Hi, I’m Carmelliea — poet, artist, and lifelong student of the soul.

In 2012 I learned that one of the greatest regrets people voice on their deathbeds is that they didn’t live a life true to themselves. The realization struck me like lightning because I knew I was heading down that same path.

So, with a suitcase in one hand and a phone in the other, I began again. I vowed that from then on, my heart would be my compass. What I didn’t yet understand was that following the heart requires a deep trust in life — something I was still learning to cultivate. The first steps of that new path weren’t easy: I found myself alone, stripped of old identities and facing every fear I’d ever buried.

Eventually, the darkness gave way to discovery. I joined a mystery school, met incredible teachers, and uncovered gifts I could never have imagined had I stayed “safe.” One of those gifts is an intense sensitivity — an ability to feel and mirror others’ energy. For years it confused me, until I learned to channel it consciously as a tuning fork for divine inspiration rather than self-loss.

Like our fingerprints, we each carry a unique creative frequency — a way of bringing light into the world through our own perspective. My art and writing are expressions of that remembering.

It hasn’t always been easy, but I’d rather die trying than die with regrets.
Now is the time for all of us to wake up to Who We Really Are.
The hero’s journey is calling.

We are all sparks of the same great fire —
may something here help you remember your own.

With warmth and wonder,
Carmelliea