One of the greatest privileges of my work is watching women rediscover themselves after years of believing they had somehow disappeared. I once worked with a woman whose entire identity had become wrapped up in being a wife and mother. She had married young, devoted herself to her…
In honor of International Women’s Day, March 2026, I recently revisited a quote by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” As both a counselor and a musician, this…
Research suggests that the average person makes about 35,000 decisions per day. Many of these decisions are small and unconscious, like whether to get up right away when the alarm goes off or stay in bed for another ten minutes. More conscious decisions, such as what to eat,…
What Is an Intensive? As an experienced therapist, I’ve found that 3-day therapy intensives are one of the most powerful and efficient ways for individuals, couples, and even groups to experience real, lasting change. Unlike weekly therapy, which can be limited by time and disrupted by life’s busyness,…
Discover if it’s time to move from survival to spiritual and emotional freedom. 1. You feel stuck, even after prayer, therapy, or Bible study. You’ve grown spiritually, but something still blocks peace or progress. 2. Your emotions feel overwhelming or shut down. You either carry too much or…
A Transformative Inner Journey In over a decade of counseling, my mission has remained the same: to help people become their own best advocate. I don’t want my clients to feel dependent on me—I want them to use our work together to enrich and empower their lives. My…
“Life’s most significant turnings arise not so much from conscious awareness of obvious destinies as from unconscious streams of necessity to which we are irrepressibly drawn. Painting, like poetry, song, or dance, is vocation—a “calling forth,” a “summoning’—and in that sense a “birthing’ of something deep from within,…
My journey as a musician and artist- my longing for connection, struggles with self-doubt, and the rediscovery of my passion. I first heard live country blues deep in the woods of New York, where I lived with my boyfriend at the time—before I became a Christian. He was…
As I step into the vast and unpredictable world of the music industry—navigating through the internet and the experiences of others—I find myself oscillating between excitement and discouragement. The journey depends entirely on who you meet, trust, and sometimes, who you pay in the hope of being heard…
I didn’t choose music. It chose me.I’ve prayed for the desire to quiet down—to stop feeling the ache to sing, to write, to bring sounds into the world that live only in my heart. But it never goes away. I’ve tried to ignore it, to silence the melodies…