What led you to pursue liberal studies on the graduate level?
I was restless. I wanted to know more—what had been said before, created before—so I could create. Searching for life’s higher workings or truths has always been something that directed me. Even while pursuing my training and education for my current profession of family physician, I was motivated by wanting to promote my worth and the worth of others. I believed in probing for life’s higher good.
So when tragedy struck my family around the millennium, my natural response was to look again for the truths and the questions behind it all. Hamline’s MALS program seemed so attractive with its balance of writing, creating, and learning of and from other creators.
Describe your experience to date in Hamline’s MALS program.
My first sampler class on “family as metaphor” was a wonderful experience where I wrote, read, and listened to artistic reflections on family. The process of crafting and being surrounded by the fresh creations of others was invigorating, inspiring, and refreshing.
Three years later I still find myself amazed by how this creative energy has overflowed into so many aspects of my life. This is why I would encourage others to pursue MALS. I’ve now realized that in the process of reading, learning and creating, I’ve made a special new space in my life for myself—and can only wish the same for every other fellow searcher.
How has the program impacted your daily life so far?
I’m a more enriched person, more equipped for life and to deal with life’s issues. I’m a better healer, better listener—and better human being.
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