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I don't know about you, but I have lived a good portion of my life being super responsible and driven by duty. While this has taught me many wonderful lessons such as perseverance, discipline, strength and independence, I have also allowed my sense of responsibility to overshadow my creativity. This is what work life balance is all about: balancing my responsibilities with enjoyable activities that nourish and renew me.

Creativity is a portal to access your spirituality. However you like to express it, the very act of creativity uplifts your mood, broadens your perspective and inspires. Those are all spiritual qualities. Your very own unique creative expression is your opportunity to experience your soul nature.

It doesn't have to be a grand gesture such as painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It can be something as simple as planting flowers, drawing a picture, singing while you're driving or knitting.

I am a big believer in spirituality being practical and useful in our daily lives. Creativity helps shift our minds from looking at the glass half-empty to being half-full. The half-empty mindset is caught up in the problems, the daily grind and what is missing in our lives. The half-full mindset empowers us to see all of the blessings we already have in our lives. It helps us to imagine opportunities and possibilities and lifts us up above believing we are powerless to make change in our life.

We always have a choice in any situation, even if it only the choice to choose how we see something. This means we are always empowered and no one and no situation can take that away.

Creativity is using the power of imagination to take action, to change course, to be proactive. Imagination is the first step to being able to change our circumstances. First you see the possibility in your mind, then you put it into action using your creativity. Spiritual insight speaks to us through our imagination and then that moves into the physical realm, into our lives when we take action.

I am writing about this because my creativity has been calling me for years, but it has been getting a busy signal. I realize that the only way to create positive change in my life is through my creativity. Taking time to daydream is just as important as keeping your nose to the grindstone. Both abilities are needed to reach our goals.

My challenge to myself and to anyone who wants to be challenged is to take an idea and run with it. Get inspired and then do something about it. It's how spirit rolls.

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Welcome to my first blog post on my new website. I am so excited to launch this new venture. Reading has been my passion my entire life. I can’t think of anything I love doing more. For the almost 30 years I’ve been reading, my interest has never waned. My launching this website is a rededication to serving the best part of myself and others.

Readings continue to amaze me and teach me new things every day. What I love most about doing readings is seeing the beauty in others. One of my favorite things to say is that I’ve never seen an ugly spirit. Tuning into a person’s energy and seeing them from a spiritual perspective is an uplifting experience, hopefully for both parties.

The person I see at the beginning of a reading is different than who emerges throughout the reading. I can start by seeing a business person, an artist, a biker, a stay-at-home mom or a student. The way we present ourselves outwardly can be a creative expression, but it is only capturing a portion of who we really are. It’s like the outer layer of an onion. Readings raise my awareness. This insight peels away the outer shell and reveals what is underneath all of these labels.

What is hidden from our normal waking mindset that goes to work, pays the bills and takes the kids to school is who we really are. You can call it our spiritual selves, our souls, our higher selves. It is our essence, our consciousness. This is what survives physical death. This is what I see when I do a reading, whether on a person or a spirit who no longer has a body. What I see is as beautiful and pure as a baby. I see someone filled with love. I see brilliance. I see wisdom. I see a great sense of humor. I see compassion. I see talent. I see strength.

The same insight applies to problems. People get readings because they feel blocked with a situation in their life. I see the problem as a lesson being learned that you have the ability and strength to move through. I see support that you are receiving from your loved ones in spirit and your guides.

So I will come back to what I say on my home page. Readings are about validation. Validation is what we are all seeking. Sometimes when we are having a hard time validating ourselves, we need someone to remind us that we are okay and that we can handle whatever is going on in our lives. This is my mission statement and why I do this work.