CIHI's Mission
At Created In His Image Therapeutic art, I aim to help alleviate pain, suffering, and stress, and to help people find more joy, peace, love, and happiness in their lives. After many years of very difficult, painful health struggles, I was left wanting to help others find relief from their pain and suffering. I wanted deeply to be there for others in a way that I didn't have during my darkest of days. From that desire, Created In His Image was born.
I believe that the Bible is true and I stand on the Scriptures that say Yahweh can turn ashes into beauty, He makes ALL things work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose, that we CAN and should bring every thought captive unto the obedience of the Messiah, that we are and can praise Yahweh and can be thankful in all things, that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and that we were created in His image.
When adding all that together, I see that the Scriptures are saying that no matter what you have or are going through, there is something good that can come from it and something we can praise Yahweh and be thankful for. And that we have the ability to change our thoughts and rewire our minds, and that since we were created in The Creator's image, we were created to create.
Not only are all these things biblical, but they are also backed by science. Studies in neuroscience have found that the brain is able to change, heal, and rewire, that we can change our thoughts and bring them captive, and that art is not only good for us, but it is also crucial for our well-being. You can check out our Benefits page here to find out more.
About Me
Hey! I'm glad you're here. Let me introduce myself.
I'm Kaleigh Abernathy. I'm a Therapeutic Art Health and Life Coach with a mission to help others rewire their brains, find peace in their lives, and see the beauty around them, no matter what storm is a blowing.
I have always considered myself an artist, so you might imagine my shock and pain when, one day, I realized I could hardly control my hand to use a pencil...
Due to Chronic Lyme Disease, I had already experienced so much loss. So, this was just another straw on the camel's back. I had almost lost my life and struggled to recover it. I had been bed/couch ridden for years, and during that time, I lost so much function of my body and brain that I spent most of my time staring at the wall... for years...
I was unable to be a wife or mother... at least not in the way I had wanted to be. Unable to read, write, look at a screen, listen to talking or music, or hardly walk across the room. I became allergic to everything that had a smell... including dirt (whaatt??? We are made of dirt, how can that be?), which was a huge shock and another straw, with me being an avid gardener before getting so sick.
My oldest 2 children had to take over being mommy, cooking, cleaning, and all at 7 and 8 years old. I was so weak that my children would even have to rock the baby for me. Lyme was affecting EVERY aspect of my life... and not in a good way.
Just seemed I had lost so much, almost all of myself... I had my life (but wasn't living it), I had my family (but I couldn't take part in being a part of it), and I had my faith ( but couldn't minister to others or read my Scriptures or listen to music or anything)... and that was about all I had.
Then, one day, my sweet little daughter asked me to draw a little butterfly for her. I went to oblige her, then noticed I could hardly control the pencil. Wow, one more thing to the large list of "loss of myself". I had even lost my identity... so it seemed anyway.
But that wasn't the case. Actually, the real me was truly incubating and growing during this very difficult time of darkness, like a seed in the ground. I was on a rest, reset, and learn journey. Yahweh took me on quite a path and had me learn so much. In the early days of my 11 years bedridden, I just felt like it was for a reason, for me to learn things to help others. I don't know why I felt that way, but I did... and even though in the darkest of days, when I definitely didn't feel like I was helping anyone... Yahweh knew He was going to go on and use me, even while still in my sick bed, to help others.
There was one point in some of the most difficult times that I got a strong desire to help people with their pain when I was better. I thought I was going to become a massage therapist and help relieve physical pain for people. After all, I had arthritis in almost every joint and bad muscle pain and tightness from head to toe... I for sure KNEW where pain was and could identify it on someone else without even touching them. I just could feel it radiating from them.
I also wanted to be able to offer massages to people in need, free of charge at least once every week, as I knew all too well what it felt like to hurt and not have money to get the help needed.
Somewhere along the way, that shifted to a desire to relieve a different kind of pain. Mental and emotional pain... but that goes on to also relieve physical pain as well. A holistic total body, mind, and soul relief.
I still wanted to help those who couldn't afford help. This is why I offer all my services and programs as a pay-what-you-feel-right donation-based method. You decide what is right for the value you received and for what is right for your financial situation. Those who can donate more help make it possible to help those who can't afford much or any at all.
Through all my struggles, I have found that there is always something beautiful around us that we can find and focus on. It may take more time and focus to find it than you want, but it is there. And I would be honored and humbled to be allowed to help you on your journey to find that beauty! May Yahweh bless you abundantly in every way you need, shalom!
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