I’m a person in longterm recovery from trauma and mental health, so part of my healing after working through so many layers is re-discovering who I am. I have been …
Get Comfortable Being in Pictures: I’ll Go First
I’ve noticed that every time I get ready to start a new season or turn a corner, I begin with new self-portraits. It always feels like a reintroduction to myself …
Of owls and crises and writing
*excerpt from work-in-progress memoir The alarm has sounded and I have turned it off. It always sounds like a good idea the night before to get up at 5 am. …
Shadow Work: 7 Journal Prompts to Help You Write Your Heart Out
Journaling is such a powerful tool. Many use it to process trauma or just a regular day. I find it helpful in processing not only my past but also how …
Don’t Hide Your Light
“When did you get more comfortable as a photographer?” That’s the question my brain people asked me this week. We were talking about photography and helping clients feel comfortable, and …
Reprogramming my “lottery dreams”
I woke up drenched in sweat. A nightmare. But not the kind of nightmare that comes from my past. No, in this one I was standing in front of a …
Ideas, ideas, ideas
‘Tis the season to look ahead. What’s connecting? What’s an old idea to let go of? To hold onto? Is it time to double down or move into something new? …
Shadow Work: 8 Journal Ideas to Write Your Story
The first time I sat on a counselor’s couch, I had no idea what to say. It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything but rather I had no idea where …
I’ll Write When the Kids Are Grown: The Story We Told Ourselves
When I first landed on the Internet scene in 1999, I quickly checked out the situation and, without (too much) fear or overthinking it, I launched my first writing endeavor …
Writing IN my next chapter
2015 Me Knew What Was Up Writing my way to the next chapterOriginally appeared in the beautiful (closed) Mabel Magazine, 2015 The last time I definitively knew who I was, …