Debra Moffitt

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Creating Sacred Space 

 

 

             Debra Moffitt's eclectic interests take her across the globe to cover everything from architecture to eco-tourism.  Her fiction and non-fiction appear in publications worldwide.  Debra's blog, syndicated by Intent.com aims to inspire and motivate readers to achieve a well balanced life. Recent wellness articles in print media include:  “Soothing Speech: Healing Power of Words,” "Walking the Labyrinth," using dreams for creativity, mindful eating and meaningful travel.  Her book, 108 Spiritual Practices for Challenging Times (Llwellyn Worldwide), will be in bookstores in 2011.


Debra's interviews with internationally renowned figures who are changing the world, include U.S. cultural guru and bestselling author, Sarah Susanka;Swiss-Italian architect, Mario Botta;internationally bestselling author and medical intuitive, Caroline Myss; eco-scientist, Dr. Eugene Tsui; Andreas Bechtler, patron of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art; green guru, Danny Seo;Sylvia Damiani, of Italy's Damiani luxury jewelers, and Alain de Botton, philosopher and author of The Architecture of Happiness and Status Anxiety


Creating sacred space at home in "Room to Meditate" is the focus of a piece on designing sacred spaceScents for the Soul describes how French perfumers in Grasse use the power of essences to create moods and memories.  Eco-tourism in Switzerland, alpine architecture, and urban beekeeping are her just a few of Debra's diverse subjects.  She also reports on the cathedral-like quality of Mario Botta's Bergoase Spa for Lake Como Lifestyle Magazine and the divine wines made by the monks of St. Honorat off of the coast of Cannes for New Riviera Cote d'Azur.

 

Her photo essay on "The Contemporary Face of Sacred Space," appeared in Faith and Form: The Journal of Religion, Art and Architecture.  It presents the challenges of integrating meaningful sacred space into contemporary life using Mario Botta's Santo Volto Church in Turin and interviews with the architect. See FaithandForm.


Debra is a contributing author to All Out of Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality, which included Frances Mayes, Barbara Kingsolver and Sue Monk Kidd.
   

       Contact Debra Moffitt at: dm@debramoffitt.com

 

Rendering of Jean Nouvel's New Louvre in Dubai

   

 










  

          Debra Moffitt Leslie writes on lifestyle, architecture, travel and design for publications in the U.S. and Europe.  Her work was broadcast by BBC World Services Radio and other stories and essays have appeared in publications around the world. 
 

 

  

Years of living and working internationally combined with mastering multiple languages contribute to in-depth understanding of global peoples and places.     

 

Photo by Terry Roueche

 

Photo courtesty of Jean Nouvel Studio

 

 

 

Workshop Schedule

2010

 

Writer's Secret Garden, Part I & II

June 10 & 17th; 7-9 pm

Call: 704 557 0323

Charlotte, NC


Dream On: Dreaming for Self-Discovery, Creativity and Adventure

Call: 704 557 0323

Charlotte, NC


Inspired Soul: Writing to Discover the Secret Garden,

Jan. 15 at the Sophia Institute,

Charleston, SC

www.thesophiainstitute.org

 

 2009


Journey into the Secret Garden Workshop

The Writing and Wellness Connections Conference, Atlanta,  October 24, 09

www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com

 

Journey into the Writer's Secret Garden

International Womens Writing Guild, Skidmore Conference, NY,

June 12-19, 2009 

See "Remember the Magic" at iwwg.org