Creative Souls are multidimensional beings with many talents. They dive deep within their core and connect with the source of their souls, to become creators of their own path.
Creative Souls bring inspiration, assisting many in their journey, lighting the way for those in need. Creative Souls heal through their dreams and art.
We often search for and do things that can help us feel happy, and sometimes the feeling doesn’t last long, but every day we can find reasons to smile if we give it a chance. Creative Soul Logan is a cheer creator, and he is sharing the elixir of happiness through songs that carry an important message, setting us up for a joyful experience.
Logan is a Musician, Motivator, and Hypeman, from Maui, Hawaii, living on the Big Island. He’s also a Jiu-Jitsu professor, runs an academy for children, and dedicates time to teaching music to kids at local schools. Logan plays drums and ukulele and enjoys playing with words and freestyling on the spot.
He can be considered a modern-day troubadour, with the ability to observe a room full of people, feel their vibes, listen to what each person has to say, and within minutes, Logan can throw down a freestyle folky rap that would leave anyone stunt. The flow of his words has a way of threading parts of our souls with an enriched message, adding humor, sweetness to the heart, and a connection like no other.
Throughout his life, Logan dabbled with music and after college, he drifted from his passion, but eventually, he reconnected with it. “Those times were pivotal steps in learning strength in life to embrace music,” Logan recalls the difficulties throughout his journey of letting go of what no longer served him, embracing the person he wanted to become, and living up to his life’s purpose.
As a Jiu-Jitsu professor and a continuous student, Logan has built strong self-discipline on the mat and in his life in general, helping him become a better son, service member, and community member activist. Both music and Jiu-Jitsu allow him to be in a floating state of mind and keep him in a good balance.
For over 10 years, Logan has been volunteering with the Brotman Family at the Hawaii Songwriting Festival on the Big Island of Hawaii. He’s been playing a big part in the program, inspiring him to appreciate his talents as a musician.
Logan started the Project Happy Chair, online and in person, with a sign that reads ‘IF YOU WANT CHEER, SIT HERE’, inviting people to take a seat and be courageous to receive cheer free of charge. Logan asks two simple, yet open-ended questions: What do you do? and, What is your favorite? How the person answers them, helps him discover parts of them to improvise a cheering song.
“It’s the struggle and pain in our lives that connect us,” Logan explains that he tries to honor people with his songs, making them feel better no matter what they have gone or are going through. He loves that he gets to meet someone for the first time, learn about them, and heal them with music.
Project Happy Chair has allowed Logan to connect with people from Egypt, Canada, Saudi Arabia, England, and Chile, impacting their lives in the humblest ways. Even if it’s done virtually, we can feel the cheerful energy transmitting through the screen, taking us to a phenomenal level of happiness.
“I’m grateful to be in the developmental stage of my life and be a source of joy for others,” Logan keeps defining and giving shape to his discipline and self-improving, constantly trying to learn and do better, and sharing his gifts with others in an empowering and estimable way.
We can certainly use a good cheer to remind us what happiness feels like. No matter where we are located in the world, Logan is making sure that it becomes a reality, creating a memorable moment to lighten our days.
“We are so similar, and I’m here to help and bring cheer.” – Logan
When our talents are as profound as the vastness of the universe, we may shy away from such greatness. Yet, it doesn’t stop existing. It simply waits patiently for us to be ready to reveal its brightness. Creative Soul, Elaine Heveron, has emerged from her shell revealing the most precious pearl, shining her creative light, and weaving the tapestry of the human experience with the vastness of her artistic expression.
Elaine is a poet, photographer, and a friend, from Rochester, NY. She resides in Florida with her soulmate-husband, a writer, poet, and photographer, Louis ‘Lou’ Faber, and with their more human-than-cat companion, Teri.
She started writing stories in 7th grade, using writing as a way to “talk to someone”. Growing up with six siblings, Elaine found journals to be her confidant and to listen to her emotional dilemmas. She enjoyed creating stories and making words rhyme, but it wasn’t something she pursued as a priority in her early days.
“Are they paying you?” We get questioned a lot as artists,” expresses Elaine, understanding the painful road that artists walk upon, especially when being questioned repeatedly. It took Elaine some time to embrace the writer within, but she didn’t hold onto self-doubt for long. She has accomplished her visions and her entire life is a living prose.
In 2000, at 52, Elaine tested the waters of self-publishing and became an author with her chapbook, Standing Room Only in My Heart, in conjunction with Groose River Press. In 2006, Elaine submitted some of her work to Plain View Press, who took an interest in her work, and a manuscript later, in 2007, Email to Cleveland was published. In 2010, Plain View Press published her second full-length book of poems, Not Every Woman Swooned, celebrating with book release parties and readings at Open Mics around Rochester and one in New York City. Elaine has received high accolades from readers expressing how much they enjoy her books and even how her poems made more than a few shed a tear or laugh out loud.
It was years before Elaine published another book. “I tossed any poems I wrote into a folder entitled, Manuscript 2011, but didn’t have publishing at the forefront of my mind again for years,” Elaine shares her process of getting back into publishing.”One day, after reading an article in Tricycle Magazine, about how people in hospice know exactly what they need to do before their life is over, I asked myself if I only had a year to live, what would I want to accomplish? My inner voice replied with a question, “Hello?! Your writing?” She was surprised, still not feeling like “that good” of a writer, yet she found the courage to dive into the folder, editing and organizing her work of over a decade, bringing to life Notes From Paradise.
Plain View Press was once again delighted with Elaine’s new work, and even though they were not accepting any new manuscripts, in September 2023 they published Notes From Paradise.
In Notes From Paradise, Elaine shares her life’s anecdotes, describing details of her most intimate moments, reliving her first date with Lou, going into her spiritual journey, and so much more that will keep you turning page after page, filling your chest with raw feelings of joy, nostalgia, sympathy, and hope.
“This is what I live for, to connect with people,” smiles Elaine, feeling passionate to inspire others through her books to own their creative talents. She focuses on writing about love, life, loss, dreams, connections, magical moments, and friendship.
Alongside Lou, Elaine has traveled to some unique writing workshops at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, Block Island Poetry workshops in Rhode Island, and participated in writing workshops in Taos, New Mexico, and Ireland. “On Saturdays on Zoom, we write from visual prompts, shared group words, and timed 10-minute writing exercises,” Elaine explains how they have been part of the Taos workshop writing group, Imaginative Storm, with writing teachers and poets they studied with in the past, Allegra Huston and James Nave.
As a photographer, Elaine brings back memories of when her dad got her a camera when she was 9. She started taking pictures of anything and everything, which stayed with her throughout her adolescence and adulthood. “There’s so much beauty to capture,” Elaine admires the fauna and flora through the lens, capturing the most intimate moments of nature; a solitary Blue Heron patiently waiting for its prey; the dance of the Ibises as they claim branches on a dry tree; an alligator playing statue… Elaine has the touch to bring out the magical colors within one still moment in time.
We are made of light, and Elaine found a way to allow her vastness to shine through, caressing the world with healing words of love. Elaine is now breathing art with a creative flow that enriches and inspires everyone she encounters, and the world is a better place because of her.
“Pay attention to the moment. Don’t miss it. This moment”. – Elaine Heveron
Elaine is also an occasional crafter, from her unique series, Palm Frond People, created by painting cartoonish faces on fallen palm fronds with metallic paint, to designing eye-catching jewelry pieces from Pongamia pods.
Lou and Elaine met in 2000. Both of them were working at Xerox when a childhood friend of Elaine’s and a co-worker of Lou’s introduced them. “Lou’s and my shared love of Writing poetry was part of the reason I was willing to go out with him.” As their life grew together, and they traveled to some unique writing workshops, she felt ready and connected to herself and her dreams, and it became clear to her what she had to do to fulfill her passions.
A poem inspired by Louie, my furry friend, turned into a fun and happy song by Kuu Sound. Magic!Noemi :))
I find your pretty eyes Illuminate my nights Melting in your looks You make my heart go woof My furry friend you are Inspiring my whole life At times when I feel blue You make my soul shine through Wagging your tail in excitement Barking at the top of your lungs Oh my rascal friend With you all days are fun Curious as a cat The best guard dog there is My love for you runs deep You make me feel complete
ABOUT
Kai, known as Kuu Sound, is a singer-songwriter and Music Producer, from Oregon, currently in Transylvania.
At times, we need to prioritize our responsibilities and relationships over our creative dreams, and it may feel as if a light has gone out and a part of us is missing. Then, come other times when we are ready to replace, remake, restart, and go after our biggest passions with all we have. Creative Soul, Christina, has walked the artist road, sacrificing her desires to nurture other parts of her life, but ultimately, being reunited with her dreams, filling the world with creative love.
Christina Thomas Taylor is an artist, music producer, songwriter, and composer from Boston, under the pen name Octoberture. Her love for music began when she was just a child, begging her mom for piano lessons and instantaneously becoming best friends with this majestic instrument. “It heard all of my sad stories,” Christina shares how she became intimate with the piano, learning classical music in the process. She was also part of her school’s chorus and vocal jazz ensemble, and at the age of 22 after learning the guitar the songwriter in her was born.
Christina is also now in an acoustic duo band, North Woods, with her friend Sherry Aviles, playing at local venues with several tracks available to stream everywhere.
Music stretched her senses as a songwriter and she knew it would be an important part of her life’s journey, but love and family awaited her and after meeting her husband, Christina explains with a soft smile that she became too happy to write any songs, although she continued to play on her own. 20 years passed, kids, different jobs, and other life changes put her music career on pause. Christina took on painting and fixing up old houses, theater, poetry, photography, and dancing, and she even started a few businesses along the way. Christina loves doing anything that allows her to express her creativity freely.
After starting to play music again with friends in a band called Blue Amber she started writing songs again. This group eventually whittled down to North Woods. When the pandemic hit and her plans to open a business seemed unfeasible, she learned that there may be a career in music after all, joining a music academy and learning about the music business and music production. “Music feeds my soul more than anything else. It has taken over my life now”. Christina shares that even though she ventured on different paths, she has now solidified her career as a musician and she’s working arduously to make her dreams come true.
As a Music Producer, Christina’s potential has expanded greatly. “My goal in life was always to make the world a more beautiful place in everything I do, but now with music production I have upped my game. I want to create magic!” She describes how music production allows her to bring music to life the way she has always heard in her head, making listeners feel as if they are part of the journey with her unique sounds. ”I want to take listeners to a different place, a different immersive world that we can travel through together”. She finds her writing inspiration in the natural world, in psychology and the mind, the nature of reality, and relationships.
In just 2 ½ years, Christina has released over 23 songs solo and with talented collaborators from all over the world, all produced by her in her tiny home studio. Her genre is hard to define but tends to fall into the categories of chamber pop and indie pop being haunting and atmospheric as well as some songs that are fun and quirky. Among the many beautiful songs in her catalog are the spooky “You Can’t Hide” featuring rapper TY Avery, “Secrets,” one of her favorites in which she uses samples of her vocals to create instruments, and “Snow & Fire,” written during the lowest point of the pandemic, with a twist of optimism, finding a spark in the fire within us all.
Christina’s main focus is the world of music synchronization (T.V. and film), focusing the first two years post-COVID on building her catalog, learning production and honing in on her sound, and in the last year, she’s been pitching music for briefs for film, T.V., commercials, video games, and more. She’s also studying to become a Master Engineer, and she has been collaborating with other musicians, digging deep into songwriting, and creating new sounds that people haven’t heard before.
Bewitching anyone with her curious and allegoric melodies, Christina is an example that even if we steer away from our true passions, in due time, we get reconnected with our life force. Once we do, the rays of light appear and we can start creating real magic, as Christina has been doing hand in hand with her greatest love, music.
“Dig deep within yourself to find that creativity you know you have .. we can use it for everything. Think outside the box and go back to the openness you had when you were a child. Be as bold as you can dare to be… allowing that creativity – to go even further.” – Christina Taylor
“Inside Out” – “It is a song inspired by the magical worlds of shows like Legion and Arcane where people enter a strange new world or perhaps an altered reality.” – Christina
Some people are like bamboo trees, bringing balance to our environment and serving positively in numerous ways. Creative Soul, Eddie Kopp, is such a bamboo to boast about, and he’s here to add invaluable resources to the creative world and make us all feel wonderstruck by his ingenuity.
Eddie Kopp is the Founder, Director, and Editor of Sugarshack Sessions.
Eddie found his love for music in the drums. In elementary and middle school, he was part of the school band but his most desired musical instrument was never available, so he had to opt for the trumpet or the horn. When he got to high school, the situation with the drums was the same prompting him to drop out of the school band altogether. To make his dream come true, Eddie saved money and bought his first set of drums, and taught himself how to play them.
Throughout high school and college, Eddie joined garage bands landing with one that almost took them to the stars, but unfortunately, the band was dissolved. He then dropped out of college and joined the military for 6 years (Thank you for your service, Eddie!), playing with bands here and there, balancing his love for music and life’s responsibilities. Eddie is currently the drummer for Sprout, a local Alternative Reggae Rock band, he joined in 2021.
Videography and Photography are Eddie’s second passions. He started venturing into shooting professional videos for skateboarding films, real estate commercials, weddings, and more. Just as a music band had requested Eddie to shoot a music video for them, Eddie was unpacking boxes in his new home in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Eddie thought it was a good idea to shoot the music video on the wood deck of his home, the “Sugarshack,” as Eddie and his friends named it, a 1940s cozy spot in perfect harmony with the flora and fauna of the town. As the camera captured the band playing and the ocean breeze danced around the jamming tunes, with the sun softly caressing the deck, Eddie had an Eureka moment that was about to change his life forever.
Since the era of MTV Unplugged, Eddie had a fascination for live music shows. With such a perfect setting, the right skills, and an undeniable hunger for self-actualization, Eddie gave birth to Sugarshack Sessions.
Uniting his love for filmmaking and music, and an entrepreneurial spirit bursting with great ideas, Eddie, together with four of his friends, put together an offering to give music bands the opportunity to play at the “Sugarshack”, for free, receiving in return top-notch music videos, and the chance to get exposed to their growing community. They started with local musicians, and since 2014, they have been consistent with their vision, officially incorporated in 2017.
“It was a nice way to share great content with musicians,” Eddie is glad he decided to turn his home into a creative space for musicians to share their music. Sugarshack Sessions is the first of its kind in the state of Florida, and it has made a positive impact not only on the music community but on Bonita Springs, a must-visit spot.
Sugarshack Sessions offers an array of options for artists to benefit from, including professional conceptual development, video and audio production, photography, graphic design, and creative and production services. They currently have different departments such as Sugarshack Records, and Sugarshack Music Channel, a membership YouTube channel to access videos before they go live. They also offer their innovative and newly added, Sugarshack Experience.
Over 2700 people are on the waiting list to attend the Sugarshack Experience, a golden opportunity to visit Eddie’s house and experience firsthand a special transcendental mist. It is a way for fans to hang out with their favorite band or discover new ones. They get to witness the production process, have a healthy meal, enjoy the open bar, and simply be encapsulated in the magic of it all. People fly from all over the world to join the Sugarshack Experience, and Eddie and his team are curating something special to give their guests and musicians the best accommodations.
Since their inception, musicians have been stopping by for the day and hitting the road right after their Sessions. Now, Sugarshack has partnered with Shangri-La Springs, a holistic and historical resort located in the heart of Bonita Springs. The resort’s amenities include an organic spa, garden, and restaurant, and Sugarshack provides a golf cart shuttle to and from the resort.
Currently, Eddie’s focus is on the Sugarshack Music Channel, publishing riveting music videos 5 days a week. The next chapter for Sugarshack Sessions includes a Music Venue with a capacity of about a thousand to host concerts, and it will include restaurants, retail stores, and much more.
Eddie is fascinated at how it all has turned out. It wasn’t just about having the right soil to grow, but also the right attitude, attention, and determination to prosper, and Eddie has persevered through obstacles and sacrifices. He now has a team of 11 and growing, and he’s grateful to be providing a way of life for his crew and family, as well as a safe space for artists to be discovered and have a memorable experience.
It takes several years for a bamboo tree to break ground before shooting upwards, and Eddie’s unstoppable creative force keeps growing at the speed of light. He has become a field of infinite possibilities with a commendable heart, helping others grow as well, irradiating the true meaning of doing good things with good people for good reasons.
“Follow your heart and follow your soul. Dig deep to find out what you want to do to contribute to making the world a better place. Find what makes you happy and through sacrifices, remain consistent.” – Eddie Kopp
FUN FACT – You know right away it’s a Sugarshack music video when you hear the distinctive intro instrumental. Here’s a fun fact about the track: “I recorded that 3-chord diddy on my iPhone when putting the first episode together. I wanted the series to have a TV feel with that recurring intro that gets stuck in your head. I’m a drummer and those 3-chords were all I really knew on the guitar. We still use that original recording, the same one since day 1.” – Eddie Kopp
Creative Soul, Kass Chicki has the natural touch to elevate the vibes to pure sweetness. Kass is not only warmhearted, but she’s a talented musician with a kickKass voice.
Native to Maui, Hawaii, Kass Chicki is a singer-songwriter, painter, illustrator, sculptor, fashion designer, and model. Her genre is Ecletique Soul, a mix of styles. As a multifaceted artist, Kass is always creating from her soul no matter her emotional state. She may draw, paint, or sculpt the cutest pottery or write music. She also has a unique line of characters called Creatures In My Head, or as her mom calls them, aliens.
Kass was born with a big and bright imagination and ever since pre-school, she has been drawn to music. At 5, she was playing the piano and asking her mom to take voice lessons, and three years later, she was able to pursue it. She also delved into art and trained in classical opera, gravitating to Pop-Jazz.
Everything grabs her attention but music is the top art to express herself. At the age of 16, Kass started experimenting with songwriting, but in her senior years, she took a hiatus from her creative path to focus on academics.
“It was always there but I didn’t know what to do with it,” Kass explains how she had grown to take music as a hobby and came to the realization that if she did things she did not like, she would fall into depression. Kass shares that at the lowest point in her life, she faced the honest truth that she needed to start creating for herself and filled with conviction, she started taking music seriously. By her early 20s, she was playing gigs around the island with her own music.
Though she has an extensive library of unreleased music, Kass has collaborated and been featured on four songs including Let Go Darling and Think Twice, available to stream everywhere. Her EP, I Am Nobody, is a heartfelt song that will make your soul feel groovy. It’s “a concept that follows the message that we are everything, the good and the bad at the same time – you can’t tie a person to just one thing,” Kass gives insight into the meaning behind the song.
In June 2023, Kass’s mom encouraged her to attend the Hawai’i Songwriting Festival after learning about it on the local news. At the time, Kass had an acting gig on the same date as the festival, and she was faced with the dilemma of choosing one or the other. Without much hesitation, she followed her musical call and flew from Maui to The Big Island, and it became a great decision after all. She connected with other artists, learning about sync for the first time – an eye-opening as she describes it, finding it helpful and insightful, having to work together with people who were there to listen and provide guidance.
Kass has come to appreciate the authenticity of her creativity, welcoming all the magic that life has to offer with her arms wide open. She expresses that when following our dreams “it can get mixed up in the chasing of fame and money, but for me to create and connect with others is a success in itself.” We are already successful just by being there for one another.
Creating from our free will is not only rewarding but fulfilling, and Kass has reached the spot in her journey where she’s making us fall in love with the sweetness of her soul with everything she creates, with every smile, every hug, and her paradise love.
Lori Moilov is a Poet, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Mixer, and Rapper, based in L.A. She’s a published author and host of the Limitless Creativity podcast. Her former stage name is BEEZEE, changing it to LUV to connect more with her name, Moilov – highlighting LOVE as the essential element in life and in all we are and do.
Through her podcast, Limitless Creativity, Lori supports other artists and their ideas, and she wants us to feel encouraged by their heartfelt stories. Covering topics such as mental health, and healing tools like EFT, the episodes include an A-list of successful creatives such as Claudia Cagan, Alexander Seyum, and Becky Kekula, to mention a few, sharing the ups and downs that have shaped them as artists.
Another big passion of Lori is poetry, publishing her first book of poems, Glitter Out, available at Barnes & Noble. Lori took it upon herself to write one poem a day for 100 days based on the different experiences and encounters she had during those days, including one inspired by songwriter Diane Warren.
Lori has the most incredible anecdotes about her journey as a Creative Soul, particularly about how she got started in her music career. “You gotta hear her rap,” Lori’s friend Phoenix suggested at a party bragging all about Lori’s beautiful and distinctive pitch full of enthusiastic vibes. Someone threw a beatbox leading the way for Lori to rap on the spot and make love to the words that made everyone join in the groove. Once she tapped into that part of her soul, the musician in her began to flourish and she went on to record her first single, #Honey, released on July 4, 2013. Currently, Lori is focusing on remixing and mastering her 2022 catalog, which includes 22 of her singles. She’s also going to be releasing new songs including, So Fresh and So Lit, available to stream everywhere.
Lori attended Westlake Recording Studios Crē8 Music Academy to learn how to produce music, and she has been doing it for over a decade. Since the pandemic, Lori started to learn about sync opportunities, taking workshops such as Sync Secrets with Ash, to shape her songs for film, and TV music licensing opportunities.
Most recently, Lori was endorsed by Audeze; she currently uses the LCD-5 headphones, a great opportunity to help level up the production of her songs.
She also got into the New Media Film Festival for her song “Kindness,” a song about how important it is to be kind to each other. It was inspired by the isolation that many went through during the pandemic, but getting messages from friends who kept checking in on her showed how valuable kindness is. She adds that ”being kind is vital. One simple act of kindness can have a ripple effect in our lives, and I’m grateful to return that kindness to others.”
LUV line is her brand’s clothing line, motivating us to spark the whole world with our ideas, while wearing the coolest and coziest apparel with a variety of options from hoodies, and t-shirts, to caps.
Lori is an outstanding creative entrepreneur and artist, and everything she has put forth has added so much positivity and beauty to our world, and there’s much more to come. In any way she expresses her creativity, Lori can make us feel engaged, heard, and seen, and she can make us laugh and cry – in a good way – reminding us that we are made of Love and we are undeniably Limitless.
No one sees us until we see ourselves, and we may need to face the shifts of the ocean and realize that in the midst of grueling moments, we ought to believe in our hearts unconditionally, first and foremost. Creative Soul, Sarah Bethany, is a starlight who didn’t let the ordeals she endured dictate her story. With her musical talents, she’s filling the world with a glorious symphony that caresses our souls with healing love and light.
Sarah Bethany is an artist and musician. She’s a prolific songwriter, producer, and composer, and her vocals are A-ve Ma-ri-a extraordinary. Though she can play any genre, her style is Jazz, Blues, and Soulful, with delicate lyrics that touch the heart as an ointment needed to soothe the pain. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she moved to St. Louis when she was 7 years old. She currently lives in Hawaii with her loving family, surrounded by nature’s benevolence.
In the early years of her life, Sarah Bethany watched her father devote time to learn to play the piano just as her curiosity began to grow. “It was an instantaneous magical connection…me and the piano,” she remembers becoming interested in this elegant instrument that produced such melancholic sounds.
A love story began between Sarah Bethany and the piano, learning all she could about music throughout her childhood. When the dark night of the soul downed on her teenage years, Sarah Bethany felt confused about her vision of music, focusing on school and trying to figure out what to do to survive in this fast-moving world where making money is a priority. She went off to ride new waves, attending the University of Kansas for Architectural Engineering, but after one semester, she realized that career was not her calling. Feeling even more lost and not knowing what to do, she quit school altogether and started working as a housekeeper at a nursing home.
Sarah Bethany was no longer holding the keyboards in her hands, instead, she was holding a toilet brush that kept her busy and nauseated. “I gotta figure things out soon because this ain’t it,” she pondered as she scrubbed and scrubbed, having a sudden awakening that motivated her to pursue her creative dreams once and for all.
As a love story that is meant to be, Sarah Bethany and the piano found their way back to each other at the nursing home. Just steps from her, a piano stood still awaiting revival. The sparks were ignited and she started playing piano for the people at the facility, and that’s all she needed to do to be reminded of what she is made of, music.
“Music is my place. This is who I am,” Sarah Bethany declared after experiencing the joy and gratitude from everyone at the nursing home. She promptly went to pursue a music career and started to prepare herself for the next steps to entering music school. She attended the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music, focusing on piano performance and music composition, gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Yet, she wasn’t aware of her superpower – her voice.
For some time, she lived in a cabin in a forest in Big Sur, California surrounded by redwood trees. It was there amongst the majestic trees that their energy activated her vocal cords, when she started to sing Amazing Graze, surprising herself with the beauty and high-vibration flow of her voice. Although she didn’t think of herself as a singer, she couldn’t deny the vitality of her vocals, and her relationship with music started to flourish more and more, even writing her own songs.
Sarah Bethany put a pause on her creative dreams to make some others come true, as a wife and a mother. Time went on and when her daughter was 5, Sarah Bethany got a divorce that catapulted her into poverty, living as a single parent through the roughest of circumstances.
“In unbelievable life situations, you need to express your emotions and sometimes the worst moments make you feel the most vulnerable and they open you up to honesty…” Sarah Bethany recalls living in little shacks with no plumbing system, using any natural resources she could find to help her and her daughter survive. It was then, she started writing music from the heart, actualizing the songwriter in her.
As her life continued to spiral, Sarah Bethany crashed hard at the bottom. “My soul needed for my life to fall apart to make me whole again,” she explains. Desolation and frustration are subtle descriptions of the painful memories from those days. Sarah Bethany is an admirable woman, whose determination and love for her daughter gave her the courage to face her ordeals and rise above the impossible.
It wasn’t long before she met an angel who changed her life, Michael Suprenant, a professional drummer, producer, and sound engineer, and her life partner. They started to make music together, manifesting their goals, and building their recording studio. Riding a new wave into the music world, they founded Mana Music & Media, a music production and boutique library.
Sarah Bethany started to gain trust in her talents becoming her authentic self. Her husband, Michael, helped broaden her horizons, introducing her to the music scene on the Big Island and getting her to play in various bands of all genres from Brazilian, and Reggae, to Jazz. She also became a member of the house band at Hawaii’s Songwriting Festival. Sarah Bethany was busy with music and her repertoire grew, but she couldn’t see what her partner saw in her, a raw diamond waiting to show its brilliance.
2020 pumped the breaks and all of her performances were canceled and she had nothing left but herself and the piano, giving her the chance to tune to the music she carries within. With a clear focus, Sarah Bethany started to write and record her own songs. In 2021, she started to release music and attended music conferences like Durango, putting herself out there little by little, getting positive feedback, not all there to launch herself as a solo artist, but her path was getting brighter, and bigger.
Sync Secrets with Ash opened the doors to a realm of music she was born to be a part of. Taking the workshop empowered her as a musician, giving her the tools to learn about the music business and how to monetize and earn an income with her songs. She polished herself and got ready to pitch her music, getting her first placements on TV shows such as “The Game” on Paramount and “Sacrifice” on BET+. Most recently, she got a placement on the ABC drama show, “The Company You Keep,” writing and recording the song for the opening scene.
Her love story with the piano has become a fairy tail for the books, and the anchor that kept her sinking was no longer a part of her story. Doors are now swinging open for Sarah Bethany, collaborating with other professionals she admires and releasing singles such as Speak Easy, Prayer Song, and O Holy Night, available to stream on all platforms.
Sarah Bethany went through passages that could’ve made her give up on life and turn her back on the possibilities that are found in between the layers of pain. Her Creative Soul flows through the vast waters of life, inspiring us to stay strong as we flow with the current of our journeys, ready to believe in every part of our being, because we are not just mere waves, we are the entire ocean.
The land spirits talk to me
They tell me stories of a time before I came to be
Of how life was before the dark clouds came
Before our magick was stolen and stripped away
I sit with the land spirits
Deep inside the misty woods
They share their secrets and mysteries too
And they teach me how to see the real truth
They open my heart
and I can see it filled with stars
I open my eyes
And they show me a map to where it all began
They give me a key
to a door that leads to the infinite sea
The land spirits help unleash the powers That have always been inside of me
Lovely land spirits
They guide my every day
They protect and they love, filling my soul with hopes
With the mind of the owl and the strength of the hawk
Spiritual Entrepreneurs are overcoming the challenges passed down through systematic structures, and they are raising their voices to shed light on the reality behind the stigmas that revolve around plant medicine, esoteric wisdom, energy healing, holistic practices, you name it. Thankfully, Creative Soul Collette Elosha is transforming the narrative of outdated customs, beliefs, and traditions that don’t necessarily fit everyone’s heart’s desires, helping us to appreciate what is natural for humans: our innate ability to have a profound relationship with nature and with ourselves and experience true healing.
Collette is a writer, spokesperson, plant medicine healer, and founder of Balancing Cannabis and Love Culture. She’s also an amateur acrobat who plays in partner acrobatics and acro-yoga. Collette is obsessed with studying the nervous system, and how integrating plant medicine can reveal our spiritual selves at a deeper level. She considers herself a tour guide, not a teacher, feeling like she’s holding a lantern, making sure she keeps the light on to clear the way. Yet, she is the light herself igniting it with her eternal golden flame.
Balancing Cannabis is Collette’s precious love-child, born in 2019. Offering services such as Cannabis Meditation, Cannabis Ceremony, Breathwork, and Womb Healing. Collette welcomes emotional responses through her ceremonies that resonate with her client’s process and ability to heal. She offers Cannabis Meditation every Monday, virtually and by donation, where she educates about the pros and cons of cannabis, elevating the meaning of simply “smoking for the fun of it” into a journey of self-discovery and liberation, helping to understand it to its fullest. Her soothing voice immerses us in an imaginary realm of limitless possibilities, creating an intimate experience with the cannabis plant, becoming interconnected with our true intentions, and awakening the divine force that we carry within.
Love Culture is a virtual studio that offers alternative modalities of wellness and healing. People are sure to enjoy a safe space to explore their consciousness and expand their souls. Dude Yoga, Body Conscious Meditation, and Cannabis Sound Baths are some of the wonderful offerings that we can find in the Love Culture community. All of the facilitators on Love Culture have practiced and trained extensively in Collette’s training/classes, and they are equally committed to creating safe containers for all humans to explore these modalities.
Flourishing into the grand and ravishing oak tree that she is today hasn’t been easy. It’s been a rigorous process of painful endings, replanting her faith outside of God-fearing doctrines, and going out into the world to pursue knowledge that could help her understand her mystical experiences. This led her to dive into yoga and meditation practices, studying and reading many books about energy and spirituality, going on a pilgrimage journey, and “coming up against a hunger to heal” herself. In pursuit of healing herself of chronic depression and PTSD, she worked with plant medicines, such as mushrooms and cannabis, to support her efforts for healing and leading a lifestyle that better suited her.
Through many moon phases of natural evolution, Collette not only found herself, but she connected to her tribe and the realization that God is not found but actualized. She broke out of her chrysalis and is now spreading her wings to support people where they are in their path, guiding them to feel less guilty and more optimistic.
Alongside the many wonderful endeavors that Collette is achieving, she’s currently serving as an educator and advocate for the responsible and ethical use of medical cannabis for firefighters and first responders. Working diligently with her father, a Fire Chief, she was invited as the keynote speaker at the Texas Fire Chiefs Association Annual Conference in December of 2022. She intends to keep stepping into opportunities to educate and inform as many that will listen about the necessity of supporting the mental health of our firefighters.
Our world is a better place because of soulpreneurs like Collette Elosha, using her euphonious voice and grand wisdom to create union instead of division, uplifting our souls, and reminding us that we are more than just our problems and fears. Collette is here to open the eyes of our souls to live an authentic life, with its ups and downs, being honest, grounded, and above all, feeling at home within our own skin, one breath at a time.
