Hello, I'm Julie Ann. I create beautiful things. Things with images, things with words, things with sound and motion, puzzlely things, mystical things, ancestral things. Things that inspire, things that make you wonder. Things that open secret pathways. Things that send you through the Woodlands to trail through personal forests. Things that help you see the full brilliance of yourself. For it is a great passion of my life to explore every depth of the Woodland in which I live and discover the next horizon that lies beyond every hidden tree. And I trust if you’re still reading this, that this is you too.
Welcome to my gallery of woodlands, curiosities and creations…an ever shifting landscape of my own world, and the wild and wonderful ongoing experiment that is my Woodland life.
I create, share and sell a great many precious things to add to your earthly experience, from magical cards, to multi-media books, to visionary journeys and journals, and lots of other things.
There are links all around. I trust you know where to find them. But a treasure hunt is always fun too. Walk with me as we Wake up in the Woodlands together!
POWER OF BEING
I used to think I had to be or act like someone else to be successful and to make the kind of life I desired. I thought I had to do things like other people did them, or like the “experts” said to do them. And so, for a long time I didn’t have my woodland wonders and mystery, the ones imagined as a curious child.
That would mean I would have to be somebody I wasn't, and do things I intuitively knew would not give freedom and peace.
As an introvert, a Woodland hermitess, and lover of my freedom and quiet time, I didn't want to give that up! But the constant feast and famine wears on a spirited soul over time. This manifested as a constant feast or famine cycle of resources. Every time I’d get ahead through many forest trails, kayaking rivers and lakes, hiking the Grand Canyon, swimming the beaches of Honduras, whale watching on Cape Cod, something would happen to skew the peace of those experiences, be it health, upkeep, or people. There was either too much going on or resources were not in place, or both, and the search endured becoming absolutely exhausting.
But one day I woke up with a fire in me to change that story, and I did. Doing what I love the most in the world, and taking time off whenever I need or want to. I did that by shifting all of the beliefs I held about myself, life, money and forgiveness, that blocked me from receiving what I really wanted. The truth is the only way you can TRULY thrive is by being totally, authentically YOU, and doing it your own unique way. Why? Because anything else is not sustainable! Your wise and brilliant heart and soul will simply NOT let you do otherwise for long! When you try to go against it, you burn out. But the good news is, being happy and free is possible.
I used to dream of just having more time and abundance to travel around with my husband and our woodland companion, Zoee; going to beautiful places in nature, adventuring and relaxing, eating down-to-earth food and having fun. At first, all I wanted was my creativity to support more of that... more of the life I truly loved--what happened was so much more! That desire that pulled me past ALL my resistance and into the life I truly wanted, which is FAR RICHER and abundant in love, passion, and life-purpose than I had even allowed myself to dream back in my younger days.
There have been more miracles now than I can count since I started this Waking Up in the Woodlands journey, and it all began with a single step.
Creating my library of curious stories, graphic art, mystical cards and journals, and, of course, the fun of exploring with puzzles, & the Discover Your Self Studio.
I created them so that maybe they can be just the breadcrumbs you need next on your path to all YOUR dreams coming true too...
