The woman behind the words…
I am a licensed clinical psychologist, a regular columnist and an aspiring author. I enjoy my work as a private practice psychologist, but writing has always been my greatest joy and passion. Through the written word I am able to access my true inner voice, connect with the deepest and most authentic parts of myself and expose my vulnerability with pride. Ever since childhood, writing has always been my greatest source of creative passion and emotional release. As an only child growing up without siblings, I often felt lonely and bored and retreated into a fantasy world to amuse and occupy myself. I wove colorful tapestries of imaginary people and places through my stories. With the written word as my compass I traveled the world, found secret hideaways on remote tropical islands and met the imaginary siblings of my dreams. This coping skill stayed with me into adulthood, and even today, when life starts to hurt I long to escape into my trusted world of storytelling.
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When I am not seeing patients, writing columns for the Charleston Mercury or working on my personal memoir, I am content to roam the beach with my dog Charlie. All we need is a good book, a tennis ball, some snacks and the warmth of the sun above us. Those sunny days of solitude allow me to integrate where I have already been with where I find myself today and where I still hope to be one day. My story is far from finished and I cannot wait to see what the next chapter holds in store.
So who is Wanderlust Writer and why should you care? She is a free spirit, a recovered nomad, a woman with a child’s heart and a soul longing for adventure. After spending nearly 7 years in a troubled relationship with a man I loved very much, we finally married just one week prior to my 40th birthday. With a promise from my husband to have a child right away due to my advanced age and previously diagnosed fertility issue, I embarked on a journey towards late in life motherhood. I was in the dawn of my new marriage; still adjusting to the role of wife and stepmother and undergoing fertility treatments when my husband left. What followed was a long period of spiritual agony, loneliness and despair as my life veered drastically off course. Like many people who survive and transform through the experience of life altering loss and pain, I emerged from the trauma with increased courage and wisdom. Today I am closer than ever before to living my life in alignment with my hopes and dreams and walking the true path of my soul. I humbly invite you to walk alongside me – the woman behind the words- a bohemian, a dreamer and a work still in progress. It is not the final desintation that matters, rather, it is the journey that counts so commit to a path, travel light and remember to breathe.
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