The Sink: Gifts of Reflection

Reflection is a power pathway to insight. The Sink is a multi-media piece I created years ago; it describes a dream I had that basically changed my life. It challenged me to allow that which was within me to come forth...

Freedom Walker: Escaping Old Lies

We all have them...old lies that keep us captive. These untrue beliefs can be something that we were told, years ago, and believed them at the time. Perhaps it was something said by a teacher, a parent or a dear friend. We accepted them as truth and we tiptoed around in life to make [...]

Confession of This Wild Woman

Today is the last day of a 30 day blogging challenge that I agreed to participate in.  This may be  my most poignant blog yet. Some have asked me why I agreed to such a rigorous commitment.  You, my readers, deserve to understand the answer in the best way I can tell you. You see, [...]

By |2016-06-05T10:02:02-07:00December 15th, 2015|Authentic Self, Blog by Diane Mathias, Growth and Transformation, Poetry|Comments Off on Confession of This Wild Woman

What I Didn’t Tell You About That Apple Jelly

There was apple jelly in the peanut butter sandwiches I ate as a child. Did you notice?  I mentioned this briefly in the last blog, "Learning to Listen to Tree Speak".             "As a child I spent many spring, summer and fall hours outside.  My home was often one of upset [...]

By |2015-12-09T16:39:48-08:00December 9th, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Healing, storytelling|Comments Off on What I Didn’t Tell You About That Apple Jelly

My Twin Story

In August, 2006 I wrote to my friend that I just discovered I was a twin.   From Ecuador her response was , "Twin???  Literally?  Do tell!"   So I began to tell her. .. Yes, twin as in twin.  When I was working at the hospital as director of Arts in Health Care we piloted [...]

By |2015-12-07T07:16:37-08:00December 6th, 2015|Bereavement, Blog by Diane Mathias, Growth and Transformation, Intuition, storytelling|Comments Off on My Twin Story

Synesthesia: Yes I Smell Emotions

Yes I  smell emotions.  I see colors when I hear music.   The first time I heard the word synesthesia I was doing research for a paper in bio-psychology. There it was, right on the computer screen. I didn’t even know how to pronounce synesthesia but the definition described me perfectly.   I sat for hours, [...]

By |2015-12-03T19:08:43-08:00December 3rd, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Creative Works, Poetry|Comments Off on Synesthesia: Yes I Smell Emotions

Allowing Myself to be Seen

What do I mean when I say, “I accepted a 30 day writing/blog challenge to allow myself to be seen?” It means that as I write these blogs I am not wearing the teacher’s hat. I am not facilitating a transformational writing or music class, nor am I holding the space for sound work [...]

By |2020-01-23T09:22:02-08:00November 28th, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Creative Works, Growth and Transformation, Self Compassion|Comments Off on Allowing Myself to be Seen
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