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Practical-Magick

Love yourself clear down to your bones.

🍂 Functioning on the outside. Untethered underneath. Heartbreak. Soul ache. Grief that won't stay in its lane. All piling up until you j u s t. c a n 't. b r e a t he . Women carrying this kind of grief — the unlabeled, the unwitnessed, the relentless pile-up of it — require more than a mindset shift or a luxurious day spa. Because when your life tilts over without your permission, it's not just your plans that fall apart. It's your sense of who you are. So if you feel all goo'd up like a caterpillar in a cocoon, I'm your gal — I'm both the stick that holds you, and your guide through the goo — so you can emerge intact when you're ready to move rooted through the world again. With more than a decade guiding women through these hard in-between seasons —and navigating more than one of my own—my work is the bridge through the in-between your soul has been waiting for. I live on the Olympic Peninsula —just around the bend from my beloved Lake Crescent— with Blue and Micky (the dogs), Katniss and Rue (the cats), Justin (the semi-retired fisherman), and an opinionated herd of elk who insist my lone pear tree is theirs. Signature offer: For women longing for time, stillness, and a guided reset in nature, I offer Wildwoven VIP Getaways at my family’s cabin on Lake Crescent—three to five days of deep, transformative work held by the land I call home. Simply reply to ask for more details. I also offer traditional 1:1 coaching packages, pilgrimages and retreats and other group programs, and self-paced support for women who want to move at their own rhythm.🍂

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Featured Post

I almost hyperventilated when I signed the papers

I do my own taxes, Reader. Well. Me and TurboTax, anyway. I've been doing it this way since 2000 — the year I bought my first home. A little cabin on the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Buying a house by myself was not in my Original Life Plan. I always assumed I'd be married and buy a house with my spouse someday. You know, the "way it was done". But 26 years ago, my best friend had just gotten married, forcing me to find a new roommate, and then six months into THAT my new roommate...

13 days ago • 15 min read

Justin came downstairs yesterday morning with "Ordinary World," Duran Duran's comeback song from the '90s, stuck in his head. 🤷♀️ Only we didn't realize it was a 90's song until we looked it up. To me, one mention of Duran Duran and I'm plopped directly into the lifeguard stand at Lake of the Pines, an hour outside Sacramento, CA, Summer of 1985, coveting the head lifeguard's white convertible Karmann Ghia with an intensity that still makes sense to me. You know how that goes. One song and...

20 days ago • 4 min read
New Jersey turnpike

The New Jersey turnpike / fancy-schmancy rental car combo almost did me in. Nobody warned me about the tolls, Reader. And I rarely travel with cash. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson about this ... because I have STORIES. But I haven't. Apparently. I had to fish around in my wallet for my emergency stash in order to make it ten miles out of Newark. By then I had to pee. So when I saw the Walmart coming up, I pulled into the parking lot. And yet. Even the Walmart was overwhelming. It was...

27 days ago • 5 min read

At 7am Wednesday morning, I knocked on Jennifer's door in Glen Rock, New Jersey. I'd just Ubered over after a red-eye from Seattle to Newark — and that red-eye came after cleaning the cabin to get it ready for its next guests, a 2 hour drive to the ferry, a hike up to 3rd Street from the ferry dock, and a train to SeaTac. Let's just say it was a very long day, and although I'd dozed a bit on the plane, I was exhausted. Jennifer and I met via Zoom a year ago, through a professional program for...

about 1 month ago • 4 min read

I’ve heard a few people banter this around, and the ones I appreciated most were: An entire bottle of mescaline (right??) or a Colonoscopy prep It was definitely not a fruffy umbrella drink or a cute little cosmo kind of year. So … before the lists and resolutions ... and drinking ... kick into high gear, I want to name something important, . Some years ask for honesty, not a scorecard. If your year involved grief, burnout, caretaking, illness, heartbreak, a deep internal shift, or collective...

4 months ago • 2 min read

As the year winds down, Reader, there’s a familiar pressure in the air. Lists.Resolutions.Highlight reels.Assessments that quietly ask: “So… what did you accomplish?” For some people, that kind of looking back feels motivating. For others — especially if this year included grief, loss, burnout, illness, heartbreak, or a deep internal shift — it can feel discouraging, incomplete … even a little cruel. Over the years, I’ve found myself needing a different way to take stock of a year. One that...

4 months ago • 2 min read
Couple silhouetted against bright lens flare

Hope your holidays were filled with love and laughter, Reader. Ours was a little different … and not entirely to plan. The next generation proposed a new holiday meal plan for us this year. Instead of the usual turkey-and-fixings routine, they decided everyone should bring dishes inspired by favorite countries we’ve visited… and/or just favorite foods, or favorite holiday foods. Apparently they got tired of turkey. (I NEVER get tired of turkey … yum! But I'm always up for a little disruption...

4 months ago • 3 min read
Grumpy Black Cat in the Holidays

Here we are in December, Reader … with all the seasonal gatherings, traditions, expectations, stress, and pressure. The holiday season tends to stir up a lot: old patterns, family dynamics, financial pressure, loneliness, expectations we never agreed to in the first place… and the desire to make everything perfect for everyone else. This is the time of year when cognitive dissonance ramps up. 💫 Part of you wants connection, simplicity, presence. 💫 Another part wants to “go along to get...

5 months ago • 2 min read

A quick little note to say how glad I am that you’re in my orbit, Reader. I know inboxes get flooded with buy this, buy that messages this time of year, and I never take your attention for granted. Whatever you’re up to today, I hope it’s lovely. I’ve got a couple of quirky quiches in the oven for our holiday feast — I love that my family lets me experiment on them. 😂 (Remember the time Rachel got the dessert recipe stuck to the shepherd's pie recipe!!) Happy Thanksgiving! This year’s twist:...

5 months ago • 1 min read

Much of the stress we feel during the holidays comes from doing things we don’t actually want to do, Reader. Do you agree? Trying to create the “perfect” holiday for our kids. Keeping our extended family happy. Attending events when we’d rather build a pillow fort, burrow into a good book, and shut everyone out. And sometimes the pressure sneaks up on us in ways we don’t even see… until we’re halfway through state lines with a sick cat, a bag of medication, and a story we’ll laugh about...

5 months ago • 3 min read