Cheri Carandanis - Identity Shifts: Control and Surrender

About this episode

Cheri Carandanis shares her journey of transformation from a critical care flight nurse to an abstract painter after a life-changing brain injury.

Air Date - 29 April 2026 Cheri Carandanis is an abstract painter based in Portland, Oregon, and a former critical care flight nurse. After a brain injury ended her 25-year nursing career, through faith, discomfort, and learning to stay present, she found her way back to a new life and identity through art. Her work helped her transform wreckage into wonder, and she shares that process openly through her studio practice and storytelling. Website: https://www.carandanisfineart.com #CheriCarandanis #RoyceMorales #PerfectLifeAwakening Connect with Royce Morales at https://www.roycemorales.com/ Visit the Perfect Life Awakening Show Page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/perfect-life-awakening-show Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/ Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OMTimesTV LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

People in this episode

Host: Royce Morales

Guest: Cheri Carandanis

Topics covered

• identity shifts
• art therapy
• personal transformation
• faith
• resilience

Keywords

• identity shifts
• art
• transformation
• nursing career
• brain injury
• faith
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OMTimes

Books & works: carandanisfineart.com

Places: Portland, Oregon

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