What’s Your Resentment Trying to Tell You?

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 …

Let Me Be The Wilderness

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! …

How Even the Smallest Branch Can Invite Us to Listen

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 …

Tending to Trauma and Attachment Wounds with Play

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 …

MEGA Bubble Blaster!

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 …

Kleenex, Watercolour & Sunshine

A Kleenex or two. Watercolour. Sunshine. Childlike Wonder. A single mark. Then another. The journey is the message, the opening. How will you celebrate this most precious moment? Will you dive into play with unadulterated curiosity and maybe even a sprinkle of excitement? Free from planning and pursuits. Just a breath that leads you to …