About Orly - Orly's Light

Hi, I'm Orly

I’ve spent a decade helping women reconnect with their creativity — not because I’m a trained artist, but because I’ve been the woman hiding hers too. I help closeted creatives feel safe enough to make a mess again.

Emotional expression and supporting others on their creative journey are my greatest passions.

For many years I had the urge to create but I never saw myself as skilled artist or writer. I genuinely believed that creative art was reserved for truly talented people. The ones born with a gift and since that wasn’t me, I didn’t give myself permission to play with or begin a creative journey.

I was stuck in a web of perfectionism, people pleasing, and sticking to the conventional. I was terrified of what I might discover about myself when I sat with the blank page or canvas.

The only place that I allowed myself to be truly seen and heard was in my journal. A place that was “for my eyes only” and a tool I had used since childhood to hear myself think and take breaks from the noise of the world.

A tool I now teach my clients to use as a consistent homebase for emotional healing and creative expression.

I believe the journey of creative expression is an inward journey of remembering and healing. It supports us in reconnecting with our truest and most authentic selves. It is about consistently creating space for yourself to hear yourself think and feel.

It is not about the outcome but about the journey itself. The more I carved out time to play with art and expression the more I remembered my truth and followed my intuition.

I stopped trying to arrive at some perfect happy place and embraced the journey of creativity – a place of unknowns and limitless possibilities just like life.

The answers I searched for became clear and so simple to follow. My monkey mind took the backseat and my heart leaped into a world of magic.

I was afraid – for myself, for my loved ones and for the world. My nervous system was ready for the worst case scenario! Enter Branch from Trolls ; )

However, I did know that I was intuitive, sensitive, spiritual and wanted to support others in healing.

I had this underlying feeling that kept leading me inwards. It whispered that my dreams of peace and play were possible. It reminded me that I am the leader (YOU ARE TOO) of my life experience and I am worthy of LOVE.

How did I do this?

First, I gave myself permission to play with art and words. For years I felt that these “hobbies” were wasteful and instead focused on work (and proving my worth). This left me with a deep wound around trusting my intuition.

The result?

When I began to “play” with creativity A WHOLE LOT poured out of me. From coaching to sharing personal essays and poetry to art paintings and meditative journaling; I felt a sense of peace and gratification that soothed my soul and intuitively guided me.

I realized that not only did I have better boundaries and feel at ease in my body, I was connecting with a larger community of sensitive creatives that felt the same exact way!

People’s Responses:

"Wow, it's like you knew my life story."

"Everything you wrote deeply resonated with me."

"It's like you are inside my head."

"Thank you for writing."

"I needed this right now."

"Thank you for your writing, you have a gift, I’m glad I met you."

"I resonate with this so deeply it is like you are in my heart and head and have shared how I felt my whole life."

These days You’ll Find Me:

Since I was young, I was curious and captivated by people’s life stories. I spent hours reading Chicken Soup for The Soul while my friends were reading The Babysitter’s Club.

I was a safe space for many before I even understood what that meant. People shared deep and personal experiences and understandings about life with me which I in turn received as reflections for my own unique journey.

I believe we are so much bigger than what has happened in our life experience. I believe each person is shaped by their challenges and has something incredible to offer the world – their unique learnings, services, and creations.

Being sensitive I often struggled with emotional wellness. I experienced periods of depression, anxiety, insecurity and an overall helplessness that clouded my vision and led to deep suffering.

I thought my sensitivity made me weak or incapable. I thought my lack of action meant I would never move forward. These were untrue and through my journey I discovered that I am so much more than the sum of my parts. YOU CAN TOO!

Creativity is the bridge that brings the formless + feminine to a stable structure.

Creative expression is connecting to the formless within us, it is the unconditional love we are bursting to share and the grief we keep bottled up for years. It becomes the stable home for our emotions.

Hi, I'm Orly

I’ve spent a decade helping women reconnect with their creativity — not because I’m a trained artist, but because I’ve been the woman hiding hers too. I help closeted creatives feel safe enough to make a mess again.

Emotional expression and supporting others on their creative journey are my greatest passions.

For many years I had the urge to create but I never saw myself as skilled artist or writer. I genuinely believed that creative art was reserved for truly talented people. The ones born with a gift and since that wasn’t me, I didn’t give myself permission to play with or begin a creative journey.

I was stuck in a web of perfectionism, people pleasing, and sticking to the conventional. I was terrified of what I might discover about myself when I sat with the blank page or canvas.

The only place that I allowed myself to be truly seen and heard was in my journal. A place that was “for my eyes only” and a tool I had used since childhood to hear myself think and take breaks from the noise of the world.

A tool I now teach my clients to use as a consistent homebase for emotional healing and creative expression.

I believe the journey of creative expression is an inward journey of remembering and healing. It supports us in reconnecting with our truest and most authentic selves. It is about consistently creating space for yourself to hear yourself think and feel.

I was afraid – for myself, for my loved ones and for the world. My nervous system was ready for the worst case scenario! Enter Branch from Trolls ; )

How did I do this?

These days You’ll Find Me:

I believe we are so much bigger than what has happened in our life experience. I believe each person is shaped by their challenges and has something incredible to offer the world – their unique learnings, services, and creations.

Being sensitive I often struggled with emotional wellness. I experienced periods of depression, anxiety, insecurity and an overall helplessness that clouded my vision and led to deep suffering.

I thought my sensitivity made me weak or incapable. I thought my lack of action meant I would never move forward. These were untrue and through my journey I discovered that I am so much more than the sum of my parts. YOU CAN TOO!

Creativity is the bridge that brings the formless + feminine to a stable structure.

Creative expression is connecting to the formless within us, it is the unconditional love we are bursting to share and the grief we keep bottled up for years. It becomes the stable home for our emotions.

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