A little bit about me

I’ve always been a creative/creator, but I haven’t really shouted about it from the rooftops.

Part of me held off from making offers because I wanted to make things affordable for everyone.

I know all too well what it’s like to be poor. I grew up in a household run by a single mom. My dad took his own sweet time to grow up and partied intensely during our childhood.

Standard 70’s couple, from what I gather.

Thankfully, I didn’t know as much violence and abuse as many of the people I know (women, especially), although the threat was always present and explosions happened from time to time. Ìn retrospect, I see the major financial abuse we suffered—which left its own scars and wounds.

Poverty begets poverty. Salaries often don’t reflect a person’s hard work and effort, overtime, and scrimping—their grit and desire to grow, thrive, and prosper. Their value as a human.

Women suffer not only because they usually take care of the children, but also because the courts don’t really help collect child support and because they make 75-80 cents for every dollar a man earns.

People can work hard and still be impoverished. I worked hard and lived in poverty. My mom worked hard, too—most of the people I knew worked hard, but couldn’t make ends meet.

My dad was well-paid; he didn’t share when I was a kid.

I ended up becoming a single mother at the age of 24. And, though I was a really hard worker with a good work ethic, life was hard. Surviving was hard. When my daughter was little, I ate once every other day a lot of the time because I couldn’t afford both food (for me) and diapers, formula, and childcare.

Even when I got promotions and raises at work, it still wasn’t enough. 6% of $20K per year isn’t an awful lot on payday once insurance and childcare are accounted for, never mind any sort of extra emergency expense.

But I got through. I did it. And I learned a lot along the way.

Even though things were tough back then, the experiences I had helped me gain deep insight on poverty, money blocks, and also generosity, compassion, and empathy.

I would not have made it through those times if it were not for the generosity of the people around me. They helped me clothe and feed my child; gave us a home when we desperately needed it; helped me make my car payments for the 6 weeks after I had my daughter, before I went back to work; helped out with groceries and emergency doctors visits when they could; gave me “leftover” cookies and sandwiches.

My dad grew up and cleaned up, too—and tried to do his best to make amends. I see that now.

Nowadays I’m married to a guy who I adore even if he is a grump sometimes. He maintains a stable foundation for us, and I am grateful. I get to travel the world and have fun experiences. My fridge is full.

So for me, offering affordable services and classes is a part of giving back to the community. I want to give the people who are trying their best to make ends meet a little something, too. That’s why I’m excited to see what I can do here, on Substack. I want to create and offer people the chance to learn and participate, even if they can’t afford a membership.

I have faith that there will be people who support my work because they can and because they want to.

That’s a little bit about me and my mission—why I’m here. In the future, I’ll be talking about tarot and archetypes, numerology and angels, symbolism, auras, and energy healing—and all the magical things!

I’ll also be sharing information about how you can change your belief systems and use magic and manifestation, how to evaluate your life and make positive changes.

Oh! And I’m very into helping witchy healers, teachers, and coaches create evergreen libraries of content to use to promote their services.

And I’m a writer and a poet, too.

I hope you’ll join me on this journey.

Of course I would like to invite you to subscribe, and to pay for a subscription if you can afford to. I might start some sort of scholarship program in the future as well. Once the money starts flowing in, I can donate generously to charities that help women and children.

Instead of creating on silence, I’m going to shout it from the rooftops. I can’t wait to get started.