Someone brought something to me today that I was genuinely curious about exploring — they asked what content on my website was AI-generated, because it was clear my illustrations use AI tools. In the past, a question like this would have completely thrown me into self-doubt. I would have spiralled, questioned my worth, or felt like I had to justify my existence as a creator. But today? I didn’t wobble. It simply helped me understand that some people may need reassurance and clarity about how I create — and I’m grounded enough now to offer that without taking it personally. So I updated my website with a video + some text explaining how AI supports my process, not my imagination. And then I wrote the post below for Instagram — which actually captures the heart of where I’m at in my creative identity. Sharing it here too, because it feels important and aligned: I Tried On All the Versions of Me — And Now I Know Who I Am Growing up, I tried on so many selves. Clothes, hair, aesthetics, beliefs, communities, information, identities, dreams — all experiments in becoming. I was growing. Learning. Searching. Mimicking. Shedding. Becoming. It wasn’t confusion — it was development. I was learning who I am by exploring who I am not. And now? I’ve arrived. I stand in myself with confidence, clarity, and truth. All of who I am — my healing my trauma my imagination my neurodivergence my motherhood my inner child my lived adult my sensitivity my strength my magic — it is ALL part of my creative identity. ✨ My creativity is mine. ✨ My voice is mine. ✨ My way of working is mine. ✨ My truth is mine. ✨ My magic is my medicine. ✨ Imagination heals. I am real. I am raw. I am authentic. I face my shadows instead of hiding from them. I finally love being me. I found my purpose. And yes — I used the tools available to me. Technology. Systems. AI as a bridge, not a replacement — a way to bring the worlds inside me to life so I can share them, so others can feel them, so imagination can keep healing the places where words alone cannot reach.

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I’ve recently been in the Attic of Remembering — feeling ALL OF IT, holding the whole truth of my life in the same space… and wow… what magic that is. 🎩✨ I’ve walked through the golden jungle, met the Lioness of Sovereignty, and she reminded me that I am the magic. I am the power. I am the source, the pendant, the sigil. So much is unfolding beneath my feet with every step I take — and even in the moments when I rest. And while I am still afraid sometimes, I’m no longer afraid of being afraid. I can embrace it, love it, nurture it, reassure it, and keep choosing more. People say awareness is a gift and a curse — but it’s never a curse even though it may at times feel that way . Always a gift. Always. I am so deeply grateful for my life, my body and being, my experiences, and the woman I am becoming. My heart feels full today, so I wanted to share. 🙏🏻❤️ If you feel called, you’re welcome to share too… Where are you at in yourself, your day, your life right now? Do you feel seen? Heard? Acknowledged? Accepted? And if anyone would like to support what I do and help me build a following i would appreciate your contribution of a like a follow a share , whatever you feel called to do on my Instagram @tea_with_teresa_the_hatter

🌙 Nighttime Whisper Please move at your pace, move in your own time. Don’t rush, don’t panic, don’t race or force. I promise you — you will get there. It might sound cliché, but your body is always speaking to you. It lets you know when it’s ready for different cycles. I’ve been there. I’ve pushed myself through healing, thinking I had to make it happen… when in truth, I needed to connect to myself, to listen, to move with my rhythm — alongside nature, alongside life. And when I say life, I mean the life-force energy of creation, not the lifestyle or the life we “live.” I’ve learned over time that it doesn’t need to be harsh. We don’t need to make it happen. We can allow it. We can be willing to move with it, to receive, to release, to honour whatever is being called for.

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