"I felt myself still reliving a past which was no longer anything more than the history of another person." --Proust, In Search of Lost Time Recently as a volunteer demo-client, I joined a workshop on Noetic Balancing in-progress. Robert Waterman (who developed this method) oriented me briefly then told me to lay down on the treatment table. Within a few minutes, he asked me what image was coming to mind. A flickering of images passed through my mind until my inner eye focuse

This summer, Diedre, a BFW mentor and woman of color shared with me that she could not identify with the Inanna in my earlier painting of “Inanna-Ereshkigal in the Underworld” because of her light skin tone and blue eyes. I did not paint Inanna in my image. Rather, I explained, in that painting I honored the historical record and intentionally drew inspiration from the ancient artists of Sumer who used lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone, in sculptures and Inanna’s eyes to sh

Birth Story Mentors do more than passively listen to birth stories. In co-creating a new narration, both storyteller and story mentor take into consideration traumatic events, physical and mental health and wellbeing, lifestyle, and a wholesome diet, all of which ultimately leads to microbiome health and the healing of trauma. “There are as many miracles to be seen through a microscope as through a telescope. Start with the little things seen through the magnifying glass of w