Art & Life | Sheila Collins

Mending Bodies, Healing Souls

by Sheila Collins | Jan 24, 2019 | Art & Life, Dances, Good Will Come, Personal Stories, Play, Resilience, Story-telling, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

“There is a big difference between learning about trauma and learning a practice. There is a big difference between learning a practice and actually making that practice become a practice.” -Autumn Brown It has been my good fortune these past ten years to...

You, Me, and Technology

by Sheila Collins | Jan 17, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Personal Stories, Story-telling

When the first television came into our family home it looked like the pictures I’ve seen of early radios. It was a piece of furniture in a cabinet with doors that opened and closed. I maintained that ability to close off the screens of all my televisions till rather...

Becoming a True Grown Up

by Sheila Collins | Jan 3, 2019 | Art & Life, Our Children, Personal Stories, Rituals, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint, Story-telling, the Big Body

Do you remember when you couldn’t wait to be a grown-up? When it seemed that grown-ups had all the freedom and the fun? Seeing my 6 yr old granddaughter looking up to her 20-somethings cousins when our family gathered for the holidays reminded me of the gifts the...

A Grandmother’s Guide To Young Voters

by Sheila Collins | Nov 5, 2018 | Art & Life, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, School Shootings, Science, Technology and the Environment, social justice, Spirtuality, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

“Are you planning to vote?” my husband asked the young woman serving us in a neighborhood restaurant. The blank look on her face gave us the answer before she spoke. She went on to offer, perhaps in her own defense, the fact that none of her friends were voting...

When Everything Seems to Be Falling Apart

by Sheila Collins | Oct 25, 2018 | Art & Life, Self-Care, Story-telling

How did you sleep last night? In my circle of friends and family, this is a question we ask on another often. We recognize that the quality of our day begins with how the prior night progressed. Thoughts that come in the middle...

Riding the Roller Coaster of Our Own or a Loved One’s Health and Illness

by Sheila Collins | Oct 18, 2018 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint, The Art of Grieving

“It’s gonna get way worse,” the doctor told the patient and his caregiver wife a year into their journey with Alzheimer’s. “Not sure what to do with that downer statement,” the wife told me as we talked about...

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