Research Interests

mindfulness, stress management, mental-emotional-spiritual well-being, trauma and resilience coaching, somatic body based therapies, integrative and traditional medicine practices, and empathic-relational-intuitive guidance

Biography

Shmee is a mentor, educator, and intermedia artist whose work is driven by a commitment to creative emergence and accountable transformative practice. Shmee offers art-based programs grounded in mindfulness, embodiment, ritual, and creative play for self-inquiry, story weaving and community building. Their passion for storytelling spans from personal narrative to multi-cultural mythology, fostering a connection to the myriad of tales of our time and honoring story as a path into relationship. Shmee holds a BA in Film Studies from University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and a MA in Depth Psychology from Sonoma State University where they developed a place-based method of self-inquiry through narrative cartography. As a teaching artist & performer, The Art of Shmee has been seen at Bioneers, SF Fringe Festival, The Study of Dreams, Visionary Congress, Cucalores Film Festival, and Figment Arts, among others. Shmee is a company performer with Crescent Moon Theater Productions. 

Education

University of California, Berkeley PHD, Public Health

The George Washington University MPH, Public Health, Maternal and Child

The Pennsylvania State University BS, Life Science

Courses

Wellness Entrepreneurship

Publications

Seeking Mutual Recognition through the Matrix of Projective Transidentification