Hi there! Here are some bits about me:
I enjoy weaving my creative and playful spirit into all areas of my life.
I live on the East coast of New Jersey with my husband, three adult children, our cats, dog, and a rabbit.
I have loved being a mom. Family is important to me. Although my kids are grown and on the cusp of launching, we continue to nurture our relationships by cooking, traveling and playing games together. And of course with 5 family pets we share our love of animals.
I love to spend time hiking in the woods and walking off-season at the beach. I feel deeply connected to nature and it serves as inspiration for my art and poetry.
I nurture my deepest connections in the sacred spaces of meditation, prayer, art making, yoga, writing and nature.
I create art in my studio Heart4Prints.
My vocation in life has been to use creative expression with people to facilitate connection to our deepest place of knowing.
Somewhere in my late 40’s I began to question “What’s Next “ for me. I had become disconnected from my own knowing. The answers to my what’s next alluded me.
I had lived my life by my conditioning to put the needs and growth of others above my own. I had become really adept at creating nurturing and safe places for others to heal and feel joy.
I found myself at crossroads in both work and family life. For decades my purpose and passion had found expression as an art therapist, guiding others to move beyond the pain and suffering of their circumstances with creative expression.
Yet, I felt unfulfilled and exhausted from the demands of the culture of corporate healthcare. I felt disconnected from my purpose. I felt trapped. After all I had done this work for nearly 30 years, I had achieved recognition and success. What else could I do?
In family, the children were on the cusp of launching. I had adored being a mother. I was attached to “mothering”. Here, I found myself faced with another “What’s Next?”. Who would I be if I am not mothering them? I had become disconnected from aspects of me.
Coming to these crossroads sparked my own journey
to reconnect to whom I am and what will I do? It took some unpacking of my conditioning to uncover the fears that drove my need to please in work and family. With the roots of my conditioning uncovered I discovered in my the attachment to those roles , parts of me remained unattended .
In 2022 I took a leap to tend to me and create the life I desire. After decades working in corporate healthcare I left to create the work and life that honors my sacred self. After years of doing for others, I am connecting deeply what I value. There is joy in my work again. I create time for the things and people that matter most to me. I am defining what it means to be a mother to adult children and co-create deep connections to the adults they are becoming. I no longer fear “what’s next”. I see now that my what’s nexts are filled with such possibility and potential that I could not have imagined in that old place.
I love to guide others to do the same.
