"Spontaneous creativity is an affirmation of our deepest nature."   ~ Richard Moss

People sometimes say to me, "I do not think I have much to express. I do not know if I have an authentic self. I do not think I have much inside of me." I always say, "Begin expressing yourself regularly. Intend to e...

In my work as a therapist, I often see different aspects of a person's personality showing up in their artwork. I have seen this same phenomenon in my own expressive art. We all have aspects of ourselves that long to grow forward, while other aspects (still hurting) want to hold back. The most impor...

Most of us experience anxiety in varying degrees. Your anxiety might be a daily struggle, or it might only come up when you’re facing a stressful situation. I specialize in facilitating a wide range of expressive arts modalities, offering insights into how to utilize the expressive arts for navigati...

As a way to care for yourself, you can regularly take expressive play breaks from your habitual states of mind by designing your own regular expressive arts practice sessions. Over the past 20 years, Paolo Knill, Shaun McNiff, Natalie Rogers and Steve and Ellen Levine have pioneered the evolving the...

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

~ Carl Jung

Intuitive collage is a process of quieting your everyday mind and inviting imagery to express the story of your inner world.

An intuitive collage will always reveal something about yourself...

We all have a nervous system-driven "survival mind" that warns us about what might go wrong, based on past experiences that have hurt us, and we also have a "spiritual mind" that informs us of our life's highest potential. At the end of my year-long expressive art and writing course, The Art of Heal...

My book, Collage for Self-Discovery, is currently only available on Kindle, and many of you have written to me to say you prefer paper books. So, if you have been resistant to trying Kindle books, this article is for you. 

I became a "Kindle-Convert" because I love to read books here, there and eve...

The emotional struggles that you cannot work out consciously will often work their way through your body in the form of an illness. The emotional component of an illness can be explored symbolically through spontaneous painting, followed by sensing into your body and meditating on direct questions i...

“We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.”

~ Serina Hartwell

Habitual Resonance with Inner Child Emotions

It is possible to choose your feeling state, and it is also very difficult to do so when you have emotions...

As a psychotherapist and expressive arts educator, my passion is to encourage people to love all parts of themselves - especially those parts that have felt ignored, rejected, or ridiculed in the past. In my own wellness journey, I have developed many creative processes that encourage emotional heal...