I have written daily since June 1972. Writing is definitely a creative process, but its benefits far exceed just creativity. Writing is a healing journey. We are built to align with the energy and effectiveness of words because words are our energetic language. By writing we claim our lives, expose how our minds work, make decisions, express desires, plan goals, and encourage dreams. I encourage writing as a tool for deeper understanding of who you are.

Writing is an expression that will:
1) decrease symptoms of physical health,
2) discover, recover and uncover hidden aspects of the self,
3) redirect a life’s focus,
4) allow creativity and play,
5) encourage healthy thinking, and
6) bring the mind/body/spirit into balance.

I have created a 6-week writing program titled, Unveil the Wounded Self – a Guided Journal for PTSD Sufferers.  Once the sting of PTSD and other stress symptoms are released onto the page, we are able to heal.

Bio I studied philosophy at the University of California/Santa Cruz and became fascinated with the complexities of the mind and its effects on a life. Writing allowed me to explore my life in deeper ways than anything else I tried. I learned that writing was a way to design new paths for my life.

I enrolled in San Jose State University’s social work program while still practicing my daily journal writing. I studied with poet Ellen Bass,  Natalie Goldberg, Tom Parker, Tad Wojnicki, Kathleen Roundtree, Tania Casselle and Sean Murphy. I attended up to four book readings a week for two decades to acquaint myself with authors and to find interesting books to read.

I read one or two books a month because reading is an invaluable tool for writing. Eventually I began to write books and wrote fiction, memoir, self-help, and poetry. To date, I have written over a hundred daily journals, had dozens of articles published in local newspapers. I have had poems, short stories, essays, and articles published online and inprint journals such as Down in the Dirt Magazine, IndianaVoiceJournal.com, LadyInkMagazine.com, American Behaviorial Health Newsletter, and more . I have self-published twenty-three books.

I am a licensed clinical social worker counseling families, couples and individuals and worked in corporations helping companies bring unity among their employees. We live by our philosophy. I help my clients through PTSD, addiction, and other life situations and many of my clients love using the writing process to help heal.

And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin.

The Mindful Writer, Still the Mind, Free the Pen won the Story Circle Network’s Editor’s Choice Award for 2014.

Never Too Late won the Story Circle Network’s Editor’s Choice Award for 2017.