I guide people back to their creative wisdom through expressive writing, SoulCollage®, yoga, and conversations that foster imaginative self-exploration. My classes, workshops, and retreats encourage each person to connect with the soul in ways that cultivate healing, personal power, and joy.

I hope my book, poems, and all my offerings can be bridges to compassion, meaning, and refuge on your path. I am here to help you remember your intrinsic gifts and express your truth creatively.

a note for you in the wilderness again

by Claire Coenen

no one wishes to return to the tangles

of these woods. but the soul travels on a spiraling path

and will call you back to the painful terrain.

shadows will trick your serious eyes and secrets

will always nip at your heels. do not try

to be a saint. claim the night of your fragile existence,

dust of footprints, aching bones. the thicket

of living cannot be denied and healing refuses a quick,

straight line. walk within the metaphor of

autumn as scarlet leaves light up the trail. follow

the ceaseless hymn to the river where wings

of the heron echo the angels and sycamores glow

in falling light. surrender your weariness

into the ground until you trust the mysteries of soil

where springtime hides in buried seeds

and your darkest curse may bear wild blessings.