She Who Holds Our Freedom
Before Rewilding Yourself was a book, she was a painting. A painting that wrote a story.
I Was Somewhere Else
On forgetting a deadline, choosing a yes and ten days that don't come easily anymore.
Six Roses, and a Face I Still Remember
On living through a dark night of the soul in a town that didn't approve of energy work, and learning we rarely know what we're doing for others just by healing ourselves.
The Nudge—On trusting a feeling before you can explain it
A finished plan, an unexpected pivot, and what it means to trust an inner sensation before you can fully explain it.
The Impermanence of All Things
Original mixed-media painting by Suzanne Schevene Brokaw showing pale vertical forms rising from a swirling coral and green underlayer
The Monkey I Didn't Ask For
A painting session that didn't go as expected and what showed up instead. On trusting what emerges.
Witnessed—An experience of True Reflection
On being truly seen — not read, not skimmed, but witnessed — and what it confirmed about a life built differently than most.
She's Ready. So Am I.
Rewilding Yourself: A Wilderness Journey Back to Who You Actually Are is now available for pre-order. A transformational wilderness journey for women ready to come home to themselves.
Predictable, Rebellious, or Not Bothered?
When my author's copy arrived with off-center text, I asked my advance readers what they thought. Three responses, three ways of being — and what they reveal about how we move through life.
I Didn't Plan to Rewild Myself at an Art Retreat
A week on Whidbey Island turned into an unexpected rewilding journey — the Pondering Pond, Whispering Winds, the Mystic Mountains. The map has a way of finding you whether you're looking for it or not.
When You Slow Down, You Remember You Matter
Seven simple ways to tend to yourself when life gets loud — from a woman just back from her first art retreat. Self care isn't a luxury. It's how we remember we matter.
Nobody Arrives at Themselves Quickly—Becoming... Slowly
The journey back to yourself is never quick. A deeply personal story about 29 years of inner work, a ukulele, a song that became a painting, and a word written nine years before it became a book title.
Relationships…Time To Evolve?
Many of us were raised with the same subtle instructions: Be kind. Be agreeable. Keep the peace. Don't make anyone uncomfortable. I appreciate this. It shaped me into an excellent observer. Generally, I'm calm, accommodating, and easy to be around. But it also tucked my voice deep inside for much of my life. Only in recent years have I truly met her, and this week she stood a little taller. As I near the completion of my current painting journey, my voice has risen to a new level. Part of that process involved unearthing pieces of myself that I had stored away long ago—beliefs, patterns—and inviting them onto the canvas where they could soften, transform, and become nourishment for new growth.
Presence as a Response
I'm doing my best this month to practice a kind of tunnel vision—filtering out the constant noise that comes at us from every direction. It's not easy. I keep asking myself: what kind of attention is really needed?
Just Do You…Release The Rest
There's a quiet kind of freedom that comes when we release the need to perform, prove, or perfect ourselves. Sometimes that release happens in the simplest moments, like cooking a meal or softening an old internal voice that says we're only enough when we're doing the most. This week, I've been reflecting on what it means to just do you, to return to the truth of who we are beneath the pressure. To truly create change in our lives, we can't just think about it—we have to actually move into it. Otherwise, we'll find ourselves being run by old systems, patterns, energies, and beliefs.
Generating Joy is now available
Generating Joy is published, and I've had a big, juicy exhale. This collection of inspirations, practices, and pathways to living with more joy reflects what I've learned: that as I embrace slowing down and savoring simplicity, my projects become infused with joyful intentionality rather than stressful productivity. There comes a time when 'good enough' needs to be embraced, and that time is now.
Create Personal Space
Do you have the space you need to hear your innermost thoughts and know what you truly want? In a world of constant commotion, it's easy to run on habit and obligations, never quite getting to your deepest needs. Here are three steps to create space for a calmer lifestyle: utilize tunnel vision to limit outside input, develop personal practices that center you, and surround yourself with people and environments that uplift you.
Contrast and Harmony
We need both contrast and harmony in our lives—the excitement of challenges and the soothing comfort of rest. Through painting and tracking my blood pressure, I'm discovering the power of letting go. What happens when I bring in more space, fewer projects, and allow myself to do what's truly calling? My blood pressure drops. My joy increases. The shift from constant productivity to intentional living isn't always easy, but my quality of life soars.
The Journey Home
This week I'm graduating from my Intentional Creativity teaching certification. The image shows the front cover of my Initiate Book—my final project. One of the core premises: make what you make with love and hold awareness that you're doing just that. It alters both your approach and the outcome. Two baristas can make the same drink with the same ingredients, but the result will be different. Energy is infused into all we do, so make what you make with love—or don't do it.