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There is beauty in the mess, and there is also just mess in the mess, too. It’s all ok.

Hello from here where quarantine life is settling in. There have been some hard days, some good days. I’ve been reminding myself that it all matters. There is beauty in the mess, and there is also just mess in the mess, too. It’s all ok. ...

Hello, tenderness.

For as long as I’ve been making art and telling my stories online (circa 2006!), it’s been important to me to tell them honestly. I have a strong value on being brave in times of celebration (not playing small, dimming my/your light) as well as...

Pay What You Can courses and an update from here.

Hi friends, What a full life and time over here. Like so many of you, John and I are falling into a totally new rhythm that supports work and homeschooling. It’s full, yet we are being super gentle on ourselves along the way. I am so grateful that...

Cultivating Boatloads of Hope

Hi friends, We’re settling into quarantine life over here. What strange days, no? Like so many of you, we are figuring out how to homeschool while navigating work/life loads while holding all the uncertainties while cultivating boatloads of hope....

We’re in this together

Dearest friends, I want to thank you for your continued support through these times when everything seems a bit wobbly and uncertain. We (my family and I) wouldn’t thrive without you. And we are grateful. As we collectively navigate our way...

I’m opening a retail shop!

Hi friends, BIG things are swirling over here and my heart can barely handle the serendipity of it all. I have signed a lease for a sweet little retail space here in my newish (we moved here a year ago!) little town of Sisters, Oregon !! It will be called SoulShine...

Possibility is brewing over here

Do you ever have that feeling like you’re at the cusp of something important and beautiful, like you’re stepping into the newness of your next chapter? It feels a little tingly, a little precious, a little new, but all so good, sort of like the...

New Art + Some Thoughts On Fear, Faith, + Courage

(Available in small and large sizes > Learn more) Hello friends. So much is happening behind the scenes over here. Sometimes I feel on top of it, and sometimes I have to work really hard to settle my nervous system before I tip over the edge into The Land of...

Alignment over Hustle + NEW art

(Available in small and large sizes!) I have learned so much these last many years about how to release the hustle energy and trade it in for something that feels softer, more beautiful. I’m not trading in impact. I’m just trading out intensity at the expense of my...