What happens when creativity becomes more than a hobby — and turns into a lifeline, a healing tool, and a business? In this episode of Midlife Badassery, I’m joined by Katya McEwen, creator of Oracle Connections and Oracle Cards Magic, mindset coach, hypnotherapist, and soulful creative guide. I also fully confess that I am basically Katya’s biggest fan. Badge included. 😂 Katya shares her powerful story of being born in Russia, raised in Ukraine, and moving through the grief and identity crisis that came after the war in Ukraine began. When her usual mindset tools stopped working, she found her way back to creativity through painting, AI art, and oracle cards — eventually turning pain into purpose and “war into art.” We also talk about the money blocks spiritual creatives carry, why women need to stop martyring themselves, how oracle decks become transformational tools, the ethics of AI, community over competition, and why midlife women belong in rooms where money, magic, and impact are all allowed to exist together. This conversation is soulful, practical, funny, a little woo, and deeply human. In this episode, we talk about: Katya’s LIFE philosophy: love, impact with integrity, freedom of expression, and evolvement Why so many women think they “aren’t creative anymore” Using art and AI as a way to process grief The story behind Katya’s Ukrainian goddess of protection images The ethical conversation around AI and creativity Money, spirituality, and why Katya says, “I know my shit and I’m going to get paid for it” How oracle cards can become healing tools, business tools, and transformational tools Why your next deck, offer, or body of work may already be hiding in your Google Drive Community, collaboration, and the power of women lifting women The magic her younger self would see in her life now Chapters / Timestamps 00:00 — Meet Katya McEwen + why I’m her biggest fan 03:04 — Katya’s LIFE philosophy: love, impact, freedom, evolvement 08:05 — What to do when you don’t feel creative anymore 12:38 — Katya’s childhood in Russia and Ukraine 16:11 — The war in Ukraine, identity crisis, and finding AI art 22:38 — The ethical conversation around AI and creativity 28:11 — Detaching from outcomes, goals, and the Skool Games 34:17 — Money blocks, spiritual work, and getting paid for your gifts 41:07 — Oracle cards as healing tools, business tools, and transformational tools 49:36 — Community, collaboration, and women lifting women 59:06 — The signature magic question Katya McEwen joins Midlife Badassery to talk oracle cards, AI art, creativity, money, community, and her powerful journey of turning grief from the war in Ukraine into art, purpose, and transformational work. Free SKOOL community Midlife Badassery is open HERE FOLLOW/WATCH ON YOUTUBE addiebeall55 Free Visioning Meditation (goes with Ep 160 Unlock Your Future: Create Vision for Midlife Transformation) Get Social with Me! Don't do it alone- us badasses gotta stick together ;) FREE Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mefirstsisterhood Facebook Namaslayer (LIVE Sundays at 9 AM Pacific / Noon Eastern) Instagram @addiebeall_namaslayer