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!
Once a year the planet Jupiter changes astrological signs and blesses us with the largesse of whatever qualities that particular sign has to offer. Jupiter is all about the spirit of generosity so the energy of the sign that it enters EXPANDS and impacts us all on...
I’m still surprised when I look in the mirror And see an old woman looking back at me But one thing that surprises me even more Than the wrinkling skin and the jiggly jowls Is that this old womans eyes are filled with fire This is not a cheery fire Creating a sense of...
I’m writing this blog post from one of my favorite places on the planet, the Ghost Ranch Conference Center in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I love Ghost Ranch for a million different reasons... the incredible red rock beauty, its connection with one of my creative mentors...
One of the things that I love about the creative process, at least most days, is how it keeps me honest. The truth is where the juice lies and as long as I’m “keepin it real” I am continually blessed with an abundant sense of energy and aliveness. However,...
I had planned to write about courage today. But as I sit here with my house in a total shambles because a drain pipe on my washing machine broke and flooded the laundry room, kitchen, living room and garage. AND I am preparing to leave in less than a week for my three...
Resistance is always connected to our desire and is often a combination of attraction and avoidance. We want to be more creative but we don’t pick up the paint brush. We want to be stronger in our body but we don’t go out of the house to take that walk. We want a...
In honor of everything that is flowing around our psyches these days I wrote a poem as an invocation to the Great Mother Goddess. Many of us are going through some challenging times of shifting and opening, change and loss and need some extra added tenderness for the...
At the core of all resistance is a deep longing. There’s something that you want. And you want it bad. But you’re afraid to let yourself really want it because you imagine that you will be disappointed. You don’t think you can bear the disappointment. You can’t see...
I have been in the psychological, emotional and spiritual healing professions for almost 40 years. And how I define healing is the process of supporting people to live more fully from what is the most true and alive for them. To be all of who they are. To be...
In preparation for the upcoming class Resistance RX: Magic Mojo for Much Creative Momentum, I have been thinking a LOT about creative resistance. What it is. What it isn’t. How it works. And how to deal with it when it inevitably shows up. When I hear folks talk about...
I’m getting really excited about my upcoming class with my pal Andrea Schroeder, Resistance Rx: Magic Mojo for Mucho Creative Momentum. And preparing myself for this class has me thinking a lot about the topic of resistance as something that creative folks deal with...
Resistance and Creativity. Two mighty forces that constantly dance and bob and weave around each other as we expand our way into greater creative aliveness and wholeness. And learning to successfully navigate the challenging and often rocky waters of resistance is...
Reaching for the redwoods Opening my heart in wordless prayer Offering my heart in wordless devotion Asking for the blessings of wood and evergreen needles and branches To wash over and through me To shower me with the ancient grounded teachings of how to best live in...
Intuitive painting… me and a blank piece of paper, some paint and a brush is bliss. That doesn’t mean that it’s always “fun.” It’s about honoring and being with the authentic me. I don’t know of any other experience that has me look in the “mirror” so to speak and feel home. Feel safe. Feel loved. Unconditionally.
Like many folks I am in a place of stunned heartache over the world events of the past few weeks. It has made it seem almost impossible to find the words to even begin to speak to the confusion and fear and sorrow that seems to permeate so much of our collective...
Your creativity is a divine blessing freely given to you by spirit. You are born out of creativity and you yourself are a miracle of creation. And every last one of you was birthed to be creative. This creativity is a part of the original human packaging and comes...
I facilitate with kindness, lots of love encouraging folks to have fun, laugh, sparkle, play, paint their hearts out and ask for what they need or want. They are given the opportunity to uncover masks and reveal whom they really are.
I am madly in love with the whole idea of archetypes which I am defining as legendary and idealized human roles and ways of being. Some examples of these archetypal roles are mother, father, artist, trickster, witch, warrior, priestess, hero, gypsy, cowboy, goddess,...
The forest is my church My solace A constant reminder of what’s good and true and holy My sacred connection to the beating heart of the world A tender mother feeding my soul with ferocious beauty A living oracle A deep immersion into a consciousness so much bigger, so...
I just got back from facilitating my NINTH round of the Wild Heart Expressive Arts Teacher Training Program and it was as powerful and magical as ever. One thing I love about this program and my expressive arts work in general is that it simply never gets old. I am...
I have recovered a whole “magical” side of me I didn’t realize I had lost. Through the intuitive painting process, I believe I have been able to express myself in ways I have longed to. I have learned that I can create my own rules, and do it my way and as a result, really step into my super bold playful self-expression, my jovial kindred spirit, my innovative visionary genius.
During my last teacher training program one of the women who is part of the group was talking about how incredibly amazing and talented and stunningly genius these women are. And it's true... every word of it. These women are truly remarkable. And I feel...
I just finished up my most recent The Art Of Goddess Creation retreat and was blown away, as always, by the depth of courage and healing and sheer creative amazingness that happens when a group of women devotes themselves to their unique creative process for five...
I don’t often think of myself as a business person. What I really like to do is hang out with folks who are being real and genuine and authentic and creative. And I want to do that as much as possible. So the best way for me to guarantee that is going to happen is to...
Trust your intuition! Just like with an intuitive painting, you never know where things will lead you and you just gotta put your brush to paper to find out! When you embark on an expressive arts journey such as the teacher training program, not only will you develop skills to be in divine connection with your inner wisdom, you’ll step into your own leadership and you’ll feel more confident in your own creative voice.
I am a person who has spent her life trying to heal the hurting places in women. Starting with myself. I want women to feel powerful. To have agency in their lives.To be full of their own light and shining goodness. To bring that goodness out in the world where it can...
In my work as a creativity mentor I talk with many, many people who want to be more creative, either as a way to deepen their spiritual practice of self nurturing or who have a specific dream that they long to manifest, like writing a book or forming a rock band. But...