This week, at a once in history Presidential innaugural celebration, 22 year old Amanda Gorman ,the former junior poet laureate of the United States, delivered the innaugural poem “The Hill We Climb”. Her powerful and inspiring piece had everyone wrapped in her words. She truly stole the show, and we will carry her words with us through these days:

"The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

Amanda is a voice, has a voice, and uses her voice, but she could not always do that with confidence out loud and so her poetry was her outlet. “I think that passion was exacerbated by the fact that I had a speech impediment. So having an arena in which I could express my thoughts freely was just so liberating that I fell head over heels, you know, when I was barely a toddler.”

Being creative, immersing ourselves in creative activities, does not require any special skill or talent, really! Pick up a pencil, a paint brush, a camera, knitting needles…sit at a piano, put on your dancing shoes, open your voice …

Who cares about what the end result, this is for you! Just be open to moving your thoughts, emotions, energies into your favorite creative outlet as a wonderful way to express how you feel, and who you are!

January is #CreativityMonth. Let's celebrate some of the extraordinary women whose creativity moves us, engage us, bring us joy, and inspire us everyday. #ThisGirlCanCreateHerWorld