Barb Kobe is a healing artist, visionary designer, teacher, facilitator, mentor, award-winning author and creativity coach. Since 1989 her work has focused on the subjects of emotional expression, creative healing, and personal doll making as a healing modality. Aside from the multitude of healing dolls created for herself and others, Barb also designed a healing doll curriculum that she teaches at in-person retreats, workshops, and online classes. She has taught her online “Medicine Doll” curriculum since 2004, working with students from all over the world. Barb holds a degree in psychology from Metropolitan State University in Minnesota and certificates in Neuro Linguistic Programming and creativity coaching. She has contributed articles to and been featured in multiple publications in the personal growth field. She is married, has two grown children, and enjoys spending time in her garden with her cats.