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I would like to share a beautiful piece by MaryAnn Montanez, cancer survivor, who attends my Creativity classes at Huntington Memorial.  While we listened to harp and violin music, she wrote: A Violin, A Harp Musical Melodies respond to healing sounds in my soul....

I am reminded through the beauty, grace and sincerity of each domestic violence victim I meet that time is gold ... time is precious ... time is now.  In today's class at Haven House, one of the clients was bemoaning the fact that she let her children down, by staying...

One of the exercises I take my cancer patients through in my Write to Heal class is the simple scribbling and doodling about what it means to heal. What does it mean to heal? According to the dictionary:heal  (hl) v. healed, heal·ing, heals v.tr. 1. To restore to...

"Life can humble you in a way that also empowers and enriches you."  A Woman with Wings. The following lovely passage is from one of my writing students, who continues her fight with breast cancer.  The assignment that day was to remember one of life's little moments...

I recently taught a class on Leadership to 20 some domestic violence survivors who are a part of the SAC, Survivors' Art Circle at A Window between Worlds.  The class was entitled, The Wounded Healer Heals.  All of us have experienced pain and wounding.   Some wounds...

As some of you know, I teach creativity to domestic violence survivors, women in crisis, domestic violence shelter leaders and cancer patients.  What I hear time and time again from people in these groups is: "I AM SAYING YES TO LIFE!" "I can love myself, I can say...

Hello! I am very happy to join Wings. I met Patricia Varga through one of her "Write to Heal" workshops which I've been attending since January of this year. It's not one of those Writing workshops where writers go to work on their writing. It's more about creativity...

At the beginning of my workshops, creativity classes or events that I speak at, I emphasize the need for women - of all ages and backgrounds - to take a little time for themselves each and every day - to rest, restore and revitalize.   In fact, I usually say the Wings...