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And and I think we're not meant to hold the pain and the stress and the anxiety and the worry for the whole universe. We are meant to hold hold some of it. And we are meant to, you know, hold it with each other. But we are also supposed to (and allowed to) look for the beautiful things. And I just want to say that if you're feeling torn between those two things, I think that's really normal. And I think that's really okay.

Lori Siebert is an artist, designer, teacher & businesswoman. She has worked with clients like Universal studios and licensed her work for products that are used around the world and now is featured on BloomTV. She runs art retreats and you can often find her running super fun art challenges on Instagram. Today she sat down with me to share how after some difficult life events caused her to disconnect from her creativity, she was able to find her way back to it. 

Cat is a mindset master. There have been so many times in her life that things have gotten really, really hard. And she has consistently found ways to love and appreciate every situation she has found herself in. This living gratitude has ushered her through the creative droughts and the difficult times in her life. As you’ll hear, Cat had a chaotic & traumatic childhood. Rather than letting herself be a victim of it though, she chose to lean into her experiences and use them to make herself strong and resilient. Her dedication to her own self-awareness and mental health is inspiring. 

I am a 3rd generation Ukrainian Canadian woman.  I’ve spent most of my life disconnected from my cultural roots. My heritage was not hidden from me, I was simply not exposed to it. From what I can put together, this was largely because my immigrant great-grandparents and grandparents worked hard to put the pain of their pasts behind them, inadvertently tucking away many of the beautiful things that went with it at the same time.   Like many humans across the globe, the violent invasion of Ukraine has made me heartsick and angry, helpless and scared.  And it has also stirred deep feelings of compassion, tenderness, reverence and a visceral feeling of connection to both my ancestors and long-lost living...