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Welcome to Evolution Artistry. Here you will find personal writing on identity, healing, and becoming. Informed by lived experience with breaking the cycle, chronic illness, long-term sobriety, heartbreak after 40, and spiritual practice. Notes from a life devoted to the art of evolution.
Breakup to Breakthrough
Summer 2015 (Journal Entry about Mike*) “This has been such a different breakup. Now three weeks. I'm wishing I could just fast forward...
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Sep 8, 20193 min read
Stop Replacing Your Healing With People
When we hurt sometimes people can help us feel better and most of the time we’ve got to use other ways to heal. This has showed up the...
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Aug 25, 20191 min read
Spiritual Women Will Always Attract...
men who need healing...even if it's not meant to be. I don’t remember where I found this but it gave me pause and some discomfort when I...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
You can't change the people around you...
...but you can change the people around you. This is not a riddle. This is all about personal power and recognizing what is in your hula...
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Aug 22, 20191 min read
Endings Are Never Endings
Yesterday I had my last group call for Transform: From Pain to Power in 6 Weeks And honestly it just feels like the beginning. I'm...
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Aug 19, 20192 min read
Safety & Confidence
Last night we got professional photos taken of us. We had the pleasure of participating in an Intimacy Shoot with...
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Aug 9, 20192 min read
Leaving Things Unfinished
So yesterday he left for a work and leisure trip for 6 days and we hadn’t resolved a conflict we were in. Leaving things “unfinished” in...
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Aug 3, 20192 min read
Changes
We’ve been going through some changes. Some days I want to shout from the mountain top how much I love this man. Some days I want to...
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Jul 31, 20191 min read
It's you, not me.
Since I left home in 1999 I’ve moved 5 times. Connecticut> Boston> NYC> Austin>San Francisco. On the surface, to others it appeared I...
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Jul 28, 20192 min read
Rejection is for your redirection
And it feels like it’s been a while since I’ve really written from my heart. I’ve been pretty busy with my group program TRANSFORM the...
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Jul 20, 20191 min read
Desire and Self-Responsibility
“I want a piece of chocolate cake.” ”I want to build a successful business.” “I want a life partner.” “I want to call out of work...
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Jul 18, 20192 min read
PLEASE! BUY MY COURSE! (so I can finally know my worth)
I worked for a sales company for two and half years and during that time I got some intensive sales training. I attended monthly and...
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Jul 1, 20194 min read
Transformation is possible for every woman.
Here’s how I know it. In 2008... • I was suffering from chronic physical pain and exhaustion from an autoimmune disease. • I was...
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Jun 5, 20191 min read
The reason people awaken...
"The reason people awaken is because they have finally stopped agreeing to things that insult their soul." This one speaks to me deeply. ...
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May 31, 20191 min read
If you are hurting you should be healing, not dating
I think this is a pretty controversial statement and raises a lot of thoughtful questions. I’ll speak from my personal experience and...
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May 29, 20191 min read
I Didn't Disappear...
To everyone who ever wondered where I went... There is something bittersweet about this one. I still have guilt attached to a story...
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May 27, 20192 min read
Controlled Online Content & Self Worth
Honestly, I gotta check myself on Instagram sometimes. I can get carried away with comparing myself to other women doing similar things...
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May 19, 20191 min read
Healing In Action: A Race Joke
A vulnerable share about a race joke and healing in action. Last night someone close to me made a comment about the color of something I...
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May 16, 20192 min read
Marco Polo has singlehandedly saved my relationship.
Well, not singlehandedly. But it’s been a powerful tool for healing and connection in my relationship. The scene: I’m upset and feeling...
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May 15, 20192 min read
The Rebirth of the Party Girl
The time between when I first had the thought that maybe I wanted to change my relationship to alcohol and when I finally had my last...
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May 9, 20192 min read
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