The Courage to Create a Life That Works
It takes courage to look at our lives like a blank canvas, to imagine possibilities, and persist through life’s ups and downs until we get to a life that works….
Jumpstart Your Creativity With These 5 Strategies
A creative practice can be a tool for navigating through some of life’s more difficult or challenging seasons. When working with a combination of written and visual languages, the subconscious…
Navigating Ambiguity with Heart
Our lives are full of transitions, which naturally brings periods of ambiguity. You can learn to navigate the ambiguity with heart and grace. Periods of ambiguity and uncertainty can test…
The Inner Journey of the Visual Journaler Method
The Visual Journaler™ is an active, purposeful communication that involves using one’s inner vision to imagine what a thought, feeling, or concept would look like if it were expressed as…
The Biggest Obstacles to Your Creativity
Do you feel like you lack imagination? Do you struggle to create or to find solutions to the challenges in your life? It’s possible you’re suffering from a few creativity-blocking…
Making Peace With Your Inner Critic
You are not just one person. You are a history of ideas, talents, experiences, and dreams. All of the ages of you are still alive in you. You are…
The 5 Cycles of Visual Journaling
Someone once asked me if I work in my visual journal every day. This got me thinking about my process and caused me to step back and notice how I…
Explore Your Archetypes
What are archetypes? It is surprising to me that the word “archetype” isn’t more ingrained in our common knowledge today. It should be because we are literally surrounded by archetypes…
The Seasons of Our Lives
The mythological story of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone are model for the seasons of our lives. From them we learn that life is a cycle of birth – death…
Experiential Learning Using Art and Process
Incorporating art with process often leads to deeper learning and insight. When I began my first visual journal, I had already been blogging about women’s relationships with one another in…
The Visual Journaler and Coaching
The Visual Journalertm is a synthesis of coaching psychology, mindfulness, and visual expression. We are creatures of images. The body-mind speaks in color, metaphor, shapes, and imagery. And art is…
Visual Journal Exercise to Reduce Stress
Visual Journaling is a way to help you calm down after a stressful day. Being able to soothe ourselves and see the beauty in life are so important to a…