Creatively Healing Mind, Body, & Spirit

CREATIVELY HEALING MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT.

Watercolor Art for Fundraiser & Grief Processing – UH-1H Super Huey Cal Fire Helicopter

I immersed myself in painting a Cal Fire Super Huey helicopter after reading about the helicopter pilot, Michael Fournier, who died fighting a fire last week. Then I realized why I was so compelled.

Mindfully Creative – Rerecording over the Critic’s Judgment

Creativity is therapeutic, it's survival, built into our brains as human beings so that we may overcome challenges, solve problems, process experiences, and tell our stories to those who need to know them, and to ourselves.

Whooping Cough During the Pandemic. It’s a No Joke, Pesky Little Bacteria You Don’t Want. Creativity Helps Me Deal.

Whooping cough is no joke.

Coughing, a Message from My Mom, & Art in the Time of COVID-19

A cough, a healing message from the other side, and art that gets me through.

Free Webinar: End of Life Options in the time of COVID-19 – May 20th 10-11a (PST)

This free webinar includes general information regarding COVID19 and a basic overview of California's End of Life Option Act.

Drawing Heals Childhood Wounds & Helps Me Think Better

When I was in eighth grade in 1978-79, at Sequoia Intermediate, in my hometown of Newbury Park, California, I had to choose an elective each semester. I remember the choices of drawing, ceramics, and leather. I don't remember anything about the other subjects offered. "Mom, I want to take the drawing class." "Why? You can't …

Writing Project: A Quick Guide to Starting Your Private Psychotherapy Practice

Have I told you recently that I love writing?!  Fiction, poetry, memoir, journaling... it doesn't matter what I choose to lean into in the moment. I find it all leads me into a mind and body space I want to be in frequently.  I crave it like the chocolate I can no longer eat without …

Arriving to Now

Arriving to Now I don’t know if it’s Me but I don’t seem to be here. Tomorrow’s promise yesterday’s stolen hour last year’s symphony of blooms in a moment I am gone. Arriving on a breath, I Me, I am here Now. Photo Credit: Photo by Jordan Benton from Pexels Leave your mark. I'd love to know …

Grieving Our Loss of Power – 3 Ways to Cope

Millions of people in California are suffering a very real loss of power both physically and psychologically. And we are grieving our loss of power, sense of safety, and for some the loss of a home. In simplified terms, each of us is in various stages of the process. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and eventually …

Adjusting to Retirement: Shift in Identity – A Time For Seniors KAHI Radio Inteview

In September I was interviewed by radio show host Theresa Haleen on A Time for Seniors on KAHI 950am broadcast out of Auburn, California.  The link to the audio is below.  Theresa and I talked about adjusting to retirement. Adjustment is not always easy and there are a myriad of factors that effect a person's quality …