Musings from the Margins posts are listed here in order of first names of their authors, who have been our interns from Lesley University’s Expressive-Arts Therapy Program since 2013.  Each post is tagged for searching by keyword in our search box on most pages.

Alex | Amanda L. | Amanda R. | Emilie | Evey | Isabelle | Jessi | Liana | Liz | Marielle | Mary | Rebekah | Wanyi

Alex  Shoemaker

• Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!
• Loving-Kindness Meditation
• Welcome Alex Shoemaker!

 

 

 

 

Amanda Ludeking

• And we’re back!
• Awkward Conversations
• Boundary Setting
• Crisis Intervention
• Finding My Groove
• Good Enough
• Introducing Amanda L.
• LOL
• Looking into Hesitancy
• A Suspiciously Good Day
• Talent Show

Amanda Rigatti

• Everybody is a story.
• Expect the unexpected.
• Our Families of Chance or Choice.

 

 

 

Emilie Alex S. 

• Bending Time
• Happy Holidays
• Interfaith Honoring of Earth Cycles
• On the Fear of Stepping into Ourselves
• The Space Between: On the Healing Power of Gaze
• Welcome Our New Expressive-Arts Interns!

 

Evey 

• Creative Creatures, Creatively Created
• Evey joins the program.
• Halloween Week
• It’s great to be back at Emmanuel.
• Miracles

 

 

Isabelle Olsson

• Ask and you shall receive.
• Building a City in One Day
• Continuing On
• Difficulty Enforcing Guidelines
• Engaging with the Community
• Holidays During the Pandemic
• A Narrative Journey
• Peaceful Thoughts
• Saying Goodbye
• Setting Boundaries
• Spring Forward!
• Vacciinations & Anniversaries
• Welcome, Isabelle!

Jessi Naff

• Attunement
• Curve Balls
• Holding Space
• Let’s work with what we’ve got.
• Something in the Way We Move
• Window of Tolerance

 

 

Liana Johannaber

• American Caste System
• Bridges across Time & Space
• Called In
• Compassionate Presence
• A Gentle & Generous Presence
• Letting Go
• Slow & Steady
• Witnessing

 

Liz Kelly

• Be brave in expressing yourself.
• The Halloween Spirit
• Let me introduce us.
• Light in the Darkness
• Thanksgiving

 

 

 

Marielle Carpentier

• Easter Play
• Engaging Participants
• Farewell, Amanda!
• The Give & Take of Creativity
• The Healing Power of Art
• Identifying Strengths
• Just Being There
• Leaving without Saying Goodbye
• Pulling in New Participants
• A Rainbow of People
• Silent Appreciation
• Thanksgiving Table
• Trading Cards

Mary Schwabenland

• Appreciating Superpowers
• Bible Study
• Haiku
• Happy Easter!
• Happy Holidays!
• Happy Thanksgiving!
• Improvisation
• Interviews with Superheros
• Poetry Exercises
• Preparation for Our Easter Play
• Rehearsing Our Easter Play
• Spectogram
• Superheroic Personae
• Talent Show
• Talkback after “Fix the Damned Sidewalk”
• The Way It Is
• Welcome our new drama-therapy intern.

 

Rebekah Woolf

 

• Creating Families
• Intention vs. Perception
• Need for Connection
• Soul Medicine
• Supportive Community
• Welcome our Expressive Arts Interns

 

 

Wanyi Huang

 

• Bringing Myself into the Community
• Being Present Consistently
• Embrace the grief!
• Group Play
• If you were a clock what time would you show?
• Learn, unlearn, and relearn.
• Let the art speak.
• Rainbow Message
• The Value of Giving
• Welcome Our New Expressive-Arts Interns!