Today, I want to talk about a message that has been getting louder and louder as I came closer to recording. The topic is "and vs or," and why you don't have to subscribe to the belief that you have to make choices and be only one thing.

As I have been doing my own healing work through my faith and my groups of other strong, creative women, I have come to realize how much I was allowing myself to be limited.

I was raised as a singer and performer. My dad always encouraged me to perform and be outside of myself. I was part of the choir and a singing and dancing group that performed all over the country, and because my name was Randa Stratton, people always told me I would be a country star. Deep down, I always thought that I could never be that.

In the last year, I have been unraveling limiting beliefs and the world of either-or. As a member of the LDS faith, I believed I could never be both. I couldn't be a famous singer and devout. I can't be a mother and an author. The world of either-or is limiting; we are not linear creations. We need to live in the world of and.

You can be more than one thing at once. Knowing is only part of the battle. Knowing means you can be led to the practice of inclusivity in your life. We all have an individual purpose, but when we work together to create, we are letting divinity work through us to brighten the world.

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