The Healing Power of Art

In 2018, when people looked at my life, it seemed exemplary. 

I had achieved the American ideal of female success - the supportive husband, a beautiful daughter, a home in a great neighborhood, a successful executive role and to round out the picture, a joyful dog, named Jake. 

Yet, despite this idealistic looking life, at three o’clock every morning, I would wake up with debilitating panic attacks.