Beginnings
Although I started music at a young age and performed worldwide to outward success, I secretly suffered crippling performance anxiety. This terrible fear made me quit music - the heart of my creative life - for years. It’s an all too common secret story for we creatives, and the current atmosphere we live in only makes things even more challenging. What I didn’t know at the time: my fears came from losing connection with my Inspiration.

Turning Point
The years passed heavily. I knew I had to reclaim my musical voice or risk continuing to live unfulfilled. Thus began an epic journey of homecoming, culminating in my system The Bright Way: Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within, now a book and two thriving creative communities. In an age of disconnection and digital overload leading to doubt and burnout, The Bright Way brings you back to your fundamental beliefs and desires, meaning true connection to yourself and your community.

Today!
The Bright Way System has a powerful track record of helping hundreds of creatives reclaim their voices and share with confidence.  

In these times, your creative fire may feel challenged. You may even doubt whether spending time on creativity is legitimate given everything that's happening.

I believe NOW is the most important time for you to reclaim your creativity. It's the foundation of your strength, your courage and your hope. You are the change you long to see.

How and Why
Practicing The Bright Way is how I stay focused and inspired as a creative. I remain convinced that creativity is one of the greatest activist tools we have. And I would love to share how so that you feel empowered and optimistic too, even while being clear-eyed as to what's going on.

What I'm Doing Now
My current projects include collaborations with three ensembles (harp & guzheng, harp & cello, harp & voice) taking up piano lessons with my mentor again after 23 years, finally mastering my serger sewing machine, growing vegetables, and writing the diary companion to The Bright Way book. For general background, I hold a Ph.D. in Music Theory (world harp techniques), a Master of Music (MM classical piano performance), and compose, teach, write, perform, and research creativity obsessively.

Welcome to Bright Way Guild
My interactive online academy and community fosters the unique creative voice within each of us and is based on this philosophy: the more we are our true selves, the more the world benefits. If you've been longing to reconnect and recommit to your creativity, I'd love to walk with you. Reach out to me here, and I'm looking forward to meeting you!