I believe creativity is a living language of the soul — a way we express who we are, and a healing art that restores wholeness. My joy is found in inspiring others to trust the value of their own creative voice. Teaching, guiding, and creating alongside others is both my calling and my delight.

I spend my days immersed in the practices that nourish me: walking the quiet spirals of the labyrinth, playing with collage, paint, and visual journals in my studio, and opening space for others to discover the beauty and wonder within their own lives. Whether in retreat, pilgrimage, or workshop, I invite others to step into a rhythm of creativity, mindfulness, and deep listening.

My journey has carried me from my birthplace in Durban, South Africa, through careers in law and photography, to my current home in Cape Charles, Virginia. Along the way, I have written a number of books including The Creative Photographer (Lark Books, 2011) and Meeting Your Soul on the Labyrinth, as well as a large selection of imagery books for use in collage and visual journals.

After I discovered photography, it became, for me, a profound mindfulness practice. It slows me down, teaches me to pay attention, and opens me to the sacred in the ordinary. Looking through the lens, I discover not only what is before me but also new layers of myself — a reminder that how we see shapes how we live.

I was trained as a SoulCollage® Facilitator in 2004 by Seena Frost, and later spent over a decade training others in this intuitive collage process. My love for the labyrinth led me to study with Lauren Artress in 2009, and today I serve on the faculty of Veriditas, offering labyrinth facilitator trainings and retreats. I have also journeyed through the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction Training, the IONS Conscious Aging program, and various paths of creative and spiritual exploration, each one enriching the work I now share.

I am also a JourneyCircles™ Facilitator, have trained as a Creativity Facilitator and a Chakradance Facilitator, and have attended Jean Houston's Mystery School.  My focus on living a meaningful life also led me to complete the IONS Conscious Aging Facilitator Training. I combine all my passions in my workshops, combining them in creative ways to encourage participants to gain new perspectives about their own creative journey. I like to think of myself as a soul care guide.

I am a member of Earth Shamans which draws the foundation of its work from the words of Allen Ginsberg: "It is the quality of attention that makes things sacred." The group believes we all have the power to shape the world and that each of us holds responsibility for consciously aiding in the restoration of wholeness.

What threads all of this together is my devotion to living a meaningful, creative life — one that blends imagination, spirit, and play. Whether in my studio or in sacred circles around the world, I hope to be a soul care guide: offering others permission to pause, to imagine, to create, and to remember that their lives are already works of art.

I feel deeply blessed to spend my days immersed in what I love — guiding others in my retreats and workshops, exploring the world through the lens of my camera, walking the quiet spirals of my labyrinth, and weaving meaning through fabric, paper, image, and collage. Whether journaling, creating, or simply being with my family, I aspire to live each day as a sacred expression of the creative life.

In addition to my work in the US, I lead photography and creativity retreats and workshops in beautiful places around the world.

The collection of photographs I created for my Master's thesis, Children of Ixopo: Hope and Survival in a Time of AIDS, which focuses on bringing awareness of the plight of AIDS orphans in South Africa, and in particular the children of Woza Moya, was part of the South by South Africa exhibition held in the Carolinas in 2006 and is now in the permanent collection of Winthrop University. My work has been published in a number of books and magazines, including:

• Petals and Blood: Stories, Dharma and Poems of Ecstasy, Awakening, and Annihilation by Buddhist teacher Gavin Harrison,

• The Geography of Loss: Embrace What Is, Honor What Was, Love What Will Be by Patti Digh

• Inspirational Quotes Illustrated: Art and Words to Motivate by Lesley Riley

• Collage Lab: Experiments, Investigations, and Exploratory Projects by Bee Shay

• Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media by LK Ludwig

My books, Collage Imagery, a book of images for collage artists; Journaling the Labyrinth Path, a journal that combines images, the labyrinth pattern, quotes and journal prompts; Doorways and Openings, as well as The Creative Photographer, are available from amazon.com.

Writer Page Leggett tells you a little of my story in this article.

I blog when inspired to do so at Listening for the Whisperings and at The Creative Photographer.

In these interviews I talk about my creative process -

• On the BEautifully Unwinding Podcast

• With Janet Conner on the Soul-Directed Life

• With Colleen Russell on Quest4Wholeness

• With Artist Connie Solera

• With Artist Hali Karla