Welcome to my blog page! I love writing about the healing power of the creative process. Here you will find a collection of all of my writing from all the way back to 2005! Enjoy!
“Shug: More than anything God love admiration. Celie: You saying God is vain? Shug: No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the colour purple in a field and don’t notice it. Celie: You saying it just...
When I was looking for a name for my intuitive painting classes many moons ago, I knew that having wild in the title was going to be important to me. I associate wildness with being real and authentic. With the essence of who we are and were before we learned to...
I was completely blown away by all the wonderfully inspiring responses I received in answer to the question of "How does your intuition speak to you?" It felt like each one was a teaching in and of itself about how to open to the grace of intuitive information that...
I'm a little in love with slogans. I adore the zing of pithy sayings that keep me on track and remind me about what's important. We have a lot of them at the studio. And here's a short list of some of the more popular mantras: Trust The Brush Ruin It Early, Ruin It...
I am ridiculously excited to be offering a giveaway for one spot in the Angels In My Studio e-course that is being hosted, taught and organized by the lovely and creative intuitve healer Sheri Ponzi. This is a five month e-course beginning May 1st that will include...
When the call comes for more For change For freedom For awakening For stepping into who you were always meant to be It doesn't usually arrive as a sparkly party invitation Often the call for liberation is more like a silent stalker A sense of being followed by...
When the seemingly solid path before you begins to crumble And you find yourself scrambling for a foothold on the smallest clumps and clods of what you once knew It is time, like the rabbit when she becomes aware she is in the crosshairs of coyotes hungry gaze to...
A few years ago I was at a major crossroads with my work. I had been in private practice as a psychotherapist for a long time, which I had loved with an unholy passion. But I was starting to get itchy and restless. It was time for a change. The private practice route...
I received so many amazing and inspirational messages from you all about what you love about being a creative being that it was quite impossible to choose. So I let the creativity goddess do it for me! I printed out the page with all your fabulous comments, cut each...
I am ridiculously excited to be hosting a giveaway for one spot in the WishBIG E-Camp Winter Session! And I am tickled pink to be included as part of this fabulous collection of teachers including: Connie Hozvicka, Vivienne McMaster, Amy Palko, Miranda Hersey, Jenna...
I am a total fantasy, magic and science fiction movie and television buff. Some of my favorite TV shows are Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Once Upon A Time, and the films I tend to watch over and over again are things like The Matrix, Star Trek, the Harry...
I am a teacher. And my job as a teacher requires that I communicate certain ideas to others with at least a modicum of clarity. I love conveying information intimately through my one on one interactions with my students. And I also really enjoy taking the time to...
"Perfect is good. But finished is better!" ~ quote on a plaque in a local quilt store bathroom When I was in graduate school for counseling at least a million years ago I had to write a great number of papers for all the different classes I was attending. And I came...
A few years ago one of my beloved students started hounding me to create a teacher training program so that I could begin training students how to do what I do using the intuitive painting process. This was something that I had on the list to do "one day" but her...
I identify myself as a giving person. I like being generous. It makes me incredibly happy to be in the role of the bountiful benefactor. Most often it's with people I know and love. But I also get a major kick out of offering small acts of generosity and kindness to...
I've been having an interesting discussion with some of my online friends about the desire to take a sabbatical. And how important it is to set aside periodic big chunks of time out of your life to recharge, and rejuvenate. But the problem with sabbaticals is that...
I have been in the healing biz practically my whole adult life. And since I've been hanging around this planet for quite a while that means I have been doing this for a very long time. I started out my career as a massage therapist, went on to include emotional...
One of the most wonderful things about the Internet is how many amazingly fabulous creative folks are to be found there who are delivering the message that it is possible for everyone to live a joyfully creative life. And one of the brightest lights that I have ever...
"Your task is not to seek for love but to seek and find all the barriers that you have built against it." ~Rumi A year or so ago I found myself feeling that something was sorely missing in my life. That what I was longing for was to fall in love. And I didn't mean...
One of the most delightful moments for me as an intuitive painting teacher is when my students discover how incredibly BOSSY the creativity goddess can be. When they truly begin to give themselves over to their intuition and to the power of the creative process they...
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Lead us from the unreal to the real~ Hindu Invocation When I was just getting started on my life path, my career, my vocation, my calling to be of service through working with peoples hearts, so many moons ago, one of the things that I created almost immediately were...
At the end of one of my most recent Painting From The Wild Heart workshops I was thanked by one of my students for not being, as she put it, a "woo-woo wackadoodle." Which I actually take as a high compliment. I know what she meant. Like her, I greatly appreciate the...
I am currently in the middle of my yearly January Painting From The Wild Heart retreat in the wine country of Northern California, and I'm feeling pretty good. Usually, by this point in the workshop I'm starting to get kind of fried. I'm still enjoying what I'm doing...
As 2011 begins, like a lot of people, I am thinking about what I hope this New Year will bring. But I'm not following the time honored tradition of making explicit resolutions. That is soooo 20th century and anyway most research has shown that choosing a specific goal...
Lately it has been pointed out to me that a.) there is one person that I tend to neglect on a regular basis ( meaning me) and b.) it's kinda sorta difficult for me to receive. As we are in the middle of that time of year that is often known as the season of...
I just had the privilege of facilitating the first session of my third Wild Heart Expressive Arts Teacher Training program earlier this month. Whenever I teach I notice that every group and every workshop has it's own distinct personality. And one of the ways that...