About Me

Thank you for getting to know me a bit. My name is Christin and I am a wife and mom of 2 great kids. I enjoy writing (obviously right?) and a variety of other hobbies including web design, photography, hiking, gardening, reading, and well too many things to name. I believe in living life joyfully and embracing the experience and journey of life. I learned a long time ago that as long as I was always depending on some future event or accomplishment to "bring" me happiness that I was missing out on a lifetime of joy each day.

I believe greatly in the "law of attraction" - that what you direct your energy and thoughts/feelings towards manifests in your life. For that reason I choose to focus on empowering myself and showing others how to turn their thoughts/ideas into dreams and then into reality. With a little practice it is possible to live a life of peace and serenity. It was this mindset that actually finally allowed me to say "I am a writer" and that "I deserve to live a creative life".

I know for many years I struggled with being able to say that. I felt that somehow it was "silly" or "not practical" to want to live life on my own terms, doing what I loved, without having to punch a time clock at a job I really didn't like. I grew up with all the mantras. When I was little I remember saying "I want to be an astronaut and go to the moon" Of course the response was "Women aren't astronauts and that is not realistic". Later on I said I want to sing - and was told you'll never make a living doing that! How many times as we grow up is it put into our minds by well-intentioned, but ill informed people all the things we "can't do"... Unfortunately, many of us tend to live by those rules - never allowing ourselves to open up to be who we truly are.

When I first had the inkling that I wanted to do something artistic, be a writer, etc. I had the idea in my head that "I can't do that". "That isn't practical" "I'll never make a decent living doing that" etc. Eventually it dawned on me as I went to work one day in a field that I had increasingly grown to hate - that my life was going to be miserable if I didn't live according to my own truth - and not everyone else's expectations of me.

From that moment, I have worked hard to accept myself "as is" and to do what I feel called to do - help others with my talents and creativity. So I hope that all who visit here will also feel inspired to get to know their authentic selves better - and to act on their own unique dreams and talents.