
About
Francine Bonjour-Carter
:: Listener - Meaning Maker ::

Picture Cindy Fatsis
In 2006, I moved to the USA from my native France. To be adopted by the English language has been an unexpected and liberating way to explore and express who I am without the limiting beliefs of my upbringing. My forties have been a shedding process, a voyage into depth and discernment, and a search for a meaningful direction for life.
I am a multidisciplinary human. My work is rich and grounding and addresses the many layers that make us who we are (emotional, somatic, psychological, and relational). Through somatic awareness, mixed media art, stories and myths, archetypal work, and writing, I take others through the journey of reconnecting with their deeper selves to live a life rooted in beauty, authenticity, and meaning.
I live near Philadelphia on unceded Lenni Lenape land with my husband, our two children, a howling dog, an unusual cat, a few snakes, feral honeybees, and a wild garden.
What has shaped me:


Voice / Phōnḗ
Writing:
- Active member of Literati Academy (2020 - 2024)
- Workshops and Craft Talks with Ellen Bass (2021, 2022)
- Spoken Words Show with The Moth Community Program (May 2022)
Art
- Creator of mixed media stationery cards for ReConnect Program (2020-present)
- Creator of Art Journals for individuals and groups
- Student in The Visionary Artist with Kim Krans (Creatively Fit 2024)
Spirituality & Ancestral Healing:
- Earth Medicine School with Pixie Lighthorse (2012-2019)
- Host of monthly Women's Circles (2015-2020, 2023)
- Year-long study with The Dark Goddess Project: rites of passage and integration of life transitions - with Lara Vesta (Dec.2021-Jan.2023)
Body / Sôma
- Somatic education system of The Feldenkrais Method® as a student (France, 2003-2006. USA, 2006-present)
- Practice of the Indonesian martial art White Crane Silat (2003-2013)
- Professional training in the Feldenkrais Method® (Baltimore, 2012-2016)
- Private practice specializing in chronic pain, neurological challenges, and brain injuries with individual hands-on work and weekly group classes (2014-2020)
- Somatic awareness teacher for women recovering from the trauma of sex trafficking, Philadelphia (2023-present)
- Living with a scoliotic spine
- Ancestral healing in a female body




Story / Mȳthos
- Study of the works of Dr Clarissa Pinkola-Estes (2013-present) courses with Dr Martin Shaw (2015-present), Dr Sharon Blackie (2016-present), Lara Vesta (2016-present), and Michael Meade (2019-present)
- Study and participation in Family Constellations (2004-present).
- Personal interest and studies of Jungian psychology.
