What is The Lilac Broom?
A youngish woman has a rude awakening...err, Spiritual Awakening. I meant Spiritual Awakening! She realizes the latent potential inside of her, and gives in to the knowledge and understanding that was innately hers from childhood, nay from divine conception! Sounds like the start of a beautiful life, does it not?
NOT
Nope...not really. More just a slap across the face saying, "wake up and stop wasting your life!"
For many years, I have allowed my entrepreneurial spirit to be my guide and it has led me to some lovely experiences. When my daughter was a wee babe, I wanted to stay home with her so I created a home-based childcare where I met and befriended some of my favorite people! When my son was born, the tradition continued. After this, when I was awakened spiritually, I was pulled back into it with reading people's Tarot Cards which easily evolved into my being sought after for Spirit-based advice over the course of many years now.
During the Pandemic (Covid-19), I invested more time then ever before to developing my talents and skills not only in card-reading, but also in Reiki healing and creating and infusing specialty products. I decided I needed to name it- create an Etsy store...expand as it were. My dear friend and Partner in business, Erica, helped me create the name: The Lilac Broom. What it means to me is that the broom is a symbol I love. I enjoy a clean house- I wish I could fly on a broom! I adore the idea of witches and their little cottages with the brooms and sweeping away the dust so their potion-buyers or random lost children can stop by and become dinner...er, helped! They can get helped. Sorry, not sure where that was going...
Anywho- Lilacs are my favorite fragrance in the whole world. But before you all start sending me lilac-scented crap, nothing at all smells like a real Lilac flower. It is a rare fragrance, one not easily imitated. As am I like that flower I adore so very much...a rare gift. CHEESY...but is it true? With the help of my dear coach and spiritual guide, Reverend Kathy, I have achieved more growth over the past two years than any other time in my life. I have come to value her advice, but she has taught me too that I should treasure the relationships as well. And I do!
2021 was the year I made the hard jump and found an outside studio (outside of my home)...invested and went for it. In 2016-2017 I had a studio space (my first one)! It fell short of expectations although I did try quite hard to see it grow. I was grieving the loss of my father, having launched the studio while he was in hospice. It was a difficult time. I lost my desire to communicate with spirit while dealing with the pain of the situation at hand.
Better times were ahead of me, I just did not know it then. Evolution comes when you are not even looking. As a matter of fact, I still had yet to reconnect with my best friend Erica, or to become involved with Reverend Kathy. I was still yet to buy my house, and also to retire from Property Management which was so inately negative a field of business, that I could not see the damage it was doing to me emotionally. So looking back it was a stepping stone. But my NEW Studio...it's exactly what I needed. I do however, feel a LOT of pressure to make it profitable. It is SO HARD to do spiritual work for profit! It is hard to say no, hard to turn away. Hard to set boundaries and create limits and stand firm on expectations. Thankfully, I had Reverend Kathy to help model it, and Erica to force me to question each decision so as to make the correct ones. When I found the right space, my husband was quick to jump in and offer mt the help in sanding, painting, building and moving. So now...the only thing left to do is start seeing clients!
I must tell you, that throughout this process I have nearly lost my marriage, possibly lost my daughter, and have no idea what I really can achieve. I have suffered, I have cried. I continue to struggle. I am IMPERFECT. But I believe in my gifts. I believe in what I have to offer the world. And so I will continue to show up. I have to push through my own Mental Health struggles every single day of my life in order to continue to show up. Anyone who knows what that feels like will fully grasp the challenges.
I will close by sharing the words of my all-time favorite Tarot/Energy reader on Youtube: Steve from Steve's Love Tarot.
"If my doing this has helped even one person today, then I have done what Spirit wanted me to do".
In life, sometimes we only get one shot, one chance, one moment...to make a decision that might effect everything. I am unafraid to sit with a person in that moment and just be there. No matter what it is. My products and services are found on my Etsy page and also on my website. Here is the information:
www.etsy.com/shop/GlamSimpleBoutique
https://the-lilac-broom.yolasite.com/
Free content in the way of Monthly Tarot Reading Videos can be found on my YouTube page:
The Lilac Broom is also on Instagram and Facebook.
But most especially, I can be found IN PERSON here:
By appointment Friday Nights, Saturdays and limited hours Sundays at 1395 Atwood Avenue, Johnston RI 2nd floor above RI Uniforms and Brewed Awakenings.
ALL appointments need to be reserved in advance by booking service from the Etsy page above.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Namaste,
~Lilac
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