At 50, as my twins prepared to leave for college, I realized I had no vision for my life without them. On a walk in Forest Park, I reached an intersection of trails as the light was fading. I couldn’t tell which path led back to my car. I cried out, “Why is all the wisdom I’ve gathered over my life never accessible when I need it most?” A trail sign caught the last light and showed me the way back. I imagined a color map that could help me draw on everything I’d learned about mindfulness, caring for my body, and emotional well-being.

For more than 25 years, I designed color-coded charts to help leaders and organizations see patterns in complex information. I used that same visual language as I created the Wheel, associating each quality with a color and choosing Hebrew words that illuminated its meaning for me. When I realized the Wheel held 48 qualities, I discovered Pirkei Avot’s teaching about the 48 ways of acquiring Torah. That discovery led me to spend the next six years studying the connections between the Wheel and Torah.

Today, I bring Oracolor to Jewish communities through workshops, talks, and immersive experiences on the 20-foot Wheel. Participants connect a Jewish teaching with a question in their own lives and leave with a reflection practice to carry home.