We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Lynzie Moore. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Lynzie below.

Hi Lynzie, thanks for joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

My visionary project, using dream boards and art therapy. This project is dear to my heart because I grew up in a life full of grief, loss and being told “how I felt”. I hid my release from the world, living with depression and anxiety, because I was afraid to disappoint, hurt, embarrass or “be a burden” to others, by being open about how I truly felt and my true desires. I tried HARD to fit in the box, to please others and be the best at all the things. And I was REALLY good at it but also very empty, longing to hold a safe space for others to heal openly, not suffer in silence or struggle to be what society or whoever, “expect us to be”.

With the dream boards, some may think of them as vision boards, I hold a space for others to create a visual map for their future, releasing the ego and allowing the heart to truly be seen. So many times we are told “what are your goals? You must have SMART goals and 1, 5 and 10 year plans. These goals many times are externally driven, based in others expectations of us or things that we think should make us
happy/successful/liked. When we set those expectations aside and move through this process without analysis of “do I want that on my board? Why? Does it match the image I want?”. Dream boards are not about image, structure and drive. Dream boards are about release, about flow, about the you that may not know is still yearning to be seen. Some times, those goals will come out. Many times it’s things about ourselves we pushed down, told ourselves we can’t want or do because we are too old, too young, not smart enough, don’t have enough credentials or experience, that people may not like us or think we are weird or…fill in the blank. When we open up and start feeding into our hearts desires, life becomes more fulfilling. Think of this, say you want to go to Tahiti as a goal. Why are you wanting to go? Is it the warm air? The water? The sand? The drink in your hand? Is it no one calling your name for five minutes? If we don’t know, we find ourselves achieving our goal, then planning the next thing without enjoying the moments or they felt empty. When we realize our why, we may find ourselves driving somewhere parking at the beach, the woods an empty parking lot, with a coffee (drink of your choice), listening to the wind blow and the birds sing or the rain coming down and feeling fulfilled during those moments.

Art therapy compliments the dream boards. I work with individuals and groups including mental health organizations that have professionals available to dive deeper with their clients. Again, I hold a safe space for people to drop their guards and lean into their emotions. Many times we are not taught to recognize or identify our emotions. Some times, we are unable to even honestly know what we are feeling. Imagine this, remember being on the phone with a cord attached to the wall? We all had doodle pads, scrap paper, post it’s or something to write down messages, right? When someone was telling us something sad the way we drew the box, the flower, the numbers etc was different than if we were being yelled at, were happy, excited or uncertain. Now we look at an email, a text or possibly listen to the persons voice and the outward release from our head through our hands on paper no longer exists. What happens to the emotion tied to the thoughts? They stay inside of us “growing roots”, creating “illnesses” of all kinds and we don’t know what’s “wrong with us”. When we free our emotions, we free our minds, our bodies and our souls.

Lynzie, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I am an intuitive artist who holds a safe space for others to open up and heal in a way they may not know they could. My super power is I can adapt myself to others learning and emotional styles to teach and connect to theirs. For some people at events, whether 1:1 or groups, they observe until comfortable speaking or minimal conversation. Others, engage by talking and or doing. Then there are hybrids and in between styles. As Art with Lynzie, I share this part of myself openly as well as allow others a space to be seen and heard without judgement. These are things I wish I had years before and was comfortable doing confidently every time I went somewhere. What I have grown out of is hiding my abilities from the world, speaking up and out about the journey of tragedy, grief, death, sexual assault, addiction, military spouse life, pregnancy loss, postpartum and working through to the other side, letting go of self blame and shame. A true evolution that continues to grow and blossom day after day, year after year.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

The beginning of my artist journey I was encouraged to take an after-school art class to help me express myself and heal from a family death. An uncle had a one of a kind frame made for my painting through a friends company that makes frames for the Oval Office in support and love. Soon after these few competitions, five more close family members, including my uncle passed away. I stopped sharing what I created with the world. I pursued a practical career and kept my craft to myself. In college, I was a survivor of a rape that I almost lost my life. With these grievances I did not like the art I created. Art is a true reflection of oneself. Years later, after being married and wanting to start a family, I had 11 pregnancies resulting in 2 live births. This journey of life has brought me to a place that I am open to talk in detail about the healing, the highs, the lows and everything in between in a way that not only others that may have similar journeys can relate, but also those that have not, in order to have a better insight and compassion.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

The biggest pivot in my career was when the Covid pandemic forced me out of my practical career in cancer diagnostics and into our home raising our first born. The career I was in was not a work from home position. Growing up, art was encouraged to be a hobby not a career. Since this time period also forced me to slow down significantly, I decided to come out to the world as who I truly am, an intuitive artist who has the gift to guide others to create a visual map for their futures no matter where they are in life, ability or age. The tools I utilize are dream board workshops, art therapy, tarot and oracle readings and paintings (including commissions). Dream boards allow the ego to relax and the heart to be seen and heard. Art therapy is a way to release emotions that have possibly created a burden on the mind, soul and physical body. Through my tarot and oracle readings I am able to give insight and guidance. It’s not about telling the future, human’s have freewill to make choices to do or not. Now that I have opened up sharing my true self, I am in art shows, work with organizations in mental health, human trafficking, sexual and domestic violence and youth.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.artwithlynzie.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/artwithlynzie
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2926665027554850/

Image Credits
Lynzie Moore and Renata Lutz Photography