🌿 Introduction

There’s a quiet kind of magic that happens when you make art—not for the world, but for yourself.   A magic that isn’t about being “good at art,” but about discovering who you are beneath the noise.

Collage is more than glue and paper. It’s a sacred, visual unfolding—a way to wit...

 Image found in the Grow Joy Downloadable packet.  

Title: Clearing the Resentment Folder: A Journey to Emotional Freedom

Have you ever thought about resentment as an emotion you might still be holding on to? I never really considered it until recently. I always believed I had let go of past resen...

Bottles of Tears

The Insight About Our Thoughts

While studying Jewish customs, I came across a ritual that profoundly changed the way I view my body and health. It’s a custom where a Jewish child is given a small bottle to collect tears throughout their life—tears of grief, sadness, or any

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You would think that after 44 years of marriage, we would communicate better, right? My husband is a talented musician whose gifts have blessed our family for all these years. He’s a compassionate man, and while he’s great at listening and supporting, communication wasn’t always his strong suit—e...

 Today, I had the privilege of listening to a dear friend share her personal struggle with feelings of shame and guilt. These emotions were triggered by something that may not have bothered you or me, but they became very real for her. It got me thinking deeply about how shame affects us, and I want...

Value and being happy are choices we make every day. Too often, we find ourselves caught in a loop of seeking validation from others or measuring our happiness by external circumstances. Some people are never satisfied, no matter what we do or how hard we try. You've probably heard things like, “...

For much of my life, I believed that peace meant living in balance, a stress-free existence. I pictured it as a straight, flat, horizontal line. But it wasn’t until I spent time in the cardiac ward with a family member, watching the heart monitor, that I realized a flat line doesn’t symbolize peace—...

Where is your favorite place to be?    Close your eyes, can you see it?  Feel it?  

I have a favorite place in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.   It is a spot where the river rushes over rocks, surrounded by tall trees and surrounded by a tall wall of rocks.   I rarely see it any more....but the ima...