About Me

as Healer...

Education, Training and Experience:  

EDUCATION MS in Marriage and Family Therapy (Walden University).
  BS in Psychology (University of Washington).

TRAINING I have spent the last 17 years homeschooling my children and raising them. Throughout that time I was trained in Social Inclusion work by Kim John Payne. I spent several years studying and working with my children through Wilderness Awareness School and nature mentoring while my children attended there for 10 years. I then studied nature based psyche work, SoulCraft, for many years and immersed myself in dreamwork, shadow work, Jungian psychology, poetry, and movement as a muse to self-discovery. I also spent 3 years studying Tanta with a teacher and coach focusing on healthy sexuality as life force, somatic practices to settle and rewire the nervous system from trauma, and mindfulness principles to bring the body into rhythm with mind and spirit. 

Personally, I have taken trainings in Gottman’s work around healthy relationships, have immersed myself in education around different movement therapies and somatic therapies, and lead Authentic Relating (AR games) facilitations with groups in Port Townsend, WA alongside Jessica Tartaro, PhD.

As Poet…

My heart tenderizes and I feel love grow, tightness eases when hard and painful truths are shared, witnessed, brought to light, loved, and let go. This judgement we hold, or the pretending we do to belong keeps us from really knowing one another and hides the gifts of our true selves to this world that so desperately needs its reveal. The nuance and gifts of each individual, each being, is what makes life rich and balanced. And the revealing of ones true self to another who is willing to accept all and listen deeply...well, it can heal the world. Belonging, just as we are, is our greatest longing in this life. 

 I navigate my life with an open heart, letting it all in and out. Letting what is be seen no matter how scary that might feel at times. I am here to live a real and authentic life; I believe we all are. I am not afraid of the intense dark and light, nor any emotion that is human. Grief, Love, Betrayal, Fear; I love it all. The deep well of feeling brings the rich waters to our lives. It allows the opening and cracking that must happen for true beauty and joy to penetrate our hearts, minds and souls. 

My writing has existed all my life, sometimes contained by those who said I was too sensitive, sometimes contained by my own unwillingness to be seen. Here, I release it and risk it with hope it will heal, guide, honor, or inspire you to allow ALL of you to be seen. Let's come to truly know each other. Bring all of you, and with tea in hand, come sit by my fire. Let's warm each other, forevermore, with eyes that see just what is, and hearts that allow it all.  -Artemis