For the past 8 summers Debra Hadraba has been bringing her creative spark from St. Paul, Minnesota to Door County to train staff and manage operations at Julie’s Cafe located at the Fish Creek entrance to Peninsula State Park.

“Over the years, I began to ‘work’ more and create less,” she explains. “I let pieces of myself fade away until I didn’t recognize myself anymore. It felt safer than being me. While this may be true, it was painful and lonely. I felt like my spirit was dying. I know what it is like to suffer in silence so am willing to be vulnerable and share my experience, my strength and my hope.”

And she does so at HonorYourTruth.com, an emerging Website with links to her vociferous Brave Heart Women blog, a site with almost 3,000 post entries. Not only does she write from her heart, she is an equally dedicated videoblogger. Debra’s Honor Your Truth “Is It True?” Series just logged Episode Fifty-Two, “Peace is the Word,” another crazy, zany performance followed by a very thoughtful, pensive dialogue.

“I am a singer/songwriter/artist. I love to write. I am honoring my truth now and where it will lead me is uncertain and to know it is unnecessary,” Debra says. “As a little girl, I said all I wanted was to help people. I want to do that now in whatever way I am led to, no matter how scary.”