This interview with VoyageBaltimore magazine is a good reason to write my first blog post in a long time! I actually did the interview in August but am just getting around to posting it due to having been busy moving into my new home around that same time. Check out the interview to learn about: …
How to Make a Digital Vision Board
I have been facilitating vision board workshops every January since 2017. I was considering skipping doing them this coming January because, quite frankly, 2020 has been rough for me like it has for so many people. However, I got too many requests that I couldn’t pass on the opportunities to lead these workshops that I …
Winter Meditation: Tapping into the Rest and Renewal of the Season
I am sharing this winter meditation with the hope that it will bring you much peace, comfort, and relaxation. I also hope that it helps you be more present. Winter is often difficult for many people because of the shorter, colder days… and is even more difficult in this year of the pandemic and other …
Autumn Meditation: Letting Go and Accepting Change
I am sharing this autumn meditation with the hope that it will help you connect with your senses and feel more present in your body while also helping you imagine letting go of stress. It may also help you embrace change. Although we all know that change is a natural part of life, this year …
Summer Meditation: Letting Go of Worries and Limiting Beliefs
I wrote the summer meditation below to use during the vision board workshop I led last weekend (my first summertime one and first online one!). The imagery will likely help you connect with your senses and feel more present in your body while also helping you imagine letting go of worries and limiting beliefs about …
Spring Meditation: Letting Go
Some colleagues started the Compassion Project to help people meditate together during the Covid-19 pandemic. I decided to record a meditation video as a contribution to help people with letting go of unwanted feelings they might be experiencing during this difficult time. This is a spring-themed meditation that I wrote to use during the vision …
Resources for Coping with Covid-19
A colleague wrote an article about how mental health professionals are coping with Covid-19, and she included what I told her! This is what I said: “I’ve been taking a lot of baths and listening to meditations or soothing music while I do so. I’ve also been listening to my favorite upbeat music, taking walks/hikes, …
Podcast Interview: Creative Therapy Umbrella
I recently had the honor of having an interview on the podcast Creative Therapy Umbrella. The podcast is hosted by music therapist Kate Shannon. It focuses on various types of creative therapies, especially the creative arts therapies and play therapy. During the interview, Kate and I talk about the following: My work in private practice …
Creative Arts Therapies: Examples and Interventions
Article Contributors (for consultation about dance, music, and art therapy): Rachel Wagner-Cantine, LCPC, BC-DMT Alyssa Wilkins, MT-BC Eleni S. Liossis, Psy.D., ATR, LPC In a previous post, we explored the umbrella term “creative arts therapies” as well as the six types of creative arts therapies that fall under the term (which will be referred …
5 Ways to Cope with Sadness as a Vegan
I was driving on a highway during a recent trip out of state, and I got extremely excited to see three different vegan-related billboards. Two had images of animals and had messages about compassion and veganism, and one displayed food images for a restaurant and prominently read “vegetarian and vegan options”. The reason that these …