Creativity to calm the mind

“It’s going to be OK!”

Every day I ask myself, “What is the message of my Heart today?”  I continue to be surprised that there is always a message.  I still get a daily message for myself, and sometimes I get messages from my Heart for others in the work I do as a counselor at our local juvenile hall. […]

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Art as a pathway to inner peace

Clearly one of my main purposes is the search and quest for peace.  Creative expression is a spiritual practice for me that leads me deeper into peace.  I remember reading “The Ugly American” in high school and being so upset and deciding I wanted to be a UN ambassador of peace and convince the world

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Creativity to combat the craziness in the world!

How do you use your creativity? Is it therapy for you? It is for me. With all the upheaval and craziness of the national political scene in the past year or more, I struggled to find a way to cope and still stay informed. Since art is my therapy and my inspiration, that is the

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Use Coloring to Focus the Heart

Coloring to maintain and reaffirm spiritual direction is an underlying purpose of my art. Since I first drew my winged heart in 1980 with the words “always follow your heart in all ways”, my art has been a spiritual exercise that has aligned me with my Soul, though I don’t think I realized that for

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“Breathe Peace” Painting and Coloring Page

I used to teach my clients to “breathe in peace”.  It is one of my favorite ways to “break the pattern” of anxiety and calm the body, mind and emotions.  Recently I was reminded of the power of breathing peace and was inspired to paint a scene from the garden of my heart to remind

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