This week Miriam talks with Susie Stonefield (she/her)—artist, expressive-arts facilitator, and self-described “midwife of creativity and grief”. Susie shares how art journaling became her lifeline during her late-in-life coming-out journey, helping her move from a 30-year marriage to building a passion-driven career and a joyful new home in Chico, California. Together they explore how creativity can turn life’s messiness into meaning, how to navigate fear when starting over, and why making art is a powerful way to process both grief and growth.
Susie Stonefield guides individuals and small groups through intuitive art journaling to find freedom, relief, and lightness. She holds degrees in fine arts and education, is certified in expressive arts facilitation and grief counseling, and is a late-in-life queer cis woman, mom of three, and guitar-wielding songleader. She is excited to be launching her new project: The Create Brave Collective for Women* in their Third Act.
Website & Podcast: www.susiestonefield.com
Instagram: @creativity_midwife
Miriam Grace is a psychotherapist and author with 37 years experience.
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BlueSky Miriam Grace - Psychotherapist Author Podcaster
Production by Tim Jones: webmill.co.uk
Music by Brynovsky: brynovsky.co.uk
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