Susan Miller, PhD, SD / Integrative Creative & Healing Arts

02/07/2026

Even when you replay your missteps, God remains steady. His purpose was never built on your perfection... it stands on His faithfulness. If you feel off course, you’re not undone. You’re still being led. 🤍
“The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.” — Psalm 138:8
If you need space to slow down, listen, and trust God’s leading again, Be Still and Follow is a gentle devotional created to help you do just that - one quiet, faithful step at a time. Link in bio.

02/07/2026

JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
One of the qualities that you can develop, particularly in your older years, is a sense of great compassion for yourself. When you visit the wounds within the temple of memory, you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes that you greatly regret. Sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes. Frequently, in a journey of the soul, the most precious moments are the mistakes. They have brought you to a place that you would otherwise have always avoided. You should bring a compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds. Endeavor to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time. If you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart, it will fall into place itself. When you forgive yourself, the inner wounds begin to heal. You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Dawn, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

02/05/2026

Why do we create a shell to protect our hearts as we get older?

“For some women in midlife, the changes to our bodies and the experiences life marks upon us can force a new orientation in the world that is difficult to adapt to.

We may find ourselves nostalgic for a time when it was easier to navigate the world with our hearts wide open. For an age when we felt more adventurous and spontaneous, carried by a sense of magic, trust in connection, beauty, and blessing.

But when hardships happen to you and to those you love—it can toughen you up. You begin to learn that the world isn’t fair, that people can be selfish and even hateful, illness indiscriminate—and your heart naturally contracts. You may feel numb or disconnected, hurt and afraid, or even bitter. Like the hard shell of a nut, a layer grows over your heart to protect it for a season.

In Kabbalah, this husk is called a klipah (קליפה)—and just like a nut requires a shell to survive an impact from a fall, or make it through inhospitable conditions, our hearts face times when a tough exterior is exactly what we need to withstand the hardships of life.“

If your heart has hardened after loss, illness, or disappointment, this piece is for you 🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/tokopa/p/klipah-husk-on-the-heart

02/03/2026

Sometimes the holiest thing we can do is step away. Away from the noise. Away from the pressure. Away from the constant pull of the world. In quiet moments with God, our hearts are repaired, our thoughts are reordered, and our souls remember what truly matters. 🌎 🙏 If life feels loud right now, this is your invitation to sit with Him… and let peace do its quiet work.

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02/02/2026

02/02/2026

Candlemas is celebrated on 2 February and marks the return of light, a symbol of protection and prosperity. This Christian festival commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem, referring to him as the light of the people of Israel. On this day, Christians take candles to be blessed in church.

01/30/2026

Light shared is never light lost. When we choose kindness, compassion, or mercy for someone else, God quietly illuminates our own way too. You don’t have to shine loudly. Just be willing to carry the light you’ve been given. ❤️
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” — Psalm 119:105

01/30/2026

Tend your fire

01/28/2026

This scripture is how I view our role as healers in this world.

Recently I have transitioned out my four decades of working as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. I have spent several years seeing myself as an artist first and understanding all other offerings coming from that perspective.

Creativity, spirituality and healing have always been a blend for me. I bring all that I am to all that I do. My approach to my work embodies this combination as an Integrative Creative & Healing Arts Coach and Spiritual Director.

My client work is still informed by my clinical experience however I no longer use the title therapist. My work with individuals includes transformative creative, spiritual and healing practices which are both evidenced-based and contemplative. As an artist, creativity coach and a spiritual director, I can help individuals explore their unique and creative life path, break through the obstacles in the way, learn to hear God (in their own way) and experience hope and purpose.

I also offer creative art-based workshops that may include SoulCollage(R), intuitive painting, expressive arts, art lessons, somatic therapies and contemplative practices. My offerings trauma informed and well rooted in solid clinical training and creatively inspired.

I will be am planning 2026 with creative arts workshops sprinkled throughout as well as pursuing my favorite activity of making my own art! You can find my art at Cary Gallery of Artists, Fine Arts League of Cary Art gallery as well as my own online art store (listed in the comments).
Check out my new website in the comments!

We are not called to win arguments, but to heal wounds. Not to widen divides, but to gently gather what has been scattered. Love restores what force never could. May we become safe places where grace leads people home again. 💛
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” — Matthew 5:9

01/27/2026

More than 50 new breath prayers to develop courage and resilience in us that we may walk in love and bring forth justice

01/27/2026