Featured Client: Tami Chacon

From time to time I love to feature the clients and community here at Jamie Ridler Studios. Recently I stumbled across Tami’s post about her experience with Soul Reflections. I was so moved by her story that I asked her if she would share it here. I hope it encourages you to find room for magic, wherever you are. Jamie.

Featured Client: Tami Chacon

Blog: Dream – Wish – Hope

Tami’s experience with Soul Reflections

I think I get so caught up in the “to-do” lists and the “shoulds” in life that I forget to listen to the “me”. I’m at the point where life is shifting. One child in college, one in high school, and now I have to figure out what is next. As a woman and a mother, it is so easy to think of the needs of those around me. I think we forget to think about our own needs and desires.

And what is it that I want? What are my desires? These are tough questions for me. I have discovered this love of creating – of color. I’m not sure where this love will lead me. Not sure what I want to be when I grow up : )
I stumbled upon Jamie Ridler’s Soul Reflections site. I’ve often done collages with images but never thought much about them other than they were fun, entertaining. Jamie carries that much further.

I was intrigued. I bought the home edition, downloaded it, collected my supplies and then several weeks went by. I couldn’t find the few hours needed to actually complete the workshop!!! Frustrating and so true in my life right now. There just doesn’t seem to be time for me to create, to breathe!

But I did find the time. I took a morning while the second child was SAT testing and went to a coffee shop. It was way too distracting there for me to focus. Too many people, too much noise. So, I went to my car and did the workshop in my car, in a parking lot. And it was amazing. I followed Jamie’s directions and just let myself cut images and paste and think and I learned so much about myself and what direction I am heading.

This image of energy appeared in the midst of all these images of calm, meditative colors, and images. I loved how that happened. I do have a sense of energy in myself that I had not realized. I found the whole process enlightening. I carried the sense of wonder with me throughout the week. I’m still pondering and wondering what next. Now I have a sense of peace about it.

Images from Tami’s Soul Reflections Board

Soul Reflections: The Home Edition is a a collage and journalling workshop-in-a-box designed to get you in touch with your true self and your heart’s desires. To find out more or to purchase Soul Reflections, click here.

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