recovery blog is now live on our website. I hope it will bring hope and encouragement to others. My blog will be published every friday. Rachel

Healing and Recovery - Think of a dragon fly laid into stems, leaves or mud........suddenly without warning it sheds it's final skin, take their first breath of air, their wings unfold and they take flight.

Exciting news Today we are launching our new website johnnichollsart.com we will be able to offer a wider range of products all from our original artwork. We are still getting it fully stocked and will keep our folksy shop running alongside it. Please take a look and let us know what you think! Rachel and John

A4 Print A High quality A4 print from an original silk painting by Rachel titled "Transformation." Available as either a framed/mounted print or a digital download. Prints are mounted in an ivory mounts and come in a protective cellophane sleeve. Finished mounted size 28x35.5cm. Frames are made of quality so...

We are selling our cards on the gate again. All £2.50. Seconds basket £1.

We tried a new thing today, selling cards on the gate. All healing and Recovery cards are available. It's totally self service no pressure to buy if you'd just like to see what we have. Opposite the firestation station on Radcliffe Road Stamford.

"How is it I am still learning this truth! Recovery is breaking chain after chain after chain. Daring to speak out, find a voice, trust mental health workers. Even this week I have had to push past my comfort zone, try to ask for the help I need. When everything in me wants to push people away, run and hide, retreat to a safe place inside myself. I am still learning this truth recovery is breaking chain after chain after chain, and each chain is a risk, yet the risk of not trying is greater still, of being stuck in a difficult place forever. Recovery is hard work." Rachel.

I have painted another silk image. Inspired by the life cycle of the dragonfly, which spends most of its life scrabbling about as a nymph, then sheds its final skin to reveal its beauty and can breathe air and fly. Amazingly its ultimate form and beauty was there all along hidden from view. I take comfort from this image as I go through my own trauma work.

5x7" "Dragonfly" Card A quality 5x7" card from an original silk painting by Rachel. Comes complete with white envelope and cellophane sleeve and is left blank for your own message. Reverse of the card is printed with the meaning of the image.

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I have painted on silks and made a new card today. It is titled "Keep moving onwards" As on all my cards it includes a thought of mine linked to recovery that inspired the picture. "Once the butterfly emerges from it's cocoon it keeps moving forwards, it doesn't look back and try to become a caterpillar again. Often in recovery we are tempted to look back or we slip back but even when this happens we can start again, as our wings strengthen it becomes our new way of being" I am aware this process is not easy and is a gradual, sometimes a lifelong process. Rachel

7x5" "Onwards" Butterfly Card A 7x5" Card from an original silk painting by Rachel. Card is blank for your own message and comes complete with white envelope and protective cellophane sleeve. The reverse of the card is printed with a description of the meaning of the image.

This image is titled "Beauty out of brokenness." It is inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi repairing broken pots with gold. The finished object is more precious and beautiful than a pot that has never been broken. Out of our brokenness comes inner beauty. I need to remember this as I walk day by day through my own recovery journey. When we feel swamped by our current situation, we need to somehow fix our eyes on the future. When the pot is first broken no-one would dream of how beautiful the fragments could become in time. Rachel