How to Find Calm after Trauma

Cheri’s recovery process

My friend and fellow poet has been working on acute anxiety and trauma recovery by painting colorful watercolor birds and boldly posting her work on Facebook. The images intrigued me because, in my experience, watercolor is not an easy medium. It does not forgive. There are no do-overs. So how did this help anxiety?

For Cheri, however, that’s exactly the point. I asked her to explain her process and how it led to her book Moving Toward Calm.

A bird a day ...