"Each person's life is like a mandala- a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life."

~ Pema Chodrin

Understanding Mandalas on a Symbolic-Body Level

In the book "Metaphors We Live By," author George Lakoff ...

“You dip your toes in this unbreakable stream of consciousness until creativity gets its teeth in you and pulls you to its depths.”

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

Your left brain will not write if it thinks you have nothing to write about. But your right brain is an endless fountain of creative ideas. If y...

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

~ Rumi

For the past many years, as part of my emotional healing practices, I have been doing regular bodywork through expressive dance, massage, and chiropractic. Recently, my chiropractor introduced me to a wonderful book called "The 12 Stages...

Over the years, my creative practices have become increasingly simple - sometimes to the point of selecting just one image from a magazine a day and meditating on its meaning to me. 

The Simplicity of Gluebooks

Have you heard of gluebooks? I have been making gluebooks for over 20 years -  before I...

"Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life."

- Pema Chodron

For three years, I created intuitive mandalas as my morning meditation practice. This is the longest crea...

The Root of Core Pain - "I am suffering and separate from love because..."

Often, without knowing it, each of us has such devastating negative beliefs about ourselves that we cannot bear to acknowledge them. And, we each have an opposite set of compensating behaviours designed to deny these beliefs...

 Artists sometimes ask me to interpret their collages. And, while I love to "read" symbolism, I hesitate to do so. If I know you well, such as in a therapeutic alliance, I can support you to understand your inner symbolism. But ultimately, you are always the best interpreter of your intuitive collag...

It is possible to reach for new creative thoughts. Leaning into inspired thought requires the conscious intention to rest upon the edge of what you do not yet know. In your personal mind, there is likely a stream of thoughts that runs horizontally from the past to the future in a way that rarely cha...

“If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain—in time you will move through your pain.”

~ Bryant McGill

It is so challenging to "sit with" emotional pain until it reveals its story. Yet, to feel peace within, you must find ways to respect and listen to the painful parts...

Many of us do not notice how repressed we are in our emotional lives. We can spend most of our energy trying to control and orchestrate our lives to avoid what feels painful inside. 

Much of our emotional life is non-verbal, and if we were to be really honest with ourselves, we often cannot put a f...