Hey!

When's the last time you felt like yourself?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to fully trust and lean into who I am. Like quirks, perfectionism, chaos, and all!

How does that change my experience of this one and only life I'm sure I get to live?

What happens when...

Storytime with Ruby

Howdy!

Does it feel like fall where you are?

I'm writing to you from Kate's living room. The sun glistens into the trees and streams through the divided-light windows; the air outside is warm but brisk in the way that only early autumn can offer us.

By now you likely know that...

Storytime With Kate

I love everything about the Self Study Program (except the admin stuff on the backend of course but I'm grateful that Ruby and I get to do that together, like everything else.)

Anyway, one of my favorite parts of the Self Study Program are the one-on-one coaching calls that...

Storytime with Ruby

Happy Autumn!

I hope this email finds you in a moment of pause; or perhaps it offers that pause for you.

I am currently in Georgia, and it doesn't quite feel like fall today. It's 88 degrees and sunny. 

But I can feel the shift anyway. The days getting shorter. The...

Storytime with Ruby

Has this ever happened to you?

You reach out to a friend to hang out.

One week later you meet up at a cute, local coffee shop mid-morning on a Friday.

You both get a chai latte and a little treat.

You sit outside because it's perfect 70 degree weather and overcast.

Your friend...

Storytime with Kate

Inventory day at any retail or restaurant job normally SUCKSSSSS. This isn't that :) We're doing life inventory

If you're anything like me, and I know you are because you're here...

you work hard. on yourself. a lot.

The other day I was in my dream car that I recently...

Storytime with Ruby

I just got back from a spontaneous and life-changing trip to London to see my college bestie (and Taylor Swift!!!). We have another friend from college who is the photographer for Paramore (they opened for Taylor on the European leg of the Eras Tour). When he reached out to my...

Storytime with Kate

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but we were kind of given a step by step direction manual: school, marriage, house, kids, work, *shhh* (divorce), retirement, die.

yikes, it honestly sounds bleak when I just type it out like that.

Well, and yeah. It has actually always...

Storytime with Ruby

I just moved across the country for the fourth time in my short 32 years. The difference this time is that there's no home to move in to. Jake and I have decided to spend the rest of this year with family and to take 2025 as an opportunity to travel. We have no plan. We have...

Storytime with Ruby

it was heartfelt circa 2016. our very first retreat. friday evening. post-dinner. the session when we go over the expectations for the weekend. 

"and finally, get comfortable being uncomfortable."

in the same split-second, kate and I glanced at each other. like our two...

Storytime with Kate

We're in the theme of Courage in the 2024 Self Study Program and if you've read anything about courage from us, you know that where there's courage, there's also always fear.

I've been single since I was 24. I had a longterm boyfriend from 18-24. We had known each other since...

Storytime with Ruby

june 22nd, 2024 is the 15th year anniversary of my dad's passing. his birthday, father's day, and his death date all smush up against one another in a burst of tender feelings mid-june, and the corner of my heart where grief abides swells.

the funny thing about grief is...