This spring, two new classes at Portland Community College bring together the heart of my work: gardening as a pathway to presence and memoir writing as a form of meaning-making. Rooted in somatic awareness and grief education, these courses offer gentle, accessible spaces to cultivate resilience, reflection, and renewal. Whether tending soil or story, each class invites you back to yourself.

This spring, I’m offering two new classes through Portland Community College rooted in the practices that steadied me during grief: gardening and reflective writing. Both courses weave somatic awareness, mindfulness, and storytelling to support resilience, presence, and healing. These classrooms were grown from lived experience — and are designed as gentle spaces for tending both garden and self.