When I work with clients, it’s so apparent that deep creativity is not of the head or thinking mind. It’s coming from an entirely different place.
Their creative visions are coming from a place that’s ALIVE.
We need art because to change our world, we need what is alive.
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Many years ago, I began giving intuitive readings to friends and family. These readings weren’t about prediction or fortune-telling—they delved deeper. I worked with metaphors and images I saw “under the surface” of whatever situation they were grappling with. People loved my readings and frequently asked for them, but I hesitated to embrace the word…
I wanted to share an inspiring email I received from an amazing woman who heard me on the radio last fall. Her metaphoric imagery is so vivid and full of life, and her description of our culture being in the “neti-neti” stage of childbirth deeply resonated with me: “We are ‘not here nor there’ but…
When I was 26, I was involved in a head-on collision on a rural highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I was flown by air ambulance to the Mayo clinic in Minnesota. I had fractured T-12 and displaced my spinal chord by 40 degrees. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic gave me less than…
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For years, I’ve observed that our deepest creativity doesn’t begin with words—it begins with images. Images carry a potency that words often struggle to match. They bypass the logical mind and tap directly into the heart, soul, and body, opening up pathways to inspiration and meaning. Many of us, whether we consider ourselves writers, creators,…
Imagination is inherently subversive. It doesn’t conform to rules, expectations, or established norms. It exists in a realm beyond social conditioning—beyond the boundaries of structures, institutions, academic programs, or even religion. Imagination doesn’t follow; it explores. It challenges. It dreams of something entirely new. When clients come to me feeling blocked, it’s often because they’ve…