Aug 6, 2018
My guest today is Susan Wortman. Susan is a psychotherapist,
ceramicist, and my personal wing woman! Although Susan and I only
met about 3 years ago, we had an instantaneous, deep connection,
speaking the same heart language. She was honored to have a long
career as a therapist, what she describes as her “calling”, for it
felt effortless to facilitate a healing process for others. When
she brought her psychotherapy practice to a close last year, she
admitted that it was bittersweet. “It was really hard to say
goodbye and really right to say goodbye.”
Susan now devotes herself to working in clay, traveling and
exercise. She has done an art residency in France, traveled through
Croatia, lived in an ashram in the Czech Republic and will be
attending another art residency in Italy this fall. The titles of
her clay work reflect her inner landscape with each project:
“Winged Women”, “Beauty On the Inside” and “Do You”. We joked
about calling her next project “Hell YES!!!”
Inspired by Shonda Rhimes book “The Year of Saying Yes”, Susan is
challenging her instinct to say no, which keeps thing simple and
small. She references the improv exercise: “If you say yes, the
story goes on; if you say no, the scene ends!”
Susan’s beloved husband, Bill died 6 1/2 years ago, after a fluke
accident of being hit by a car. She describes how blessed she feels
to have known true love and created such a wonderful marriage. I am
moved by Susan’s honesty and authenticity; as well as her openness
to the presence of angels. She is humbled by all that we can not
see or fully understand, yet is intrigued by such mystery and
wonder.
Enjoy the podcast!
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