2023 Creative Year in Review
A summary of writing and art activities in 2023 related to the flags and my memoir. Learn about the Flag Oracle and my participation at the Writers Grotto.
The connection between art and professional life
As someone who writes long-form content for a living, it’s no surprise that my first art exhibit is a bit like a book on the wall.
My journey to making art flags while making a living
Learn how I explored my artistic side for nine years until it culminated in a flag and photo installation at the Bay Model.
Flags in Mind: Art Exhibition at the Bay Model
Flags in Mind is an art exhibition of 12 handmade flags and 69 photographs taken with the flag on Mt. Tam over the course of a year.
My resilience role model
Honoring the passing of my Papa, a Veteran, an adventurer, and my resilience role model.
Skills and career evolution over 30 years
How have your skills evolved over the course of your career? Learn how artifacts from the past offer an opportunity for self-discovery.
Why Practicing Recognition Makes the World a Better Place
Recognition is a basic human need. Find out how a habit of expressing gratitude and telling people what you appreciate about can turn your world into a magical place.
How Self-Compassion Helps You Become a Better Leader
Self-compassion is linked to mental well-being, including less stress, anxiety, depression, and perfectionism. Learn 4 ways self-compassion can show up in business.
7 Discoveries from Committing to a Path of Writing
When I set off on a path of writing in 2008, I didn’t know what to expect. Here are 7 things I’ve learned along the way about the benefits of the writing life.
Thank You for Being You
Receive the gift of gratitude for yourself and all the things you do to become a kinder, more loving person.
7 Lessons on Resilience from an Unconventional Childhood
Resilience is like the water I've been drinking every day of my life: a combination of skills naturally acquired in the process of growing up. Here are a few of the core ingredients in my cup of resilience.
7 Differences Between the Head and the Heart
The voice in the head can be one of fear, while the voice of the heart can feel expansive. Fear wants us to shut down and close off our creativity, while our heart wants us to expand.
7 Values for a Creative Life
Dedication to the creative life requires living by a different set of values than the mainstream culture. Here are seven values that I’ve found to be essential in my creative life as a writer and visual artist.
7 Chambers of the Writer’s Hidey-Hole
Sadly, often the people who have the best ideas and stories keep them locked away in a hidey-hole. Here is what’s in my writer’s hidey-hole. I hope it makes you feel less alone.
7 Ways Writing Changed My Life
Writing for other people can be life-changing for the author. Learn 7 ways one writer was helped by friends and colleagues to transform her life, from the college application through multiple career changes.
Affirmations for Contentment
Though we live in a world where we are constantly being sold solutions for our discontent, we can opt out by declaring that contentment is possible with the next breath.
Affirmations for Power
True power can be found in nature and qualities like love, joy, beauty, wisdom, truth, and peace. Read these affirmations to connect with your soul power.
Text-Textiles: A Story
Learn the details of how a year-long art-sewing-writing-hiking project came to be.
Affirmations for Clarity
A lack of inner clarity leads us to do things for the wrong reasons, focus on pleasing other people, or do things the way they’ve always been done. Use these affirmations to create more clarity in your day.
Affirmations for Meetings
Any meeting is a meeting of souls. Set intentions for good meetings by using these affirmations.