Feeling our feelings is uncomfortable and scary at times. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the creative practice of art journaling.

In my work with private creativity coaching clients and students of my deep dive group programs I always share my top five creativity mantras.

I remember going to my first Pride celebrations that year as a newly out human (I felt like I'd just emerged from my cocoon...my wings were still wet!) 🦋 and feeling a bit of a fraud.

Last night I asked Mary to go for a drive with me and then up to the roof of my building to see in 360 degrees, the sparkling lights around us. I wanted to see it all one last time before I moved (today).

This is not smooth territory. It can even be treacherous and scary work

The middle of a transition is a period of uncertainty. It’s not clear what will be, where you will land, how things will turn out.

Outside the comfort of the familiar we must navigate new norms, new relationships and new challenges. New versions of SELF.

I’ve experienced many transitions in my life–we all do. And they all began with an ending.

So many of my clients come to me with this fear…that they are not artistic enough. And yet they feel the pull of creative expression.

When a new chapter in our life begins we'd love to celebrate.

Just so we keep it real here…MOVING IS A LOT. And transitions take you into a place of CHAOS + OVERWHELM.

Tonight is my last night on my own. And, of course, I’m not sleeping.

A poem

Here are some words that come to mind: beginning, ending, joy, excitement, fear, grief, letting go, roots, explore, discover, goodbye, hello, communication, truth, love, and transition, transition, transition.

We were not designed to be this over-stimulated, this saturated with information about tragedies around the world. Humans were designed to take care of just the people in front of them...their family group or tribe or village.

Color affects me. It soothes, excites, and inspires me.

I am struggling, as I imagine you are too, these days with holding all that is happening in the world.

I'm with you if one of your impulses is to go back to bed and pull the covers over your head.