From Creativity to Courage

I'll go first: I transformed my passion for creativity into my salvation when I needed it most. Early in life, it delivered me from abuse and addiction through culinary exploration. Later, that same sense of ingenuity in the kitchen helped me rebuild my life when my mental health deteriorated. 

Creativity enabled my recovery and manifested itself in unique ways. I not only crafted daring, wholesome recipes but also wrote a cookbook, recorded a single, drafted a novel, and painted watercolors, capturing the many faces of my bipolar self.