How To Practice Self-Love (Even When It’s Hard)

Last weekend, I spent an entire day in the throes of self-loathing. I wasn’t even aware that I was being so self-critical until I looked in the mirror and bam—massive breakout on my chin. A clear indicator of self-hate. Immediately, I started repeating one of...

How to Know When a Creative Project is Finished

Sometimes, I like to imagine L. M. Montgomery holding her completed draft of Anne of Green Gables and thinking, Ah. Finished. And then I wonder… was she really relieved? It isn’t only Maud who lives like this in some sun-dappled room in my mind. I wonder...

This Year in Content: 2020 Edition

The events of 2020 threw a wrench in pretty much everything, and yet, on the bright side, it was a really good year for content consumption and storyteller appreciation. The joys of being stuck at home! I liked 2020 better than 2019. Really. I was forced to let go...

On Fear, Belief and Changing Our Minds

As most of you know, my theme for 2020 is “activate and embody.” In the spirit of a new decade, I have been striving to fire up and be freed by the broken chains of my past and the hope of my future. I am fighting—gently—to remain always in the present...

Where I Am Right Now: October 2020

It has been five months since I’ve done one of these. Wild. But in a way, it feels like nothing much has changed. I guess that’s what happens on pandemic time. Back in May, I told you that I’m an Enneagram Type 2. This turned out to be false. After...

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