A Paint Party, a Promise, and Four Women Who Showed Up to Create 📍 Story Moment: A Saturday evening in the studio — brushes in hand, blue paint on the palette, and something sacred quietly filling the room. There's something that happens when women gather around a table with paintbrushes in their hands. The walls go quiet. The busyness falls away. Somewhere between the first brushstroke and the last — something opens. Last Saturday, four of us gathered for a "Hope Anchors My

How Nine Women, One Year Ago, Left the Plan Behind — and Found Something More Beautiful 📍 Story Moment: Trixi's Creations' Studio, 29 March 2025 — nine women arrived with brushes in hand, a sunflower to paint, and a canvas full of possibility. There's something holy about a blank canvas. It stands waiting — white, wide, and full of promise — like an unopened morning, like a held breath before the first word of a song. Nine canvases lined the table in Trixi's Creations'

How paint, prayer, and honest conversation became a sanctuary for every woman in the room 📍 Story Moment: A sunny Saturday morning in Auckland, 28 March 2026 — women gathering in a studio that holds more than paint, discovering they're holding more than brushes. 📖 "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." — Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) My studio is a sanctuary. I don't use that word lightly. It's t

The physical and emotional benefits of painting, and why creativity restores what life has worn thin There are seasons when the soul carries more than words can bear. Thoughts circle endlessly, emotions feel tangled, and the body holds tension it cannot name. In those moments, God often invites us not into explanation, but into expression. Painting offers such an invitation. Not as performance.Not as productivity.But as presence. When we paint, something gentle yet profound t

A gentle relocation of words, healing, and holy remembrance There are moments in life when a shift feels small on the outside, yet deeply significant within. This is one of those moments. For some time now, This Is My Story has lived under Trixi’s Creations. It has been a beautiful home, a place where creativity and testimony met on the same page. Yet as the journey has unfolded, it has become clear that these reflections carry something even more personal. They hold memory.

Have you ever felt like your heart was carrying a weight too heavy to bear? 🤔 Like the noise of the world drowns out the quiet voice inside you that longs for healing? 🤔 I’ve been there, and I want to share something that changed everything for me — a space where creativity meets faith, where brokenness is met with hope, and where healing begins through art. This is the story of the faith-based creativity that transformed my life, and it might just do the same for you. Why

A personal testimony of walking in victory over depression, held by faith, truth, and gentle restoration I went from surviving in silence to walking in quiet, anchored victory. Seven years on, I stand as living testimony to God’s gentle intervention and sustaining grace. Depression is something I speak about with tenderness, because it is not theoretical for me. It is a valley I have walked through slowly and honestly, and by the grace of God, I no longer live there. Fo

There is a holy hush that falls when truth is spoken without embellishment. Words like these do not invite applause, they invite the soul to bow. The anointing is not a gift lightly worn. It is not a mantle draped over ambition or talent. It is a sacred weight, carried by those willing to be undone before they are ever used. There is a cost that cannot be measured in time, talent, or applause. The anointing is not added to a life, it claims a life. Scripture never presents

Uncovering the hidden narratives that shape your reactions, relationships, and sense of self Have you ever felt like you’re fighting an invisible enemy in your own mind?🤔 Or notice how a single careless word can unravel your entire day?🤔 Many of us find that certain truths we know intellectually just don’t seem to “stick” in our hearts. The reality is that our lives are often shaped by hidden beliefs and past wounds we aren't even aware of. They act as an unseen architect,

An evening invitation to clarity, courage, and faithful perseverance There are moments when the Lord gently calls us to pause, look again, and ask not how fast we are running, but whether we are running the right race and how far can we go. On Thursday, 29 January at 18h30, we start gathering at Trixi’s Creations, Mairangi Bay, to begin Run Your Race Well, an advanced Encounter Group journey designed for those longing to walk with intention, wisdom, and endurance in the seaso

A reflection on how what some call weakness, others see as a gift We live in a world quick to label. Too quiet. Too sensitive. Too weird. Too confident. These words echo in our hearts and often leave us wondering if we are somehow broken. Yet the truth is, God never once made a mistake in how He designed us. For every person who says you are too quiet, there is another who treasures your gift of listening. Where some see too sensitive, others see the courage to feel deeply

Learning to receive what cannot be earned or manufactured 📖 " For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. " — Proverbs 2:6 (NKJV) Overview This verse begins with a quiet certainty that wisdom does not originate in human effort or experience. Wisdom has a source , and that source is the LORD Himself. Wisdom is not discovered through striving, but received through relationship. God gives wisdom generously because it reflects His heart and His wa

A sacred reflection on faith, healing, courage, and the quiet victories that carried me through As the final hours of 2025 settle gently into stillness, I pause, not to rush into what is next, but to honour what has been. This year did not arrive with loud triumphs or easy resolutions. It unfolded slowly, faithfully, often quietly, like a tapestry woven thread by thread in places only God and I could see. 2025 was not a year of avoidance. It was a year of facing. Facing truth

A visual map of grace, mercy, and calling shaped by love and woven together in Christ There comes a moment in every faith journey when we stop asking, “What should I do?🤔” and begin asking, “What has God already placed within me?🤔” The Scriptures remind us that calling is not something we manufacture through effort or ambition. It is something we receive , steward, and grow into through obedience and surrender. 📖 " Having then gifts differing according to the grace that i

A Gentle Reckoning of Faithfulness, Courage, Creativity, and Return Last year didn't just show me how much I could produce. It revealed where I chose to remain faithful and where God quietly invited me to deeper alignment. Where I Showed Up Consistently I showed up in writing. Here, truth, prayer, and reflection found their voice. I also committed to Speakers Tribe, practising speaking and leadership even when my confidence wavered. I chose courage over comfort, presence over

May your rooms be filled with warmth, your table with laughter, and your heart with a quiet sense of being held. May the Lord meet you gently in the middle of all the joy and all the ache, reminding you that you are not forgotten, and you are not alone. 📖 "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." — Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) Ma

When I first picked up a paintbrush, I believed that I couldn't paint and I wasn’t sure what I was looking for. I just knew I needed a way to express the storm inside me. Art became my refuge, a place where my heart could speak without words. Over time, I discovered that creating spiritually inspired creations wasn’t just about making something beautiful. It was about healing, about connecting with something deeper, something sacred. And that’s what I want to share with you t

Shame is a thief. It creeps into the hidden places of our hearts, whispering lies that sound like truth. It doesn’t live in the realm of logic, because shame is not about reason. It lives in the shadows of the amygdala, where fear and survival reside. Guilt says, “I made a mistake.” Shame says, “I am a mistake.” When I first encountered the Loved, Chosen & Free seminar in May 2020, I discovered that my whole life had been shame-based. That realisation was confronting, but i

Living the Kingdom Culture of Kindness, Courtesy, and Consecrated Responses "Be careful how you handle any soul in the flesh; you cannot see their rank in the spirit. The one you belittle may be a gatekeeper of your tomorrow—an unseen throne in God’s courts. Walk in honour, for heaven hears your tone before the world sees your deed. — Steve De’lano Garcia ” Those words stir something deep in me — not fear, but reverence. A holy awareness that every person I encounter bears

I never imagined that picking up a paintbrush or moulding clay could change my life. But here I am, sharing how artistic healing practices have transformed my emotional landscape in ways I never thought possible. If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or just plain lost in your feelings, this might be the gentle nudge you need. Artistic healing isn’t about creating a masterpiece. It’s about expressing what words can’t capture. It’s messy, raw, and deeply personal. And it’s