Journal
THE CREATIVE COMPLEMENT
Welcome to my thinking place, my sharing space, my garden of whimsical thought flowers and weeds that feed the bees.
A collection of celebrations for the boring and mundane.
Here, you will find reflections and acts of creativity—rooted in counseling, education, research, parenting, and everyday moments we can easily overlook. You’ll find the often-missed moments I try to catch. These details remind me that paying attention makes my life fuller and help me fall more and more in love with living and simply being.
Some of these ideas become courses for counselors, creative workshops, research topics, resources for educators and students, or some other project. Others stay closer, quieter, and more private.
I invite you to be creative alongside me. Notice what catches your attention. Question what you assume. Reflect on what resonates. Follow your curiosity, and see where it leads. As I explore what it means to live creatively, I hope my openness gives you permission to notice the details of your own life so that you leave feeling more curious, inspired, encouraged, and in love with the ordinary parts of life than you were moments before.
Thanks for wandering and wondering with me. Let’s see what grows.
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