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Body Talk
In Peter Levine’s, In An Unspoken Voice, he refers back to Greek mythology to provide a visual of how to move through trauma. “Out of Medusa’s [fatal] wound, two mythical entities emerged: Pegasus the winged horse and the one-eyed Chrysaor, the warrior with the golden sword. The golden sword represents penetrating truth and clarity. The…
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Coaching Through the Arts Prompt – Somatic Writing
The Process Process Art focuses on the process of creation, not on the end product. While an artist must possess specific skills and talent to create art for sale, anyone can create process art. This is a method for artists and laymen alike, in which you explore your inner depths by circumventing your consciousness that…
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21st Century Brand of Self-Esteem
Once, years ago, I was shopping in Walmart. Considering I was a busy single mom and entrepreneur at the time, I’m sure I only ever saw the inside of a Walmart during their busiest hours. So, of course, it was elbow to elbow and everyone in their rudest shoppers daze. Babies crying. Kids running all…
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Can you recall your earliest memory of visiting a candy store? Do you remember colors? The smells? The glimmering lights? The seemingly endless options? How to choose?! While this may have been a blissful experience as a child, it’s a slightly different experience as an adult. When it’s nearly every store you…
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Our Scars. Our Stories. Our Strength.
Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing pottery. Entire family histories can be written in a single tea cup. ‘This is where my son chipped the cup when he knocked it off trying to climb on the counter. That kid was always climbing on everything. When he grew up, he climbed mountains.’ ‘This is where…
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How Do You Identify Trauma?
Trauma is any experience interpreted as overly distressing. This could be something as universal as combat or rape or as individual as your sibling always dipping into your share of food when you were kids. Anyone experiencing combat or rape will have lingering issues to work through to varying degrees. The food nabbing sibling may…
