My Elements

These seven Elements help me identify the core themes I embody on a daily basis – but they shift and change, and I honor my own fluidity each time I name and celebrate them. In this course, you’ll have an opportunity to identify and honor seven of YOUR Elements in ways that are just as wonderful and unique as you are.

  • Spend a bit of time with me and you will experience the laugh so loud it’s gotten me asked to leave the library – more than once!

  •  My childlike curiosity for the world led me to to a lifetime of people watching and informs my career as a portrait artist. In wonder of discovery is where I chose to live daily.

  • When I experience injustice I am quick to anger. This has helped me stand up for myself and others over the years of my life. I am proud of my ability to channel this powerful feeling in spite of the negative connotation it holds in our culture.

  • I deeply delight in all five feet of my body’s curves. (And no, it wasn’t always this way!)

  • The magic in my life is constant and amazing. By connecting into the sense of purpose that serendipity and spirituality provide, all my elements have become stronger and more visible.

  • My life experiences and empathic abilities make it easy for me to hold space for others and their stories. I take time to honor and appreciate this ability, even when it isn’t the easiest element to embrace.

  • I am powerful in many ways. My story contains traumas that I honor as what helped create who I am now. I use my story to help others heal and grow as well. For years this was a hidden element of mine, but now I celebrate it.

What do I do when I’m not connecting women back to themselves?

• I relish my quiet mornings, with cup of tea – hot, black, with a spoonful of sugar – in hand, When weather allows, I walk barefoot to my favorite spot on the Eastern Promenade and weave intentions together while watching Casco Bay wave back at me.

• Walking Portland and eating and drinking along the way. The pho at Saigon can’t be beat. And I’ll never say no to a Smoke & Roses from Pai Men!

• Helping make the world a better place one moment at a time. 

• Adventures, of any kind, with my daughter Charlie. This past year has taken us to the Bahamas, the Catskills, Toronto, the Grand Canyon, and a Taylor Swift concert in Philadelphia, but we’re also quite happy to be tourists in our own backyard. Maine is Vacationland for a reason!

• Reading a good book. Recent favorites include: The Last True Poets of the Sea, You are A Badass at Making Money, and Travels with Charlie 

• Singing makes me especially happy. So I try and do it a lot. I performed on stage with my dear friend Megan Jo at her Rockstar camp in the spring of 2019. (I sang Katy Perry’s “Firework” in a gold sequined dress.) It was terrifying and delightful and it gave me the courage to join a band, which was a lifelong dream of mine!

• Talking with friends. So much talking. (:


• Searching out others with a quick wit and a desire to drink life to the fullest.