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!
If you have attended any of my week long Wild Heart Painting retreats you know that they always take place in some amazingly beautiful natural settings. Nature is my co-conspirator when it comes to creating sacred healing containers for my work where creativity and...
I get invited to participate in a lot of free online workshops and retreats. And I’m pretty choosy about which ones I say yes to. For me to agree to spend my precious time and energy being part of this kind of event it has to touch my heart and be meaningful to me and...
Dearest Creative Sister, I am sending this letter to you today to let you know that I see you. I see the blinding beauty of your being. And the indomitable courage of your spirit. I see your deepest desires. And I see how much you struggle to be the best and most...
I weave together the magic of women’s circles with intuitive painting. We gather in circle, drop into meditation, use journal prompts to get really connected to our inner world, a bit of discussion to bring in sisterhood and then we get quiet and we move to the easels. We paint and from then it’s all process, no product. It’s all expression and no judgement.
I just returned from a week long expressive arts teacher training and was once again, SERIOUSLY blown away by the magic that happens when you bring a group of creatively courageous souls together, ask them to go to their creative, emotional and spiritual edges with...
Aries is the BEGINNING of a brand new cycle. She is Spring and the life force incarnate, like the seed pushing its way through the last layer of soil bursting forth to meet the heat of the sun head on. Aries energy DEMANDS to live. To make headway at all costs. She is...
Because intuitive painting is sometimes a psychological self exploration practice it is assumed to be the same thing as art therapy. It is similar to art therapy in that you are supported in expressing your feelings and emotions when they arise. But one of the...
Wild Heart Expressive Arts Intuitive painting is a practice of surrendering TO your intuition and allowing it to lead the way. But this approach often gets confused with painting from an agenda which means you are USING your intuition to get a desired result. And your...
In my most recent blog post I explored some basic concepts that are the foundation of the Wild Heart Expressive Arts Intuitive Painting Process. And if you missed it, you can read that article here. In that article, I talked a lot about what Wild Heart Expressive Arts...
This painting process helps me follow my emotions (energy in motion) by painting stories of my childhood and adulthood which has simply transformed my life!… I’ve proven that I’m a strong survivor who believes that tragedy in life doesn’t define me. It has empowered me to find my authentic voice, encouraging me to speak my truth!
What exactly is the Wild Heart Expressive Arts intuitive painting process? And how is it different from other ways of making of art? I get asked this question a lot because there’s some honest confusion about what it even means to paint intuitively. And also a need...
Among the many professional hats that I wear… Wild Heart Queen, Wild Heart Painting Facilitator, Mentor, Creativity Soul Guide, Writer, Artist, Teacher, Creative Entrepreneur… I am also an Evolutionary Astrologer. And one of the aspects of my work that brings me...
I have been on a quest lately to find out what it is that truly makes me happy. I’m trying to learn to tell the difference between the considerable fulfillment I experience when I am being productive and simple, straightforward happiness. I have actually had them very...
I’m having SO much fun talking with various truly incredible women about my upcoming Wild Heart Expressive Teacher Training that begins in May. And I’m also getting lots of questions about the program through these conversations. So I thought I would address some of...
When I stepped into the role of facilitating psychological, spiritual and emotional healing for others so many, many moons ago I mostly worked with women. I STILL work primarily with women. And I AM a woman. (And just to be clear, I am defining woman as anyone who...
When I learned how to paint for the process not the product, my entire life began to become art. I became less afraid and more curious. I could dance with my shadow and question my own taboos. I began to see that so much of what limits me is cultural programming. I began to see that I have more agency and power than I ever realized. Painting from your soul is a liberatory and evolutionary process.
As we get closer to the end of the zodiac things start to get a little weird. And Aquarius is the harbinger of that weirdness. We’re no longer in the land of the tried and true. And this is exactly the place where Aquarius most likes to play. Aquarians are genius...
Eleven years ago I opened the doors to my very first Wild Heart Expressive Arts Teacher Training Program. To say I was completely terrified would have been an understatement. But there was something greater at work than just terror as I made the announcement to the...
Greetings to all you wondrous creatives, We have dipped our toes into the waters of 2019 with a whole new year spreading out before us like a blank canvas of magical possibility. But I often forget that at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere we are still...
The process has helped me to be more present with myself, to feel what I need to feel, and to be free to cast off who I thought I should be to become who I truly am. This influence has informed my parenting, my relationships, my business—truly every part of my life.
Happy New Year to all my friends of the heart, spirit comrades, creative compatriots, alchemical allies, glitter artists, sacred fools for love, soul magicians and just all around amazing human beings. Thanks for making 2018 so very full of wonder and laughter and...
Holidays are always such a mixed bag for folks. Especially this one where we’re supposed to be all merry and cheery. And if you ARE genuinely feeling merry and cheery I party with you joyfully! But maybe today is no big deal and if that’s the case,...
When Capricorn appears on the scene it's time to get to work. Capricorn is the archetype associated with a driveness to make an indelible mark on the world. Capricorn knows that this third dimension is wholly malleable to the power of intention and focus. That we can...
I recently spent a week feeling pretty bad. I was extremely depressed. And had zero energy. In trying to make sense about where this onslaught of misery was coming from, there were a number of things I could point to. It’s been a crazy intense year. Lots of...
My dear friend Andrea Schroeder of Creative Dream Incubator fame and I are offering an online workshop next Tuesday, December 4th entitled Gifts Of The Shadow. Wild Creative Momentum. And since she is HERE with me at my studio this week ( YAY) we decided to make a...
As promised from my last post I wanted to explore the TYPES of things that we put in our shadow box. The truth of it is that it can be ANYTHING. But one thing that all residents of the box have in common is that they are a result of feeling shamed. Which is how they...
As we move even further into the deep dark of the year ( at least in the Northern Hemisphere) we need a sizzling source of blazing light. And spirited Sagittarius is here to lead the way. Sagittarius is the sign of the freedom loving adventuress. She is infused...
