Discover growth and healing
through creativity.
Enter into a creative dialogue with God, the Divine Artist. Discover the unique way He speaks to your heart through creativity, and use artistic mediums to create a prayer journal that captures how he is loving you into full bloom.
Imagine—your spiritual journey, expressed in color!
New Class:
Restoring the Temple of Your Body
Restoring the Temple of Your Body is a prayerful, therapeutic support group that integrates Christian expressive arts with Catholic spiritual wisdom to foster healing of body image and disordered relationships with food.
Through guided reflections, Scripture, journaling, and creative activities, Laura invites participants into a gentle journey of self-acceptance, wholeness, and renewed reverence for the body as a sacred dwelling of God’s presence.
This group, and the accompanying workbook, have grown out of Laura’s ministry at Hope’s Garden where she guides Catholic women in their healing from the wounds of domestic abuse and Betrayal Trauma.
Tuesdays @ 11:30am Eastern Time: November 3 – December 22, 2026
Hope’s Garden Members: $120; Non-Members $160 – plus purchase of the workbook ($14.95)
Register below.
Restoring the Temple of Your Body - Registration
Healing Through Creativity Coaching
Join Laura for a time of Healing Through Creativity. Individual sessions are conducted virtually and may be scheduled with Laura by reaching out to her by email: laura@hopesgarden.com or by clicking the schedule button below.
“All men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece. ”
St. John Paul the Great
Christian Expressive Arts Coaching
For me, the act of using artistic mediums, (such as paint, colored pencils, collage, or clay) to create a beautiful expression of my difficult emotions, traumatic memories, and wounds is therapeutic and life-giving. I am still surprised to see the healing power of God made visible in my artwork.
I have experienced the truth that the healing is in the process, not necessarily the outcome. Sometimes, I push aside the “rules” including the idea that I must create “something”, that I must end up with a final product. I allow the creative process to become my prayer, a dialogue with my Creator. This provides a safe space where God speaks to my heart in the language of colors and images and I respond with my most authentic voice. In these moments, I experience inner peacefulness and a respite from “doing”.
I believe God inspires my creative endeavors. Through art and creativity, He is turning ashes into beauty and making me new. I hope my artwork brings a message of hope, healing, and beauty to you. More importantly, I pray that sharing my story of the healing power of art will inspire and empower you to discover for yourself God’s gift of creativity and how He wants you to use it on your healing journey. God is the true Artist inviting us to make a masterpiece of our lives and He creates with crayons and play-doh just as well as oil paints and canvases!
Laura Ercolino, Expressive Arts Coach
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