Babs McDonald has degrees from Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, and the University of Georgia. Her PhD is in Adult Learning from the University of Georgia, where she studied personal transformation and environmental spirituality. Babs is the founder of Natural Inquirer, a free natural resource science journal published by the USDA Forest Service for K-12 students. In 2017, Babs experienced an ischemic stroke, sending her on a personal journey to learn and experience as much as possible about stroke recovery. In this essay, Babs describes her experience of using mindful art as a self-styled occupational/physical therapy.