Conversations in Colour: Scrapbooking, Menstrual Health & Storytelling

Conversations in Colour is a creative community workshop centring menstrual, reproductive, and chronic health, created for people navigating PMS, endometriosis, menstrual pain, and other cyclical or long-term health experiences.

The session combines education, reflection, and creative practice to support participants in exploring their relationship with their body, identity, pain, care, and self-expression. It offers a gentle, accessible alternative to traditional support spaces, using art as a way to process experiences that are often dismissed, misunderstood, or difficult to put into words.

A core part of the workshop is a guided scrapbooking and journaling experience. Participants are given a small scrapbook and a set of prompts that invite reflection on themes such as womanhood, the body, pain, rest, memory, and healing. Through collage, colour, words, and texture, attendees are encouraged to externalise their experiences in a way that feels safe and personal.

The process is optional, trauma-informed, and non-pressured. No artistic skill or prior experience is required. Many participants leave with a tangible keepsake that reflects their story and a moment of care they can return to.

📎 Bringing Personal Items (Optional)

Participants are very welcome to bring their own photos, written memories, letters, medical ephemera, or small memorabilia connected to their menstrual, reproductive, or chronic health journey, if they wish.

This could include:

• Photographs or copies of photographs
• Journal entries, notes, or letters to self
• Appointment cards, printed messages, or symbolic items
• Anything meaningful that feels safe for you to include

There is no expectation to bring anything from home. All materials will be provided, and you are free to work entirely with what’s available on the day.

🤎 Who This Space Is For

This workshop is especially created with Black and Brown women and people with lived experience in mind, recognising the disproportionate impact of menstrual and reproductive health inequalities, medical dismissal, and chronic pain within these communities.

If you are a Black or Brown woman navigating menstrual, reproductive, or chronic health challenges, this space is for you.

People who do not share this lived experience are also welcome, provided they attend with care, respect, and openness, and understand that the space centres those most affected.

🧠 What You Can Expect

• A calm, welcoming environment
• Gentle facilitation and creative guidance
• Time and space to work quietly or connect with others
• No expectation to share or speak
• Freedom to pause, step out, or engage at your own pace

🧰 What’s Included

• A personal scrapbook to work in and take home
• Scrapbooking and journaling materials (paper, magazines, stickers, pens, glue, textures)
• Guided prompts provided separately for flexibility
• Hands-on creative support throughout the session
• A small goodie bag to make the experience feel thoughtful and cared for

♿ Accessibility & Care

We aim to create spaces that are inclusive and considerate of different access needs, including those related to pain, fatigue, and sensory sensitivity.

If you have access needs or questions about the space, please contact us in advance and we’ll do our best to support you.

📸 Photography & Filming Notice

Please note that we may capture light photography and short-form video content during the workshop for documentation and promotional purposes for This Won’t End Me (TWEM) and the Conversations in Colour series.

Participation in any content is completely optional.
If you would prefer not to be photographed or filmed, please email us in advance at info@thiswontendme.com, or let a facilitator know on the day.

We will avoid close-ups of faces or artwork without consent, and no one will be asked to share personal stories on camera.

Your comfort and privacy always come first.