my story
The night before I went into my first weeklong chemo treatment at Dana Farber I cried to a dear friend. “I do not know who I am without being a mother?” (I had four kids ages 12 weeks to 9) She responded, “You are Peggy and you are so much more!” The tumor was wedged between my heart and lungs; my breath and love. Through this and many other storms, I have traveled to the deepest places inside of me. It is in this soul journey to my heart that I have come home.
There are so many things in our world telling us if we do this; then we will feel better, we will get it right, we will be more alive. I don’t have the answers but I do have a lot of questions, and the questions keep leading me back to my heart.
There is no right way to be human. It can be pretty messy at times and that mess can become the most beautiful collage of YOU.
What is creative soul searching?
Back in college, I took 1 elective called Creativity Practicum. It was there that I experienced the healing processes of collaging images to tell my story. During the darkest times I always come back to the process of taking pieces of old things, ripped, broken things and looking at them differently, transforming them into something new and true with cracks of light. What if we look at all of our pieces with curiosity and hold them tenderly? When we tell our story and share it in community; magical, beautiful, healing things happen.
XOX Peg
Peggy Lyman
Artist • Writer • Teacher • Group Facilitator
I create and facilitate sacred spaces for you to take a journey home to your heart…
Soul Restoration Facilitator
Breathe For Change Yoga and SEL Instructor
M.ED-Teacher