create to heal

Create to Heal™ Compassionate Care is The Women with Wings Foundation’s signature program. For the last decade, I have been working with cancer and chronic pain patients, their family members and healthcare providers in compassionate and collaborative ways. The program is based on the use of all forms of art, including what I call “the art of scribbling and doodling,” that allow participants to “get out of their heads and into their hearts” where healing begins. Breaking the stress and pain cycles – whether it is emotional, physical or spiritual pain – is key to the program’s success.

One of the core benefits of the Foundation’s Create To Heal™ program is stress reduction. I often receive the following patient feedback: “This class gives me great peace and joy. I am much calmer, more relaxed.” “The Create to Heal™ workshop is a mind-expanding experience that enables you to communicate with your inner-most being. The workshop relieves stress, brings joy and peace.”

To implement and provide the Create to Heal™ program, I have worked with patients, their families and side by side with oncology nurses, doctors, pain management specialists, chaplains and spiritual care providers, social workers, psychologists, art therapists, hospital administrators, and hospice and palliative care specialists. By now, some form of Create to Heal™ has been experienced by thousands of people going through serious illness and disease, chronic pain, fear and anxiety.