Craft, poetry, Writing and Healing 2/6/13 Craft, poetry, Writing and Healing 2/6/13

Keep Moving:Thoughts on Journaling and Process

The discouragement inherent in practicing art. How keeping a journal can anchor a writing practice.

Read More

Chronic Illness, Community, Healing, Writing and Healing 1/22/13 Chronic Illness, Community, Healing, Writing and Healing 1/22/13

Trapped in the Ice

Breaking through the isolation of chronic Illness.

Read More

Art and Healthcare, Chronic Illness, poetry, Writing and Healing 1/16/13 Art and Healthcare, Chronic Illness, poetry, Writing and Healing 1/16/13

Brancusi's Egg

A new chapbook of poems from Finishing Line Press suitable for using in the health care setting.

Read More

Art and Healthcare, Literature and Medicine, Medical Humanitites, poetry, Writing and Healing 12/20/12 Art and Healthcare, Literature and Medicine, Medical Humanitites, poetry, Writing and Healing 12/20/12

The Art of Medicine in Metaphors

Announcing The Art of Medicine in Metaphors by James Borton.

Read More

artists, facilitating Writing w..., Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 12/3/12 artists, facilitating Writing w..., Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 12/3/12

My Morning with Matisse

Learning about Matisse's process; how to persist through difficulties in creating art.

Read More

poetry, Writing and Healing 11/15/12 poetry, Writing and Healing 11/15/12

Inwardness

The value of silence, of modulating communication in an age of connectedness.

Read More

middle-age, Stories, The Art of Ficition, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 9/1/12 middle-age, Stories, The Art of Ficition, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 9/1/12

Why Write?

Writing as both vocation and career.

Read More

artists, Process, Writing and Healing 7/18/12 artists, Process, Writing and Healing 7/18/12

Practicing Simplicity

Being in the moment--how to prepare the ground.

Read More

aging parents, Grief, middle-age, Writing and Healing 6/20/12 aging parents, Grief, middle-age, Writing and Healing 6/20/12

Everything Changes, Nothing is Lost

Facing the natural changes of aging, the inevitable losses.

Read More

cancer care, Writing and Healing 4/13/12 cancer care, Writing and Healing 4/13/12

The Work of Dying

A woman who loved life lets it go.

Read More

Spirituality, Writing and Healing 3/22/12 Spirituality, Writing and Healing 3/22/12

Grief Work

A surfeit of losses and a red-enameled pan.

Read More

cancer care, facilitating Writing w..., Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 2/13/12 cancer care, facilitating Writing w..., Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 2/13/12

When is Writing Not the Answer?

Sometimes introspection is not a good idea

Read More

Art and Healthcare, artists, Chronic Illness, Writing and Healing 1/23/12 Art and Healthcare, artists, Chronic Illness, Writing and Healing 1/23/12

Willing to Make Mistakes

Sometimes be willing to make mistakes is the most important part of a creative endeavor.

Read More

Chronic Illness, poetry, Spirituality, Writing and Healing 1/3/12 Chronic Illness, poetry, Spirituality, Writing and Healing 1/3/12

Heart Goals

Encountering despair, grief, and envy--with compassion.

Read More

Poetry Therapy, stress, trauma, Writing and Healing 12/9/11 Poetry Therapy, stress, trauma, Writing and Healing 12/9/11

Longing for the Light

How do we keep hope when the world is so full of suffering?

Read More

Caring for the Caregiver, Spirituality, Writing and Healing 11/23/11 Caring for the Caregiver, Spirituality, Writing and Healing 11/23/11

Thanksgiving Panic

How to be in the moment when expecting guests for Thanksgiving.

Read More

artists, The Art of Ficition, Writing and Healing 11/17/11 artists, The Art of Ficition, Writing and Healing 11/17/11

The Dream of Art

To engage in the practice of art is to be able to tolerate not controlling the outcome.

Read More

Art and Healthcare, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 10/26/11 Art and Healthcare, Writing and Healing, Writing and Self-Making 10/26/11

Voice Lessons

How learning to sing is like learning to write: constriction cuts us off from our power.

Read More

Chronic Illness, Poetry Therapy, stress, trauma, Writing and Healing 10/7/11 Chronic Illness, Poetry Therapy, stress, trauma, Writing and Healing 10/7/11

Miracle Cure

The writing cure is not a miracle cure, but it can go along way to help us heal.

Read More

Writing and Healing 8/22/11 Writing and Healing 8/22/11

Everyone Has a Story

Read More