​To Everything There is a Season...

At a certain chapter in life — often right in the middle of our carefully choreographed plans — the universe kicks the props out from under us and begins offering its own curriculum... 

 

Things shift: old identities (career, home, partnership, purpose) loosen or crumble;

a strange new fog drifts through our thoughts at dawn — and sometimes lingers a bit longer;

baffling health quirks decide to form their own creaky off-key choir.

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...And somewhere in the cobwebbed hallways of our inner landscape, a voice emerges:

Maybe it is the sound of Soul.
Maybe it’s simply the echo of a long-buried truth finally finding a microphone.
Or perhaps it’s that same old song you’ve been carrying for decades — now playing in a key you can no longer ignore.

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Either way (or all of the above) I'm sure if you've read thus far, you already appreciate the fact that the threshold of elder-hood offers one mysterious initiation into the deeper layers of spirit and purpose that has awaited you at this doorway.

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The Quirky Intelligent Art of Wisdom

Most of us aren’t taught how to navigate that moment — the one where the familiar story no longer carries the weight of who we’ve become. When striving thins, when the inner weather shifts, when something long buried begins to rise with the unmistakable scent of truth.

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I have spent my life listening to that moment in others.
And answering it in myself.

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For many decades, people from around the world found their way to my Center for SoulArts in Ojai, California — not because they sought a method, but because something in their deep knowing recognized a presence, a resonance, a way of seeing that met them where their truest life was calling.

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That long season shaped me as much as it shaped those who came.
And it led me, finally, here — to Ashland, Oregon — where my work has gathered into a more distilled clarity and broadened emphasis.

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The Song that is My Lifework

I am an author, an artist, a research scientist of symbolic and psychological life, and a creative elder who has lived through the terrains I now guide others through. (And yes, I wanted to be the female Leonard Cohan, or any number of our great singer songwriters of soul... So my lifework and every client I meet, and every piece of art I create, even every research project I undertake comes from that same primordial deep inner space of heart connection to soul and song. This is the space from which all creative seeing arises and all SoulWork with clients has its true agency.

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My work does not live in formulas.
It rises from conversation, silence, pattern, metaphor, curiosity, and the art of allowing intuition to perceive what is struggling to be born in a person’s life.

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Some call it mentoring.
Some call it healing.
I call it SoulArts and The Art of Remembering Who You Really Are*

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Emergence & SoulArts Salon: 

Our home in Ashland Oregon, rests among many acres of oaks, surrounded by pine studded mountains, and overlooking Emigrant Lake — a unique estate in a magical area that is alive with wildness and creative pulse: rivers and ancient waterways, volcanic ridges; a town of world-class playwrights and musicians, artisans, and a community shaped by curiosity and soul-stirring conversation (...and some of the world's best Pinot Noir wineries FYI).

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Here in our new retreat home, my husband Matt and I enjoy hosting small circles of people and projects each year. We gather with creatives and humanitarians and those ready to meet each phase of life from a deepening connection and dialogue with truth, creativity, coherence, and presence.

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We welcome:

• private retreat intensives
• creative-vision and life-direction work
• legacy-shaping conversations
• intimate Soul Salon evenings
• collaborative art and writing projects
• purpose-aligned fundraisers and community gatherings

 

This is not a business.
It is a sanctuary — a living, breathing space where a human life is met with the miracle of the soul's own direct knowing and abundant repertoire for life-healing expression.

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For Those at a Life Turning

Most who arrive here on this website, to my work, or who choose to come to work with me in private, are standing at the threshold between what has been lived and what is now insisting be seen, known, lived.

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You are Mature Souls — artists, leaders, thinkers, philanthropists, creators, elders-in-practice, healers, seekers, and those whose outer accomplishments have begun pointing them inward.

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• Some of you return here now to continue the work we began together years ago. Others will arrive for the first time, called by a sense of recognition before a single word is exchanged.  One thing in common: People come not seeking answers from without, but rather seeking the conditions where the deepest truth can arise.

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• If reading these words brings both a settling and a stirring —
a click of recognition,

a breath you didn’t know you were holding,
a Doorway opening — then you are already inside the experience that is offered here.

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Meeting the Awkward Pause...​

The real work in later life often begins when life asks us to pause—
(sometimes by choice, sometimes by force)
and still keep a curious attitude toward a new next calling beneath it all.

This is what I call "The One Essential Journey"
The moments in life when the voices within gather themselves
and (if we enter the dialogue) begin to point toward a masterwork only this season of your life can reveal.

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If you are standing at that edge of unknowing,
your unfinished masterwork is speaking...

 

This website holds the breadth of my creative and intellectual life —
art, books, essays, reflections, research, teachings, and the evolving work of SoulArts.

I invite you to explore it as you would a living archive: openly, curiously listening for what meets you;

what questioning, what intrigue, what frustration, what sense of "something knowing" greets you...

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What You’ll Find Here

My SoulArts lifework — and our SoulArts Salon in Ashland, OR — exists as a sanctuary for those seeking a deeper resonance with the unfolding purpose of their lives. There is no dogma here, only an open invitation to genuine seekers from all walks of experience who likewise respect the pathways of others.

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Today, for those who feel called, I offer highly personalized private intensives, collaborative creative projects, hosted small gatherings, and spaces for purpose-driven events to unfold in an atmosphere of listening depth, creative artistry, and honest inquiry. Some come for a profound inner healing, some to rekindle or clarify their vision, and others to bring forward a life work that calls to be shared.

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Our home also opens for select hosted events and fundraisers aligned with integrity, creativity, and wholehearted service.

If something in you feels both settled and stirred while reading these words — a familiar resonance, a door gently opening — you are warmly invited to begin a conversation. (PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW)

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Signature Offerings (See Note Below)

•   Free Resources

There are many writings, guided inner meditations, and resources on this site which are simply offered as openings into a deeper conversation with your own life. Feel free to peruse and feel into them on your own. My books are also on Amazon with new ones in the works.

•   Private SoulArts Intensives

One-on-one or small-group immersions for those ready for a catalytic turning. These sessions move with precision and creative depth, entering the inner terrain where clarity rises and a new chapter begins to form.

•  Visionary Leadership Consults

For leaders, creators, and seasoned professionals seeking alignment between inner truth and outer expression. Together we clarify direction, refine identity, and bring coherence to the work you are called to offer now.

•  Hosted Creative Projects & Purposeful Events

Designed for couples, teams, service organizations, or individuals wanting a creative, reflective, or mission-aligned experience. These special gatherings offer a generative environment where insight and shared intention take root.

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