Each week, I try to attend a 30-minute art-making session in community where we do bilateral drawing. I do my best not to miss it because this particular creative practice helps me come into my body, ground, process emotions, release, and just find my flow in a piece of art that has absolutely no rules. …
Can you see the light? Not quite, right? That’s because the web of unhealed resentment is creating a barrier. This was a piece of art I made in session with a client who showed up ready to face her resentment from a place of curiosity. She made the intention to get to know it a …
As a therapist, I take my own mental health and overall well-being very seriously. I’m always deep in process, working diligently on my own healing and growth. I have an Art Therapist who I work with weekly, but from time to time I like to dabble in something new–adventure is one of my core values! …
It started with a small branch I spotted while walking by the lake. I placed it in my journal and waited. The story will always arrive. In words or otherwise. All we have to do is close our eyes and listen. The lake, the seagull, the sweet Spring sun. There is more than enough beauty …
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Deep inner child work with a therapy client today. This particular piece holds the mother wound with playfulness, compassion and care. I don’t know how people try to tend to these wounds without the arts. I know I tried for years and ended up even more broken. Talk therapy is great for some issues, but …
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When your loved ones know you, they KNOW you! And they just might come home with a MEGA Bubble Blaster just for you. And they just might watch as your eyes widen and you squeal with delight. What an incredible gift, ma shaa Allah. All of it, really. I’m 45 (I can’t believe I had …