In 1987, I began my professional writing career in Evansville, Indiana, and in 1994 made the leap into full-time freelancing. Five years later, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, and am still writing today amid the beauty of the Sonoran Desert. Along the way, I’ve discovered how so much of what we might dismiss as ordinary has the power to transform us. It has been, and continues to be, a pleasure and an education to write about these things.

I’ve written about subjects close to my heart and about others that intrigued or delighted me. It has been my great fortune to interview and profile many of the leading figures in the transformative and spiritual movements of our time—as well as others, not so well-known, who have made their own contributions to the cause of positive change. In addition, I’ve covered artists, high-tech, business, women’s and lifestyle issues, and much more. I’m also an essayist, ghostwriter, editor, and poet.

I have written more than a dozen books and contributed to others. My first collection of personal essays, What I Thought I Knew, was released in September 2008 by Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, Inc.

After my husband suffered a traumatic brain injury (and recovered well, for which we are thankful), I began facilitating occasional journaling workshops for TBI survivors, called “After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story.” I am currently coauthoring with Susan B. Schuster, M.A., CCC-SLP, a journaling workbook of the same title, to be released in late summer 2009 by Lash & Associates Publishing/Training.

See my resume here.