Identifying Your Needs

I love Marshall Rosenberg’s approach to resolving conflict and coming to resolution. His book, Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Love is one of my all time favorite books. In his book he discusses the importance of understanding our needs as a way to be...

Cultivating Joy

I’m sitting in my office with the windows open listening to the birds chirp away. At the same time, I’m reminiscing about the Claudine Hellmuth Collage Discovery Workshop I attended this past weekend. (Check out my friend’s blog to see some pictures...

Emotions Run Deep And Stay There!

In my experience, it is clear that unexpressed emotions are stored in the body. In addition, we live in a culture that teaches us it is unacceptable to express certain emotions like crying, anger, etc. Many people are very uncomfortable allowing others to express...