Podcast appearances and mentions of nancy willis

Special Mother's Day Rerelease If you have a mom, if you've lost your mom, if you've struggled (or are currently struggling) to become a mom, or if being a mom has ever felt hard, this episode is for you.    My guest is the lovely Nancy Willis. She and I talk about her losing her mom to breast cancer. She tells us about the special moments that were gifted to her before her mom's passing, how their family was intentional about their last days together, and her walk through the deep grief that followed. Nancy describes how losing her person left her empty, even though she was surrounded by her fantastic husband and family and how relying on the Lord was what rescued her.   Nancy and I talk about her emotional journey through infertility, how they made the decision to try ​in vitro fertilization and the waiting involved in that process. Nancy went on to have a healthy baby boy, but shares how she struggled being a mom to a newborn and how being a stay at home mom wasn't the right thing for her even though that was what she had always wanted and how hard that was to face.   My conversation with Nancy is sure to stir your soul.   Get all the show notes and connect with Nancy!   (Episode originally released in November of 2018.)

Consistently cited as a community favorite, psychodrama groups at Renfrew's Residential Program in Philadelphia, PA continue to support the healing process in a unique way for many patients in treatment.  Learn about the roots of psychodrama and pick up the lingo as Nancy illustrates the ways in which psychodrama can help each ‘protagonist' explore their emotions, gain insight, resolve issues, and receive support from their audience via guided, co-created, and spontaneous dramatic action. This amazing modality reminds us of the healing power of community as we courageously approach difficult issues and connect compassionately with parts of ourselves.    If you enjoy our show, please rate, review, subscribe, and tell your friends and colleagues!   Interested in being a guest on All Bodies. All Foods.? Email podcast@renfrewcenter.com for a chance to be featured.   All Bodies. All Foods. is a podcast by The Renfrew Center. Visit us at: https://renfrewcenter.com/

This week we caught up with Nancy Willis. She addresses the beautiful parts of her life that you see on social media and the difficult parts that you don't see. Hear how she has learned to navigate grief, pivoting and reimagining her life, and her struggles with finding where she physically belongs on her spiritual journey. We also learn that love isn't the only four letter word she enjoys! ***Trigger Warning**** Mentions of infertility, losing a parent, and religion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amoreamoore/support

Nancy Willis is an artist, activist, and educator. Until the pandemic, she taught "Principles of Design," an art class for pastry students at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Napa Valley. As an artist and chef, Nancy works to bridge the divide between the culinary arts and the fine arts through exhibitions, workshops, and her art practice. We spoke about her work at the CIA, activism with the Yazidi refugee community, and Nourish, an exhibition project she curated at the Napa Valley Museum. Her course at the CIA taught students traditional design conventions and how to look at art and analyze it through their own experiences. She required students to visit a gallery or museum and select a work they could translate into a plating design. For many, it was the first time they had been to a museum. In this intensive course, many students had profound responses that allowed them to work through past trauma.In 2015 Nancy curated NOURISH, an exhibition that brought together chefs and artists, including Anne-Sophie Pic, Grant Achatz, Richard Diebenkorn, Miro, Picasso, and Wayne Thiebaud. Through a Kickstarter campaign, she was able to present a diverse group of works across all media. She also traveled to Valence, France, to install a Nest camera in the kitchen of Anne-Sophie Pic, one of four female Michelin starred chefs, that live-streamed the kitchen during service into the museum. In 2017 she was invited to participate in an exhibition related to President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, which allowed her to engage with the Yazidi refugee community. She traveled around the world to conduct monotype workshops with Yadizi refugees of all ages. On a trip to Europe, she met Nadia Murad, a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize (2018), and led her and her husband through a monotype workshop in her hotel room. In conducting workshops with diverse communities, Nancy brings her extensive background in hospitality to art-making that fosters intimate exchanges that are often transformative. 36:51 Lightning round questions.51:35 One work of Art she would own.57:22 Wish for the Art World.We recorded this episode on May 28, 2020.More about Nancy:Artist Nancy Willis lives and works in the Napa Valley. As a painter/printmaker she works with themes of intimacy and social connection by creating series such as The BED, RSVP, the CHANDELIER and TERRAIN. With paint or printing ink, Willis uses an additive and subtractive process to explore how color, light and atmosphere can instill meaning and evoke a sense of place.Until the Covid-19 restrictions, Willis taught classes at the Culinary Institute of America/Greystone, Nimbus Arts and the Napa Valley College. She quickly pivoted to offering online classes out of her studio, including Bake Like an Artist, and Postcards from the Edge. Her entrepreneurial projects include Path of an Artist tours, leading artists to France and Sundance for annual painting workshops. Willis' curatorial projects include Discrepancy/living between war and peace (2011) and Nourish (2015). Her recent exhibitions include NEXT: Print Matters in Houston, Texas and her solo exhibition, Savor the Moment, in Oakland which was an homage to Paris. In 2018/19, Willis was awarded two Community Fund Grants for her project Conflict Zone, a collaborative printmaking project with Yazidi women, men, and kids from northern Iraq. Learn more on her website: https://www.nancywillis.comMusic credit: Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major - II. Assez vif, très rythmé produced by the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum (issued under a Creative Commons License).

My guest today is the lovely Nancy Willis.  Nancy is married to Jonathan and they have a sweet son Tommy.  On today’s show she and I talk about her losing her mom to breast cancer.  She tells us about the special moments that were gifted to her before her mom’s passing, how their family was intentional about their last days together, and her walk through the deep grief that followed.  Nancy describes how losing her person left her empty, even though she was surrounded by her fantastic husband and family and how relying on the Lord was what rescued her.  Nancy tells us about her emotional journey through infertility, how they made the decision to try ​in vitro fertilization and the waiting involved in that process.  Nancy went on to have a healthy baby boy, but shares how she struggled being a mom to a newborn and how being a stay at home mom wasn’t the right thing for her even though that was what she had always wanted and how hard that was to face.  We talk about what Nancy’s up to now, how she’s loving her work with the nonprofit organization, Ruling Our Experiences (ROX).  The researched-based program empowers young girls with confidence, teaches them to solve conflict, self-defense and positive body image. My conversation with Nancy is sure to stir your soul.    

Laura and Bud interview clinical social worker, Nancy Willis, about the tragic loss of her son Alex at the age of nineteen in a car accident. The post Episode 5 – Talking About Grief and Loss, with Social Worker Nancy Willis appeared first on OC87 Recovery Diaries.

This song from the NEW CD "Amen Again" is dedicated to the loving memory of my sister and friend "Nancy Willis"...see you soon sis.

in loving memory of my sweet sister Nancy Willis