Hello Goddess!!
I am so glad you are here.
About
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Hi! I'm Lina!
I've been called many things... too much, a little bit extra, big energy, hype girl, bananas, and woo-woo in a good way. For a lot of my life, I shied away from these labels, and found myself dimming my light to make other people more comfortable. What I've discovered in my journey over the last 15 years, is that all of these parts of me are my gift. Who am I to not let that shine?
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As a ceramic and mixed media artist, life coach and retreat/workshop facilitator, I help women unleash their creative spirit and become their own Inspired Rebel. Through my coaching, workshops, and retreats, I guide women in creating lives that flow with joy and meaning.
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My mission is to inspire women to explore and embrace their wild and weird rebel selves, cultivate self-worth, and build sisterhood through the transformative power of creativity and play.
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I help my clients alleviate the stress and overwhelm caused by toxic-positivity, rushing-woman-syndrome, self-sacrificing and habitual patterns that keep them feeling constrained, burned out, and ashamed of who they are. Through my coaching, workshops, and retreats, I guide them in reclaiming their sense of self, finding balance, and achieving the joyful, creative lives they deserve.
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Why Creativity and Play?
I have heard it said that how you are with art is how you are with life. I have seen this in my own life and countless clients, friends and family members who have allowed themselves to explore creativity and dive into how it relates to their lives.
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IMHO, creativity and play are intertwined and completely related to one another. To play is to give and take with no intent. It requires presence, it requires slowing down. It requires curiosity vs knowing, looking good and getting it right.
My story...
Life is what you create it is...
In the Spring of 2020 I found myself as a new mother (again) and without a job (thank you Covid), at home and still unraveling from my seven years working at Amazon, 7 years in the Air Force and the expectations of the world around me. I could have gone down the pathway that was familiar to me....self-sacrificing, rushing around trying to get everything done for everyone else,
Instead, I allowed my heart to guide me towards what I really wanted, just for me. This led to creating something completely new for myself. In August of 2020, I found myself back in school completing my degree in Art.
What's interesting about this is that I had journal entries and loads of "evidence" that I was not creative, and what I discovered is that mostly, all of that was loads of crap and lies I told myself to keep me small and silent.
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I received my degree in Art from California Lutheran University in May of 2022, and made it my mission to bring creativity to the women I work with as a powerful tool for self-exploration, self-worth, expression and sisterhood.
Where the creating started...
The collage pictured here is not my first digital collage, but it was the first digital collage I made that directly led to a really powerful creation - the experience of my dream life fulfilled.
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In December 2017, after a string of unsuccessful relationships, I was done with doing the same thing over and over in relationships. I was considering a relationship with a new guy, who seemed great on paper and came highly recommended by my friends. And something wasn't right.
I was teetering... my indecisiveness around the future I wanted left me constantly putting my wants and desires to the side to accommodate what my guy wanted. This was a pattern that had been on repeat for most of my dating life. This patter no longer served me.
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So I asked for some space and I created...
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The question I asked before I created:
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What was the experience of a relationship and life that I wanted?
In this collage, you will see the answer.
I broke it off with the man I was considering, and in 8 months was on my first date (a camping date) with my now husband.
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