Creatively Healing Mind, Body, & Spirit

CREATIVELY HEALING MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT.

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 …

3 Recommended Self-Help E-audio Books from Library

Reading time limited? Budget for books limiting your reading pleasure? Try e-audio and borrow from a library. Using Libby, I listened to a variety of books over the summer then bought hard copies of the ones worth a deeper reading dive. Here are three self-help books worth checking out. Two are written for women and one is written for men and women.

Healing the Grief of Migraine through Creativity – The Pirate Bitch’s Treasure Trove

Coping with migraine is a struggle millions of people across the globe deal with. In this post, I share my experience seeking relief through an unscientific method and healing the grief associated with migraine.

Pockets – Let’s Talk Pockets

I don’t mean pockets as in Hot Pockets those over-salted tomatoey lunch bites filled with acid indigestion. I don’t mean pocketbooks empty or full, air pockets found in the sky that cause an aircraft to lose altitude suddenly, zit pockets erupting on your teenager’s face, secret air pockets in underwater caves, or Pockets the devotional …

Henny Hospice – A Poem

Henny Hospice In the midst of our kitchen there squats a chicken named Goldmine for her feathers and yoke, stricken by silent forces within. What am I to learn from this old girl who waits inside closed eyelids for death? Does she know her fate, last breath is near? Blind and weakened, unable to grasp …

A Mother’s Wish on Mother’s Day

A Mother's Wish I wish for you ten-thousand rainbows, with views from your heart, deep in your spirit. If ever you can’t see me, close your eyes and remember, I am everywhere, and there. In the symphony of spring, the glow of autumn, the bluster of winter. And in the shade of summer, where I’ll …