This past weekend, I submitted a piece of my art to participate in a month-long gallery display here in Rhode Island for the first time ever. The piece is entitled…
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The Expressive Arts Institute at Salve Regina University
by adminby adminThe Expressive Arts Institute at Salve Regina University: My Story I moved to NY at the beginning of 2018 because I needed to start over. I had become a workaholic…
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How Creative Expression Can Help You Heal After Trauma and Loss
by adminby adminOn October 30th, 2012, I got the phone call that no one wants to receive: It was from the sister of my dearly beloved best friend and Kindred Spirit,…
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Walk the Straight-N-Narrow: A Poem + Stories about Spiritual Abuse
by adminby adminWalk the Straight-N-Narrow: A Poem about the Spiritual Abuse of Spiritual Authority Walk the straight-n-narrow, They said, And nothing will go awry. Walk the straight-n-narrow, and don’t ask the question why.…
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Body – A Poem on Body Image/Self Image A four-letter curse Treated like a hearse Hated and excluded No wonder we’re wounded Scorned by humanity Temple of divinity Vessel of…
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Podcast – Advice on Mental Health (from a Professional) + Art Therapy
by adminby adminFor this month, I have a podcast interview (linked below) with Alyssa Hogan–a professional therapist and someone I connected through over email a few months back. In this podcast: ~common…
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March begins my month of talking about Mental Healing. I thought I’d kick off my writing on the subject by writing a poem about mental illness–in this case, depression and…
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Expressive Art: The Redemptive Tree – Relational Healing from Family/Childhood Roots
by adminby adminThe following post is part of the Year of Healing I’m doing on my blog, where I will explore monthly themes on different aspects of healing. February is the topic…
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Love Growing up, we were taught that love was easy, A simple formula Like 2+2 = 4. Love was just something you did And people loved– well, quite easily! Love…