When I was a little girl I called out for my "Daddy"...my father walked over, looked at me with loving eyes and said, "Ang, you can call me anything in the world but not Daddy. I don't want to raise a princess."

Those words weren't harsh, they were a promise. He saw something in me and knew my path would be different.  He taught me to be fearless, to learn to stand and walk alone. To play in the dirt, to learn to love independence and to look beyond the superficial.  My mother worried of course, but her eyes twinkled when she watched me dance in the rain, with wild hair and sun-kissed cheeks.

Not every Daddys girl is a princess, there is nothing wrong with being a princess...my father looked at me and just knew...his daughter was destined to be a Queen.

I have lived a life full of highs and lows. I've traveled to beautiful locations, dined with strangers, swam in cold seas, watched wild mustangs run free, hiked hills and took canoe trips with with my faithful four-legged companion. Bought two homes, left a job of 18 years and decided my next journey was up north....in Rusk County. A county I know and love, traveling now along the side of my two legged companion, Steve.

I've decided to take all that I learned along the way, all that I love, the passion I have to help women find their inner queen, and to reignite what may have dimmed over the years and build a community of beautiful souls, ready to embrace the next leg of their journey.

Through nature, the elements and the leaning on each other I'm excited to bring forth retreats, classes, workshops that will form bonds with each other, ourselves and the world around us.

It's time to let our souls shine and to release whatever it is holding us back from living a life we design, a life where we get to call ourselves whatever the heck we want...it may be bold, it may be new, but I promise you, your Rusktic Soul is ready!