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This is where I write about everything that’s close to my heart: mental health and wellness, self-care, writing, authentic living, connection, art, and more! Below, you can click through the Categories to read pieces about topics of interest to you.

If you like reading, you might enjoy Virtual Book Club and my book, Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing.

  • Same coin, other side
    Mental Health & Self-Care

    Same coin, other side

    “the being of healing” Last week, for the end of Mental Health Awareness Month, I shared ways we can do our own work to heal and celebrate mental health. (Emphasis on “do.”) A few days…

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  • Mental Health Awareness Month ’22 ends
    Mental Health & Self-Care

    Mental Health Awareness Month ’22 ends

    a plea I had good intentions at the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Month to rededicate myself to writing and posting about mental health. We all have mental health and we all need to be…

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  • Authentic Expression & Creativity with Kimberly Prendergast
    Creativity Corner

    Authentic Expression & Creativity with Kimberly Prendergast

    Welcome to the Creativity Corner Where we learn about the powerful intersection of creativity and healing. Spotlight: Kimberly Prendergast In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m kicking the month off with a special edition…

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  • Our True Self and Creativity with Paola Andrea
    Creativity Corner

    Our True Self and Creativity with Paola Andrea

    Welcome to the Creativity Corner Where we learn about the powerful intersection of creativity and healing. Spotlight: Paola Andrea For this, 2022’s first Creativity Corner installment, I am so excited for you to meet my…

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  • The Choose Mom Podcast with Trish Reyes
    Guest Appearances | Podcasts

    The Choose Mom Podcast with Trish Reyes

    ICYMI: I was honored that Trish Reyes asked me to join her on The Choose Mom Podcast. She’s talking about important issues, breaking down barriers to make it easier for all of us mamas to…

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    Creativity Corner

    Creativity Corner

    Where we learn about the powerful intersection of creativity and healing. Spotlight: L. Kris Gowen, PhD My obsession with the intersection of creativity and healing continues to grow. The more people I speak to about…

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  • Book club – Final post!
    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    Book club – Final post!

    Week 15, with Eva Tsoureka First of all, I would like to thank you all so much for this wonderful journey. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Dhamma Mahavana (Pali for “Great Forest…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    Book club

    Week 14, by Kimberly Prendergast “Becoming the Poem” Just when you thought Nepo couldn’t go any deeper….these last couple of weeks dig so deep I don’t know that I can capture it well, if at…

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  • Armed with Faith with Fr. Gary Kyriacou: Part 2
    Guest Appearances | Videos

    Armed with Faith with Fr. Gary Kyriacou: Part 2

    with Father Gary Kyriacou In case you missed it: Back by popular demand! I was invited to participate in a second conversation with Fr. Gary on his Armed With Faith podcast about teens and mental…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

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    Week 12, by Tammi Scott “The simplest and hardest thing to do each day is to be here- fully, completely, without turning away.” This first sentence of The Monkey and the River perfectly captures my…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    book club

    Week 11, by Maria Rodgers O’Rourke (Tracey here: If you’re a writer, I encourage you to check out Maria’s website, the services she offers, and the support you can gain at any step in your…

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  • Armed With Faith with Fr. Gary Kyriacou: Part 1
    Guest Appearances | Videos

    Armed With Faith with Fr. Gary Kyriacou: Part 1

    Episode 1 with Fr. Gary Kyriacou In case you missed it I was invited to participate in a conversation with Fr. Gary on his Armed With Faith podcast about teens and mental health. The video…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    Book club

    Week 10, by me: Tracey Yokas Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi Not Great but True Monday on my walk I…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    Book club

    Week 9, by Eva Tsoureka Here we go! When I first read that I’d be writing this week’s post and saw the chapters that I had to write about, the first thought was, You have…

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    Creativity Corner

    Creativity corner

    Where we learn about the powerful intersection of creativity and healing. Spotlight: Kimmi Joy Colvin Kimmi and I met several years ago through our work at NAMI Ventura County. She is an amazing speaker, activist,…

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    Drinking from the River of Light | Book Club

    Book club

    Week 7, by Joan Sherwood Here we go! Mark Nepo is challenging me so much.  I love it, and I know I could spend a year reading and processing this book. I feel an urge to…

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      • Boundary Breakthrough: An Intention Setting workshop
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