Category: Create

We are meant to create! Here, I share how and what I’m creating: from projects, books, crafts, home renovations and even relationships.

  • Currently Reading: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    Four hours had passed when my husband came back to check on me. “Are you alive?” he said. I lifted my eyes from The Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett only long enough to communicate, “I am.” “Almost done?” he pressed. “Give me 15 more minutes and we can go,” I said, buying myself enough time…

  • Advice For Independent Artists, Writers, Freelancers and Business Owners

    Last week, I had a heartfelt exchange with an independent artist finding their way towards sustainable fashion. It’s really hard to go against the way things are, she told me. I’m trying to stick to my ideals and offer value, and there’s simply no template for what I want to do right now in the…

  • The Inspiration Behind Embrace That Girl

    Ten years ago, I was a college graduate working my first real job during the country’s financial crisis. I was living back at home with my parents, nursing a fresh breakup and insecure. It was not the adulthood I had pictured during high school or college.

  • Humor and vulnerability: the keys to life

    David Sedaris is a national treasure. Over the past few years, I’ve grown fond of his writing. I like that he chronicles the day-to-day, the normal stuff. Sometimes I like to follow along his stories comparing them with my own life.

  • 3 Tips on how to write a book

    In a startlingly depressing statistic I read recently, only 3% of people actually finish writing their novel… which means 97% of people have the best intentions and end up quitting somewhere along the way. Here’s my advice on how to be the 3%.

  • We had our first viral video and it wasn’t what I expected

    Here’s an update on our Youtube Channel and vlogging. We had our first viral video and… it definitely wasn’t what I expected. The internet continues to be a strange, surprising place.

  • Writing Again… After Writer’s Block

    Unfortunately, or fortunately, i’m interested in a lot. I dabble. I like writing books (and I’m working on one), I like blogging, I like creating videos… and a ton of other stuff. So, I struggle with consistency because as you can imagine, there’s pretty much no effin’ way to do all the above consistently all…

  • My 2020 Creative Book and A letter to God

  • Inspiring Objects
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    Inspiring Objects

    For the last three years, I’ve been compelled to snap photos of objects for no reason other than they’re pleasing to me. These aren’t photos I share or post, but I keep them on my phone and something about them makes me happy. I didn’t get rid of them even when I deleted photos because…

  • 5 Things I’ve Learned from The Artist’s Way

    There are few things I can say have changed the course of my life… this book, meeting my husband… discovering leave-in conditioning. You know, big stuff.