What feeds your soul? Do more of that. What drains you? Do less of that. We need to get comfortable using our sacred no in order to create enough space in our lives for our sacred yes to flourish. Saying yes to what aligns with your soul contributes to your overall well-being.

Using your sacred no to create space for your sacred yes to emerge. It’s time to turn away from those voices that want to distract us from what we are here on this earth to do. It’s time to turn towards the self, to listen to the wisdom of the self, to be fully and completely self as we were meant to be, and to bring our gift of self to the world. This is new ground for me and may be for many women in the third age.

To figure out what light’s you up, you need to listen to your inner wisdom. And that voice is very shy having been ignored for so long!

Here’s what I brought back for you from a week in Taos, NM:

1. You are not alone.

2. My Artist Soul is hungry. Yours?

3. Focus on your “one thing.”

4. Keep saying “yes!” to life!

What does it mean to step into your Crone Energy?

• Stop apologizing!

• Stop playing small!

• Take up space!

• Stop hiding behind the ‘good girl’ mask!

Art is powerful when it is true and captures the human lived experience, not because it is perfectly executed.

It doesn’t have to be pretty. I has to be true. And with that, I have taken back the brush and I’m choosing to create bold portraits of myself without apology, without comment. Feel the liberation in that! You can do it too!!

You have the power, indeed the responsibility, to create your own container to help you communicate and understand your relationship with your Creative Source. Here’s a peek into how I use art supplies to build a container for my soul.

Do you keep track of how frequently you are actually doing the thing you say you want to do? I use tracking to keep me honest.

Tracking provides a clear picture of how often I am showing up for the activities that are important to me.The creative stage can be an emotional roller coaster - from “ugh, this is awful” to “wow, this is awesome” and back to “ugh” again. Scary as this stage is, all of the time spent here clearly “counts” as part of my creative practice.

Funny thing about listening for your inner wisdom - once it speaks, any plans you already made need to be put aside.

Here’s what this deep listening looks like for me:

Begin with a stance of inquiry and openness to what wants to emerge.

Hold the plans for desired outcomes loosely or better yet, release them entirely.

Allow the image to guide the way, changing course or completely reversing direction in the unfolding.

Pause and ask the image what next steps are needed in terms of colors, textures, shapes, lines.

You have the power to choose, so choose joy. Reclaim your agency! Agency grants you empowerment over your life, your choices, your dreams, your story. But first, you need to assert your agency. If you don’t choose, someone else will choose for you.

Our creative energies are always inviting us to create something out of nothing; to create something that’s never been seen before. Imagine the possibilities!

Personally, I find the idea of celebrating fertility a bit off-putting at my age when I’ve stopped bearing children. But here’s a twist: We can all celebrate being creatively fertile!

On choosing you and your creative practice because subordinating your desires to meet everyone else’s needs is a recipe for resentment and bitterness.

If you feel resistance to prioritizing your desires, listen to Steven Pressfield as he writes that resistance is a compass, pointing to the thing that you must do!

A meditation for stormy times, inviting you to ground yourself in Mother Earth like the strong roots of a tree.

Join us this Saturday to recreate the news!

We’ll be gathering together on Zoom to create art around the headlines that weigh heavily on our hearts. It may be tough to limit your choices. Whether you make a piece of art that captures your reactions to the headlines or literally “re-create” the headlines by rewriting or reimagining headlines that might be more uplifting, the choice is yours.

I’m excited to announce that CREATIVE RESISTANCE is now open for enrollment!

The time has come to gather together to support each other in finding and expressing our truest selves!

We need more community and less isolation.

We need more creating and less destruction.

We need to resist the forces that keep us fearful and silent.

Our creativity is our unique way to add beauty and positivity to the world that is desperate for our gifts.

Have you ever felt lighter after a session of creativity?

How do you feel after you’ve played with your art supplies?

Sometimes it just feels good to smoosh paint around on the page, yes?

And sometimes, art can set you feel free!

Why create in community?

Creativity is a way to express what is truest within you. Doing that in community surrounds you with a crowd of supportive non-judgmental souls who can witness your truth and your bravery for showing up for you.

I’ve been feeling more helpless and overwhelmed with every wave of news headlines. How about you?

Hearing from some of you, I know I’m not alone in this enormous struggle. I keep asking myself what is mine to do.

The answer involves community and creativity. Not just another meeting, but coming together and creating something in a circle of creative community, exploring creativity as an act of resistance!

It is time to shine your light in the darkness that surrounds us now. Remember why you came! What vision do you want to create? Shine brightly as an act of resistance.

Rembrant’s painting depicts an invitation to step into the divine embrace where we’ll receive our deepest desires: belonging and a sense of home. Can you trust that God loves you enough to search for you? Can you trust the one who runs out to embrace you as soon as you remember that small voice that calls you “Beloved”?

With all the noise in the world, so much of it frightening and disturbing, it is very difficult to realize that those loud voices promise us everything but deliver nothing. It is essential to our well-being that we find a quiet space to hear that voice that calls us home.

It is only in that quiet space that you can hear the invitation to live the celebration!