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Welcome to my website. My name is Carol Hedberg, and my goal is to provide opportunities for you to grow and find clarity in your life. I'm changing the site often, so check back frequently to see what classes I'm teaching and videos I've created. Explore my blog, "Resilient Warriors," or look for tips to enrich your life.

"All of us contains a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows. We are shiny, not tarnished; large, not small; beautiful, not damaged--although we may be ignorant of our grace, power, and dignity. Julia Cameron ."

YouTube Art Journaling Flip Throughs:

I'm a journal junkie, so I've recently begun posting YouTube videos of some of my 200 art journals.

  • Monthly journals that contain my morning pages, planners, ephemera, quotes, calendars, TO DO lists

  • Art Journals

  • Themed Journals- spiritual Journals, gratitude journals, camping journals, travel journals

  • Altered Book Journals

  • Junk Journals

  • DIY Journals made from cardboard, assorted papers

  • Three-ring Notebook Journals

  • Grandchildren Journals- scrapbooking plus their own artwork

Join my new class,

"Mixed Media Journaling"

at the Waterloo Center for the Arts!

Read my latest article written for Mag Pie magazine (p. 14) where I interview murder mystery writer, Karen Nortman.

Coronavirus Coping Strategies

When we are under stress, our entire body is affected- mentally, physically, spiritually. I'm offering a free 30-day series, "We'll Get Through This" which you can find under my YouTube channel. (See link, below) Let's work on staying healthy and having a little bit of fun during this difficult time!




My Holistic Health Wheel can reveal not only where we carry our stress, but it can also give us a glimpse into how we can practice healthy strategies in our daily lives.

My most recent art journaling class was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but you can still view images and activities from my previous classes.

Our "Creating Connections" art journaling class is designing personal manifestos. What Amazing artists!!!

the art of writing proudly presents

"A writers' retreat: revitalize!"


June 19 - 20, 2019 Our Lady of Prairie Retreat Center, Wheatland, IA

This two-day retreat is custom-designed to ignite the writer and artist within, to captivate your creative spirit and untapped talents, bringing them to the surface through nature trails, labyrinth walks, dynamite classes, personal attention, and guided writing.


Gail Kittleson: Jumpstarting Your Creativity; Unlocking Your Creativity; Releasing Your Writing Through Setting

Carol Hedberg: Sparking Clarity. Playing with Color: Sensory Mindfulness: My Montage

Lyn Vandebrake: Roadmaps to Writing: Marketing/Promotion/Networking: (How/where to market your work)


Also featured:

  • Nature Writing (outdoors)

  • Sharing (optional) with group feedback

  • Fireside Meditation


For more information:

Gail Kittleson: gkittleson@myomnitel.com

Lyn Vandebrake: lynwrites4u@yahoo.com

Carol Hedberg: carol.hedberg.spark@gmail.com


Join me at my "WOMEN IN DENIM" workshop as I present the book I'm writing: Girls in the Attic!

Upcoming classes and workshops

Join us for what will be a great workshop to rev up your writing!


Join me for another Fun class that combines an exploration of art and writing.


Take some time on the weekend to play! Join me for this fun exploration of art and journaling, starting this fall 2018!


Recent Publications

MY BLOG: RESILIENT WARRIORS

Let your creative side explode with this fun series!!

The Art of Writing proudly presents a writers' Retreat: "Revitalize"


the art of writing proudly presents a writers' retreat: Revitalize!