Michele Karlsson Art

My first 4 week course finished on Sunday! It’s very exciting to have spent 4 weeks teaching other women how to access their inner artist and use that creativity to fuel their spiritual life. I learned so much from them. I also learned a lot from myself. It was a constant inner conversation: what if I tried this? Why wasn’t this or that working? How do I take the successes I witnessed and turn them into lessons I can teach to others? How can I be a better leader?

I know it’s probably not cool to stand up and say I don’t have all the answers and expect potential students to have faith in me. But I think it’s always best with the truth. If you doubt every other thing about me, I don’t want there to be a single doubt that when I tell you something, that is my truth. I hold onto my truth tightly but I also know that I’m human and I have to give myself the grace to admit when I’m wrong. You’ll be the second to know.

The truth is I have not sprung out into the internets fully formed, having a thriving business and knowing all the answers by heart. I’ve listened to what seems like a million podcasts and webinars. I’ve made secret lists of what my perfect life would be. I’ve tried to reconcile all those lofty goals and dreams with who I know myself to be now and who I think I can become.

I grew up hearing “fake it till you make it”. That just doesn’t work for me anymore. So you’ll get to celebrate my successes with me but you’ll also witness my failures and bumps along the way. I’m ok with that.

So…thanks for celebrating this first in a series of successes. However you might gauge success, I consider this class a win.