The Journal
Notes from a life built on creative courage and everyday kindness.
Essays: Long form narrative you read with a cuppa tea
What if math placement isn’t just about academics—but about how we define success, love, and worth for our children in an uncertain world?
An emotional Father’s Day essay exploring daughter-father relationships, childhood betrayal, and generational healing.
Podcasts: Deep, meaningful conversations with authors, artists and entrepreneurs
For a year and a half, the ReBloom Podcast kept me company on long walks and rowing workouts—stories of people who rebuilt their lives against the grain. I never imagined I’d be one of them. This week, my episode went live.
This isn't about finding the "right" way to age or the "correct" relationship with beauty. It's about creating space for the honest conversations we rarely have.
This wasn’t a talk about beauty, not really. It was a talk about how we see ourselves and how we see one another.
In conversation with Sherry Taveras for her podcast The Hundred Acre Pen about kindness as an act of rebellion.
Token Tales: Real stories of handmade tokens creating ripples in the wild
It starts with us. One genuine thank you. One moment of true seeing. One small gesture of appreciation at a time.
Next time you’re in a waiting room, perhaps think of it as an opportunity to create moments of connection?
Poetry: Small Words, Big Feelings
From grey slime that shifts to waves that comfort to fireflies flickering, this is my shape of solitude.
Everyday Life: Snapshots of Noticing, Reflecting and Giving Thanks
How I traded followers for friends by leaving social media. The honest costs, unexpected gains, and what life looks like on the other side.
Not everything meaningful scales. Not every ripple is visible. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t working.
45 minutes of zero decision-making and 100% playing, those leaves had become nine monoprint tokens.
No Phone, Just Art: A 5-Minute Challenge for a Creative Reset
Any colors work — bright or soft, warm or cool. Today is about celebration, not perfection.
Your grid can be as structured or as flowing as you like. The joy is in the repetition and variation.
No pressure to form shapes or patterns unless you want to. The focus is the process, not the product.
5 minutes. It’s simple. No dings to respond to. No nervous energy about missed notifications. Simply presence.
It’s an opportunity to welcome ease into your day—just five minutes of presence in a non-filled space. A space in which we “instinctively” reach out for our phones.


What we're really saying is: my boundaries matter. Yours will, someday. Not yet.