A Season of Loss, Healing, and Returning to Creation
Hello friends,
It has been a while since I have shown up here, and I have started to write this many times without knowing how to begin.
2025 was one of the hardest years our family. My mother in law was unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer and passed within just a few short weeks. Not long after, our daughter graduated from high school. Within a short span of time, we held a funeral, a graduation party, and a celebration of life. Everything felt like it was happening at once.
When Claire left for college a couple of month later, the house felt very different. It deepened the sense of loss for both me and my husband. So much had changed in such a short time, and I found myself trying to hold it all together while quietly carrying grief, transition, and exhaustion.
At the same time, I was feeling deeply burned out. For years, I had been holding space for others through my work, constantly creating, supporting, and giving. I realized I had not created strong boundaries and I was not allowing myself to receive or rest in the way I needed. My body and heart were asking for something different.
In the fall, something unexpected and gentle happened that shifted everything for me. In late September, I spent a week with my retired neighbor who offered to teach me how to quilt. During that week, I did not work. I did not open my laptop. I did not think about projects or deadlines. I simply showed up each day and learned something new with my hands.
Because I was learning, I had to stay present. There was no space to spiral into thoughts or worry. It gave me freedom from the heaviness I had been carrying and allowed healing to begin.
There was something else about that time that felt deeply comforting. Being with her felt like being with a mother and a grandmother at the same time. Her husband, who is only about ten years older than my own dad, reminded me so much of my grandfather. It was a quiet, nurturing space at a time when I needed it most.
That week reminded me of something I had slowly lost touch with.
I love creating.
Not creating from pressure. Not creating to keep up. But creating in a way that feels grounding, meaningful, and peaceful.
After years of supporting spiritual entrepreneurs through custom branding and web design, I began to feel called to shift how I work and what I create. Through prayer, reflection, and giving myself permission to step back, I realized it was time for a change.
For now, I am pausing taking on new client work so I can focus on creating in a different way. I will still be supporting established clients when occasional design needs come up, but I am moving away from the constant pace of one on one projects.
Instead, I am pouring my energy into growing my Sacred Creative Etsy shop and expanding my collection of templates and digital resources that can support many people at once. I am also spending time finding and sourcing vintage treasures for Trovea, something that brings me so much joy. And I am going deeper into my Feng Shui practice, continuing to study, learn, and share what I am discovering along the way.
This feels like a return to the heart of why I started creating in the first place: to make things that feel meaningful, to work at a slower, more intentional pace, and to build something that supports both life and creativity.
If there is a template, workbook, or resource you have wished existed for your business, I would truly love to hear. I am building a list based on real needs and inspiration, and your ideas help shape what comes next!
Thank you for being here. Thank you for your patience during my quiet season. And thank you for continuing to support Sacred Creative as it grows into this next chapter.
I feel hopeful. I feel inspired. And for the first time in a long time, I feel curious again about what is ahead.
With love,
Megan