ABOUT AMY

I am a writer, painter, designer, graphic artist, musician, and songwriter with a deep love for all living things, including pieces of wood, shards of glass, stones and rocks... I am also a spiritual counselor and minister in love with Life's elegant grace.

My formal educational background is in the Arts and in the Wisdom and mystical Religious traditions. From my personal life and healing I bring a studied background in several other areas, including Science of Mind, Twelve Step methodology, Addiction and Co-dependence, Inner Child/Re-Parenting work, and Re-evaluation Counseling.

I graduated from Meredith College (BA, '74) in Raleigh, NC, with a degree in Art, then briefly attended NC State University for post-graduate study in psychology, but did not continue in the program because it was not a fit for me. In 2002, I began graduate studies at Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland, where I was a member of the nation's first Master of Arts class in Applied Healing Arts (MA, '04). In July, 2004, I was ordained as a Minister in Integrative Healing through the ecumenical religious organization, The Association for the Integration of the Whole Person (AIWP).

As a singer-songwriter for the past thirty-plus years, I toured professionally, performing at many colleges and universities, including the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina... as well as at Chicago's famed Mountain Moving Coffeehouse and the National Women's Music Festival.

My third recording, a CD entitled "Amy Pierce In Concert," was released in June, 2003 and is a live recording of the concert I performed in January, 2002 as a fundraiser for my graduate studies.