There is a huge potential in exploring the many ways art and artistic practices can be used to create awareness about mental health, support resilience, extend emotional health literacy, treat or reduce symptoms, or be a great bridge in the process towards rehabilitation. NWA once again participated with great enthusiasm in the inspiring Arts & Mental Health Festival on Aegina, Greece.

Organized by the Greek organisation for informal carers EPIONI since 2022, the annual event has managed to gather a core international community of practitioners and innovators that are exploring and documenting these practices.

Lars Münter had the pleasure of delivering an opening speech, highlighting the amazing potential of creative practices not just for mental health, but also for improving knowledge sharing itself, for innovation, for leadership, and for general education too.

Nina Sønderberg also presented her new book “30 Days of Self-Love” at the event and the background and uses for these self-journaling tools for unlocking insights and progress for the user. NWA will further explore this in coming projects and initiatives (and look forward to report on them in Aegina in 2026!).