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043 - Creating As a Form of Self-Care with Kait Matthews

Heal and Grow with Creativity

Heal and Grow with Creativity
043 - Creating As a Form of Self-Care with Kait Matthews
Feb 10, 2026
Renata McElvany

This week on Heal and Grow with Creativity, I’m chatting with our first guest, Kait Matthews. She’s an artist and illustrator born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of Ojibwe/Potowatomi heritage. She graduated from the Laguna College of Art and Design, and currently resides in North San Diego County with her partner and their four-legged rescues.

During our chat we talk about: 

  • Creating as a form of self-care 
  • How creating can help us to shift our relationship with ourselves 
  • Finding creative community and connection without losing ourselves, and 
  • The power of self-talk as we attempt to sit down and create

Moreover, we also discussed her passion for painting portraits and how she’s using her art to amplify and celebrate stories, myths, and legends of Indigenous women from around the world. She also shared about her own journey reconnecting to her native heritage and how this experience has shaped her relationship to her art and healing journey. 

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