Short Bio:
As an adolescent, my family and I left South America to start a new life in Canada.
In my early 40's I was diagnosed with an aggressive chronic illness, this was my wake up call to stop, listen to my body and learn to understand it.
The flare ups would return every six months or so to remind me that I still was not on "track".
During one episode I decided to take out a sketch pad and pencil, something I had not done since I was 17. Started to sketch again, a story, a children's story.
From there various forms of art not only offered relief from the pain and discomfort for long stretches, but it also took me to another world where I could just be, sort through my thoughts with ease and be transported into my imagination where I felt no pain. It would return of course when I would stop, but those breaks helped tremendously to get me on my healing journey.
I did start healing, and I wanted to share this experience, that's when I found the Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy in Calgary, where I took my Expressive Art Facilitator training. I found and followed my passion!
I am here to share this experience so that we can attain a healthier expressive life, releasing blockages and fears along the way, helping us become empowered once again, one person and community at a time.
As an adolescent, my family and I left South America to start a new life in Canada.
In my early 40's I was diagnosed with an aggressive chronic illness, this was my wake up call to stop, listen to my body and learn to understand it.
The flare ups would return every six months or so to remind me that I still was not on "track".
During one episode I decided to take out a sketch pad and pencil, something I had not done since I was 17. Started to sketch again, a story, a children's story.
From there various forms of art not only offered relief from the pain and discomfort for long stretches, but it also took me to another world where I could just be, sort through my thoughts with ease and be transported into my imagination where I felt no pain. It would return of course when I would stop, but those breaks helped tremendously to get me on my healing journey.
I did start healing, and I wanted to share this experience, that's when I found the Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy in Calgary, where I took my Expressive Art Facilitator training. I found and followed my passion!
I am here to share this experience so that we can attain a healthier expressive life, releasing blockages and fears along the way, helping us become empowered once again, one person and community at a time.
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Let your imagination be your guide
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Books from my Library Collection that have aided along my Journey:
4 Habits for Inner Peace - Elizabeth Cronkhite
21 Reasons Bad Things Happen to Good People - Earley
A Promise is a Promise - Dr. Wayne Dyer
An Open Heart - The Dalai Lama
Ancient Teachings for Beginners - DeLong
Born a Healer - Chunyi Lin
Boundaries - Cloud & Townsend
Chaga - Wolfe
Choice Theory - William Glasser, MD
Conscious Loving - Gay Hendricks, Ph.D
Creative Visulaization - Gawain
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Richard Carlson, Ph. D
Drumming the Spirit to Life - Helm
Encyclopedia of Crystals, Gems & Metal Magic - Cunningham
Enemies and How to Love Them - Vanderhaar
Expressive Arts Therapy & Adolescents - Carmen Richardson
Expressive Therapies - Malchiodi
Grow Younger, Live Longer - Deepak Chopra, MD
Happier Than God - Neale Donald Walsch
Healing with the Arts - Samuels & Lane
Heard the Owl Call my Name - Margaret Craven
Home Coming - John Bradshaw
How to Get Control of your Time and Your Life - Alan Lakein
How to Take Control of your Life
Influence with Ease- Jeff Mowatt
Men Are from Mars, Women are From Venus - John Gray, Ph. D
More Natural Cures - Kevin Trudeau
Mythic Voices - Lottridge, Dickie
One Month to Live - Kerry & Chris Shook
Power of Positive Thinking - Peale
Pulling your own Strings - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Real Magic - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Reduce Me to Love -Joyce Meyer
Ride the Waves - Tracy Friesen
Sacred Circles - Carnes & Craig
Sacred Plant Medicine - Buhner
Sacred Space - Denise Linn
Same Soul, Many Bodies - Brian L. Weiss, MD
Solitude - Anthony Storr
Soul Coaching - Denise Linn
Soul Retrieval - Ingerman
SuperFoods - Steven Pratt, MD
Take Time for your Life - Richardson
Taoism - Welch
Ten Thousand Whispers - Lynda Dahl
The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama
The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
The Bible - Various editions and History
The Big Leap - Hendricks
The Biology of Belief - Dr. Bruce Lipton
The Complete Book of Garden Magic - Ferguson
The Creative Connection - Natalie Rogers
The Creative Connection for Groups - Natalie Rogers
The Creative Life - Butterworth
The Dance of Anger - Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph. D
The Dance of Intimacy - Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph. D
The Dark Side of the Light - Debbie Ford
The Dragon Doesn't Live here Anymore - Alan Cohen
The Evolving Soul - Backman
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
The GOD Code - Gregg Braden
The Greatest Salesman - Og Mandino
The Loneliness Factor - Rolheiser
The Mastery of Love - Don Miguel Ruiz
The Purpose Driven Life - Warren
The Right Brain Experience - McGraw-Hill
The Sacred Cookbook - Nick Polizzi
The Secret Teachings of Plants - Buhner
The Teaching of Budah
The Way of the Shaman - Michael Harner
The Worrywart's Companion - Dr. Beverly Potter
This is Not the Life I Ordered - Stephens, Speier, Yanchiro
Time Management - Julie Morgensten
Tune In - Jennifer Buchanan
Unlock the Secret Messages of your Body - Denise Linn
Unveiled Mysteries - Godfre Ray King
What Dying People Want - David Kuhl
What they Don't want you to Know - Kevin Trudeau
What's in Your Food? - Statham
When Life Hurts - Stiller
When to Speak and When to Shut Up - Earley
Why is God Laughing - Deepak Chopra, MD
Who Will Cry When You Die? - Robin S. Sharma
Work won't Love you Back - E & H Hobfoll, Ph. D
Yearnings - Irwin Kula
You Are What You Eat - Dr. Gillian McKeith
Your Erroneous Zones - Dr. Wayne Dyer