As I welcomed patients into last night's Create to Heal class, music was playing."You are listening to one of the great oratorios," I told them. "Handel's Messiah.""Whenever I am tired or overwhelmed, feeling off" I continued, "I listen to "Halleluja...

The younger the wiser?A 16-year old in my Create to Heal class picked a word for our first creative writing exercise of the morning: conformity."Conformity is needed to be comfortable with yourself so you can connect the space between the person and ...

I started Create to Heal many years ago working with domestic violence survivors and women in crisis, and now also work with cancer patients, their families and their healthcare teams. Essentially anyone touched by cancer.I find that the creative wri...

I am continually surprised and delighted by the articles and "press" on art and creativity and the positive influences on the healing process.Huffington Post's Arts reporter Priscilla Frank recently wrote about her own experience with disease: her fa...