In Celebration of My Speech Arts Students
As I prepare to close this studio in its current form, I want to take a moment to look back and celebrate the students who made my work as a […]
A Love Letter to My Writing Students
This is a love letter to the many students who attended my writing workshops between 2020-2025. First, here’s a story: Although I opened this studio in 2020, my interest in […]
How to Develop a Writing Ritual – Julia Cameron’s ‘Rules for the Road’
~ Jump to the Rules for the Road ~ I first picked up ‘The Artist’s Way: A spiritual path to creativity’ by Julia Cameron when I was 21 (13 years […]
On why it can be challenging to make space for creativity.
At the end of one of my Develop a Writing Ritual trial classes this week, we spoke about the challenge of prioritizing our creativity and how much it stings when […]
Rise – a Spoken Word Poem
The following spoken word poem was originally written and performed for the ‘Join the Rise’ Conference in Vancouver BC. I had the pleasure of opening up both days of that […]
On Designing the Embodied Poetry 8-Week Poetry Writing Workshop
The Inspiration Although I’d felt drawn to write poetry from a fairly young age, High School English class zapped the pleasure right out of it for me. Suddenly poetry was […]