ILLUMINATION ARTS
catalyzing innate creative genius through transformational and contemplative arts*
catalyzing innate creative genius through transformational and contemplative arts*
* IN PLAIN ENGLISH . . .
I help people get their creative juices flowing -- to envision new possibilities and thrive.
CALL WHEN…
I SPECIALIZE IN WORKING WITH . . .
artists, writers, designers & beleaguered executives to unleash and revitalize creative energy
HOW I WORK . . .
My professional experience spans the fields of clinical psychology, creative and meditative arts (mindfulness meditation), the Hollywood film industry, anthropology, marketing, and journalism. I blend modalities from each of these fields to help individuals release a sticky grip on artistic, personal or work-related problems -- so creative energy can begin to move again. My techniques break apart habituated thinking, illuminate untapped, innate potential, and catalyze change. My clients consider me a quiet authority with a mission to help people thrive. I work under strict confidentiality.
Sampling of specific modalities:
I help people get their creative juices flowing -- to envision new possibilities and thrive.
CALL WHEN…
- your "Next Big Idea" isn't showing up
- you feel like your brain's been shrink-wrapped
- you're asking "what's wrong with this picture?" -- and talking about your life
- you wish you had a muse
I SPECIALIZE IN WORKING WITH . . .
artists, writers, designers & beleaguered executives to unleash and revitalize creative energy
HOW I WORK . . .
My professional experience spans the fields of clinical psychology, creative and meditative arts (mindfulness meditation), the Hollywood film industry, anthropology, marketing, and journalism. I blend modalities from each of these fields to help individuals release a sticky grip on artistic, personal or work-related problems -- so creative energy can begin to move again. My techniques break apart habituated thinking, illuminate untapped, innate potential, and catalyze change. My clients consider me a quiet authority with a mission to help people thrive. I work under strict confidentiality.
Sampling of specific modalities:
- Narrative & Solution-Focused psychotherapeutic inquiry
- Mindfulness meditation & Contemplative counseling
- Transformational Creative Arts & Art Therapy
- writer's-block breakthrough protocols
- Callings Counseling (Discovery & Pursuit of Your Calling ™)
- intention-purposed free writing, personal mission statements
- ceremony & ritual to cultivate purpose and launch change
ILLUMINATION ARTS is about . . .
illuminating, envisioning, revitalizing, creating, changing, healing & celebrating --
through skillful dialogue, transformational arts, guided contemplation & ceremony.
through skillful dialogue, transformational arts, guided contemplation & ceremony.
OTHER THINGS I DO . . .
WRITER | EDITOR | PUBLISHER
CERTIFIED "JOY" TEACHER
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER / FACILITATOR
CEREMONY CONSULTANT
ARTIST
FOR FUN & GOOD
AND THEN THERE'S THIS THING ABOUT A HURRICANE AND SOME ART AND A NEWSLETTER . . .
WRITER | EDITOR | PUBLISHER
- ILLUMINATIONS* newsletter: finding ease through mindfulness, compassion & creativity (*subscribe below)
- free the joy! -- a practice newsletter on cultivating insight and delight based on content of the course "Awakening Joy," created by James Baraz
- co-author: Weddings, Funerals and Rites of Passage: sample ceremonies for Celebrants, Officiants and Ministers
- books in the works: Nutrition for Creatives, Unwrapping Presence: The Bountiful Gift of Mindfulness
CERTIFIED "JOY" TEACHER
- AWAKENING JOY: an internationally recognized course on opening to life with appreciation, resilience and heart. Rooted in practices of mindfulness meditation, self-reflection and learning to recognize possibilities for insight, change and delight. Course information here. Awakening Joy private coaching here.
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER / FACILITATOR
- for insight, compassion, creativity and awakening joy
- for pain management and coping with chronic illness, including ME/CFS, "Long Covid" (which resembles ME/CFS), and Myasthenia Gravis
CEREMONY CONSULTANT
- customized, personally meaningful, marriage-sustaining wedding vows for brides & grooms
- ceremony design & ideas for life milestones and special occasions
ARTIST
- transformational arts facilitator
- illustration
- mixed media
FOR FUN & GOOD
- TED and TEDWomen Conference participant since 2012
- Curator: Art + Transformation Salons
- Philanthropy & Impact Investing:
- Equal Justice Initiative | committed to ending mass incarceration and protecting basic human rights
- Dream Corps/Justice/#cut50 | a bipartisan effort to cut crime and incarceration in all 50 states
- Toniic | the global action community for Impact investors
- Acumen.org | changing the way the world tackles poverty
- HSUS | farm animal protection
- Open Medicine Foundation | funding collaborative research to solve ME/CFS
- Activist: Activating awareness about ME/CFS | watch: 2017 Sundance award-winning documentary: UNREST | learn: #MEAction, Health Rising
AND THEN THERE'S THIS THING ABOUT A HURRICANE AND SOME ART AND A NEWSLETTER . . .
I'm passionate about:
catalyzing creativity and change
helping people find their muse
using art and ceremony to transform lives
insight meditation
purposeful gatherings
spirituality & contemplative arts
clean water activism
the poetry of David Whyte, Pádraig Ó Tuama and American Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman
Susan Cain's book Quiet: The Power of Introverts
Japanese aesthetics
the wisdom in nature and stillness
awakening joy
addressing unjust incarceration of human beings & animals
I'm interested in:
just. about. everything.
catalyzing creativity and change
helping people find their muse
using art and ceremony to transform lives
insight meditation
purposeful gatherings
spirituality & contemplative arts
clean water activism
the poetry of David Whyte, Pádraig Ó Tuama and American Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman
Susan Cain's book Quiet: The Power of Introverts
Japanese aesthetics
the wisdom in nature and stillness
awakening joy
addressing unjust incarceration of human beings & animals
I'm interested in:
just. about. everything.
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illuminating, revitalizing, envisioning, creating, changing, healing, celebrating
-- through skillful dialogue, transformational arts, guided contemplation, meditation instruction, and ceremony
-- through skillful dialogue, transformational arts, guided contemplation, meditation instruction, and ceremony
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