As far as I am concerned, the pursuit of inspiration is my religion. It is a religion, the rule is: LIVE. Just do it!

You don’t always know where you will find it but follow it, even if it’s weird or unusual. There is something to be discovered under every odd rock you turn. ^^

I’m happy to be inspired, even if I’m away from my loverboy in Japan. I have my projects. I have my people in America. I have my purpose.

I wanted to share things about politics in honor of those who have been affected by police brutality… But then I remembered that discussing politics online so does not inspire me. I studied it, I got the major, and ditched it shortly after. I get involved– when I feel called to take action, I absolutely do it. But talking about it on social media in a way that is designed for other people to take action is not my thing. So I can’t promise to post much about it. I kept trying and came up empty. I have to revise what I set out to do.

I have to return to my thing. My thing is helping other people to find out what inspires them, and then know exactly what to do next to make it real. This is what I do in my own life.

I know what it is like to worry about the state of the world and wonder what to do, when my own life needs figuring out.

We can all do a lot of things, the right thing for all of us is different. I believe doing what you are *meant* to do next, achieving your individual purpose is one way we can all make a difference.

I know what my purpose is; I just at times have to release guilt around how good it feels when I let it be easy, stop trying to make myself into another person. I’m not Political Leader Sofia, or at least not like that, that’s somebody else. I have to make change in a way that I’m suited for.

We all make a mark our own way. Get inspired, and make change in the world, the way you are uniquely designed to do it.

I plan to talk more about THIS DISCOVERY of what to do next as my service, instead of politics, because I believe in life. Living to your fullest potential can be positive for others. When we all can, that is how we all thrive. I’ll do my piece in the world and you do yours and we will be alright.

And if you love the picture above, I got it off pinterest, here.

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I’m back from Japan! I’m still getting used to the time change and being in this strange place. It’s strange, to be back, because the America I know isn’t really “back.” I can’t give my family hugs… Things aren’t quite as I’ve left it.

My memoir, Freedom Year: How Trying to be a Dominatrix (and Failing) Changed my Life is almost to the end. I plan to release it on August 8th, my 33rd birthday. You’ll get an email when it is available for you to read!

Dark Legacies, book one of the Blood Witch Series, will be the next book out. I imagine it will be released by the end of the year as well–so then I’ll have two books out this year. Getting this urban fantasy series started is so exciting it makes my heart fill with butterflies, and, as I wrote last month, I do believe butterflies are a very good sign.

I’m still writing up the details of the program I’ve tentatively been calling, “Make Your Mark.” If you ever feel heart-hurt looking at what is going on in the world and feel like you can do nothing to help, you might be interested in the class. It will help you to always know what to next to do something that matters with your unique gifts and talents, including your creativity. You don’t have to try to change the world the way other people are doing it, there is a way for you to make a difference just being yourself as a writer, healer, creator, or other unique thing. Keep an eye out as I roll out more about the program.

Hope you are doing well. Feel free to contact me and let me know what you are up to these days! What’s on your mind? I love to get to know my readers.

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Here’s this month’s Tarot interpretation, from my upcoming book on the Tarot.

This message covers where we are at this month as we move into August, and possibly also the next few months! My readings tend to build on each other so you may also want to refer to the message from last month 2 of Wands.

First, take a moment to pause and breathe. Are you open to insight? Set your intention to feel how you want to feel in your life overall (you can be specific) and then decide (if you like) to be open to any positive shifts that may occur as you read the writing below.

Ask what you WANT to create, not what CAN you create.

Trust that you hold the power inside. You feel a shift. Although there may be challenges, you are aware more than ever before of how powerful you truly are. Follow your PASSION and what you WANT. Feel it and pursue it.

Understanding your self talk and what you express in the world around you will help you to see how you use that power to shape your world. Work on experiencing high self-worth, forgiveness, hope and self love to manifest things more quickly.

Maintain faith, hope and positivity. Create personal rituals to express your intentions and to achieve mastery over your goals. All will be well. You have the ability to create your heart’s desire.

Know the truth of who you are is someone extremely powerful.

Every thought, every feeling within you is manifesting your reality.

It is not just about thinking positively. It is also about getting support to learn how to move through difficult periods, to work with what is presented to you.

Be in a state of cooperation and teamwork with others to get what you need to support you in your creation, this is a good time to ask for help and support.

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If it makes you nervous because it seems so big, that’s a sign. Follow the butterflies. They show you where you need to go to make your mark on the world!!

If you are overwhelmed make your goal smaller. Aim for a short time period of trying, or approach the first step as practice. Come on, you can do it!!

I’ve done this every day as I write a new Urban Fantasy novel, Dark Legacies, Book 1 of the Blood Witch Series. It’s nearing completion and now I have the big important scenes. There hasn’t been a day that I haven’t had butterflies writing this. But I know the principle of butterflies showing us our dreams!

Not to be confused with straight-up fear of danger. Sometimes our nerves are an alarm system, but when it comes to creating… Writing… Doing your purpose…I think the real danger is getting to the end of your life and having regrets about what you never tried to do.

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This is for you if you are an entrepreneur with a launch schedule, a writer with a book coming out, and so on. This is for you if you have to be seen.

There’s a lot going on in the world. An entrepreneur today told me that it’s hard to know what to post or not post. Is it still okay to be promoting her course? She knows it is, heck her family needs her to make that money and she has people to help and talents to share. But still there is a voice in her head asking, is she being sensitive enough? It makes her question herself every step of the way.

My first thought for her was that this is what she is meant to do. We are all here to do something, to make a mark in our own special way. Some people are giving bottles to protestors, some people are on the streets, some people are trying to be good policeman, and some of us are at home making stuff and wanting to share it. What’s your gift? How are you here to make your mark? It depends on who you are. This was her thing, and I knew it was important.

When I said this to her she said it felt right. She also remembered all the things she was doing to try and be a good ally: support she was giving others and introspective work inside to be more aware of her own biases. She’s been posting support, too, and I encouraged her to share the process that is helping her work on herself so others can benefit as well, which happens to be something she is teaching for the course she’s launching. Her course will totally help people be better on so many levels.

Some of us need to be seen right now. If that’s you, then that’s what you got to do. But if that doesn’t feel like you, that’s okay as well. We do not have to all do the same thing. Figure out what you need for your own balance (so you can sustain any efforts you are making) and what role you can play right now to be supportive to the current situation: the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 prevention, the people you are here to serve in your unique capacity.

Connect to your soul. Pray for safety, so you can feel safe to be seen if that’s what you need to do. What does your heart call you to do today? It is okay if you don’t have the big picture yet, do what you can right now.

Look for more on “Make Your Mark” a program dedicated to helping you go from overwhelmed and defeated by the state of the world to empowered, clear on how to make your individual contribution to make your mark in the world.

In total humility and respect, I want to spend some time to focus on those who have died from police brutality. It will not bring them back. It will not be enough to truly honor them, which is why it is only a humble offering to their spirit and memory. They should still be here.

Rayshard Brooks, I am so sorry. You should have been here longer.

As I began writing this post and during the sleepless hours while I continued to contemplate it here in Japan, I wondered what I could do. What can I do that I’m not doing? What’s in my power to do? What do I have the skills to do? What can I commit to do?

I’ve decided to share posts about what we can do to make the political system work for us. There are many protests that have resulted in zero changes in American history, I don’t want this moment to be anything like that. I studied political science ten years ago. I can share what I know so we can take action together.

This weekend’s violence will not be the end. I wish it were the end, but it’s been going on a long time and every day there are more examples of excess force. As is becoming more and more visible, there is no end until there is change. And that change must be real.

Perhaps that change is coming. That would be momentous. I believe law enforcement is sick and needs remedy, involving a complete overhaul of the system. There cannot just be “training” done. If people are being shot in the back when they aren’t even being violent, there’s no training that will work–the wrong people are behind the guns. We need a complete culture change within these structures, starting over.

Rubber bullets and gas are also being abused with protestors. The journalists documenting are being arrested. None of this is ok. It never has been. We need to change everything.

Sometimes you have a goal, but you feel two ways about it.

You want to do it, but you also feel overwhelmed or unmotivated to do it every time you think about it.

This free process will help you get out of that weird feeling place so you can get the focus and grounding to work on it. This is awesome if you have a daunting task that seems big or hard! I recommend using this process when you want to make progress on these sort of goals.

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Last month, I received an email that my Tarot readings were missed! So I thought I would include one this month, like old times. This message covers where we are at this month as we move into July (and possibly the whole rest of the year!).

First, take a moment to pause and breathe. Are you open to insight? Set your intention to feel how you want to feel in your life overall (you can be specific) and then decide to be open to any positive shifts that may occur as you read the writing below.

The wands symbolize our passionate feelings, motivations, creativity, and the actions that come out of that. When the Two of Wands appears, it is a reminder that we do not control everything: we are part of a universal connection to something greater than we have to communicate and collaborate with.

As you go through your days, follow the drops of inspiration that the world around you provides or provokes. It won’t always be comfortable. It may make you feel things, but to feel things is to be ALIVE. That red color in this card is very aligned with living fully and feeling all the things.

You have the ability to stake a claim and set your own intentions for what you would like to do or accomplish, as well as how you’d ideally like to feel, but the universe around you also has a plan. It may shake you up or throw things off track, but ask yourself what you can learn from this and how you can turn it into a growing experience.

Don’t try to force circumstances to fit your plan. You have to dance and adjust accordingly to everything happening day by day because in some ways you have to surrender to the flow of the tides. You will accomplish more this way.

Navigating when to compromise, and when to assert more of your point of you will be tricky. Continually come back to your creativity or spiritual practices to help you to figure out your next moves. Create moments of pause to be open to inspiration coming from beyond your singular point of view, and take heed even if it is inconvenient.

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It can be really hard to make ANY progress at a time like this. It might seem like since you can’t do a lot of things you are used to, that you have all this free time. And surely with free time you will be really productive. But NO! Actually this is all super weird and it’s normal to be UNproductive and just need to put your head in the sand, barely able to drag yourself to the shower (Heh. Have I said too much?) Achieving anything is herculean and extraordinary.

The Creative Progress facebook group is a free space to expressing your creativity, take care of yourself on a level that helps you be more of the person you feel designed to be, and be positive. We all want to achieve goals, but we make taking care of ourselves the #1 priority. It is so easy to get down about everything that isn’t done, so that is why being positive is so important. I truly believe it helps all of us to get more done in a way that feels good in our soul. So I encourage you to use this space to vent in the “poop thread” about stuff that is getting you down, to dream big, to celebrate SMALL microscopic victories in your day, and be super duper nice to yourself. Because the most important thing is you feel supported by you, for you, and loved no matter what you accomplish or don’t accomplish.

When I take this attitude of total nonjudgement and self support….that I end up remembering that being creative is FUN and it happens naturally after a while!!! We do not want anyone burnout or feeling overwhelmed or buried under the pressure. But boy it sure would be nice to do something cool that you love doing, that makes you feel expressed.

If you haven’t joined us yet in the group, come on over! It’s free.