Healing
is the Best Revenge
I’m a disabled nonbinary queer femme artist, educator, keynote speaker, librarian, & survivor who transforms trauma through cute & colorful art, alchemizes affirmations for survivors (I believe you), & uses aesthetics as a spell for healing.
I center radical self-love, creativity, healing, platonic intimacy & friendships, trauma recovery, community care, chronic illness & disability, & the power of aesthetics in my practice.
I strive to empower more survivors to work with aesthetics as a tool for creative expression & expansion, reclaiming our bodies & sovereignty & spaces (both physical & digital!), creative confidence, playful + powerful inner child/teen work, & healing as an iterative + nonlinear practice.
As a librarian, I work with library workers who are committed to creating cultures that center healing through radical empathy, collective care, & advocacy work. I support libraries in building holistic work cultures in which both patrons & staff with a variety of lived experiences, including (but not limited to) trauma, substance use, disability, & chronic illness, feel supported, valued, & safe to show up as their whole selves.
Free Resources
Community Care Plan Template
Get your free, customizable community care plan template & make organizing a constellation of care within your community so much easier! This template includes instructions for setting up & using it, an intro to what community care is, examples of how people can offer support, & a community care calendar where people can sign up.
CPTSD Coping Skills Guide
Receive your #aesthetic guide to coping skills for CPTSD, featuring 15+ coping skills & walkthroughs on practicing each one, a printable poster of affirmations for survivors, & more.
Podcast
Blog
Healing is the Best Revenge is a radically vulnerable podcast for survivors and the folks who love us featuring candid conversations about healing, coping with CPTSD, survivorship, community care, self-love, creativity, & so much more. Host Karina Hagelin shares heartfelt affirmations, uplifting pep talks, encouragement, support, & advice from their own experiences to support & keep you company on your own healing journey & recovery process.
