10/14/2025
H e y 🫶🏻
I feel like a life update is due… but there is so much explaining, all of it seems so overwhelming.
So here are the cliff notes:
- TCA became ‘too much’ for my single artist hands. The hats became too many, the balance no longer balanced and I was seeing my community struggle.
- I was offered a government funded Educational Assistant course and went back to school while still running TCA.
- fell in love with school, specifically psychology and became incredibly motivated to finish my undergrad, so I enrolled back into University. Well, three of them.. because ADHD.
- my mum was diagnosed with stage four cancer.
- it gets super blurry at this point, I was pushing through my undergrad, caring for my parents in the Okanagan, working, trying to care for my own little family and watching my mum go to places I never thought possible.
- I fell into a new position I wasn’t looking for with and feel a bit more settled and paused school for a semester.
- my mum has been deemed in remission (just last month).
- the pull to help youth and families became so strong.
- I plan to finish my degree and become an art therapist, focusing on youth development.
- just recently I have felt the call to create again.. slowly🙏🏻
I closed my studio and walked away. My mental health came first and as much success and support I felt I had to put it all away.
We will see where this next season takes this wondering wildflower of a soul I seem to have.
But I am happy to be happy again and a bit more steadfast in a path that feels empowering and fulfilling.
xxo aleena✨
