Signs You Might Be Ready for a Break from Alcohol
✔ You keep negotiating with yourself about drinking
✔ You feel worse after than you expect
✔ You’re curious who you’d be without it
✔ You’re not rock bottom… just not aligned
what this is really about
At first glance, these essays might seem like they're about very different things.
A dream house. Sobriety. Business. Values. Midlife. Identity.
But underneath all of them is the same question:
What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like it fits?
Sometimes it's a glass of wine you no longer want. Sometimes it's a Zillow search you can't stop thinking about. Sometimes it's a growing sense that the version of success you've been chasing isn't the version you actually want.
The details are different. The invitation is the same.
For years, I thought growth meant becoming someone new. These days, I'm more interested in becoming more myself.
Learning to trust my own voice, question old definitions of success, and pay attention to what keeps tugging at my sleeve.
Becoming willing to build a life that reflects who I am instead of who I thought I was supposed to be.
That's what these essays are really about.
Not becoming someone new.
Becoming more fully yourself.
Not reinvention.
Refinement.
Storybook Hill
Storybook Hill started as a house.
At least that's what I thought.
What began as a Zillow search became a lesson in intuition, identity, grief, trust, manifestation, and what happens when you stop talking yourself out of the things you want.
The essays in this series were written in real time while I was living the questions myself.
Storybook Hill started as a house.
At least that's what I thought.
What began as a Zillow search became a lesson in intuition, identity, grief, trust, manifestation, and what happens when you stop talking yourself out of the things you want.
This started as a house story. Somewhere along the way, it became a story about me.
a real-time experiment in becoming
Part 1 | The Day I Found My Storybook Hill
A broken farmhouse window.
A Zillow search.
A dream house.
A devastating loss.
What began as a house hunt became a story about intuition, grief, identity, trust, and becoming the person capable of receiving what she wanted.
read in order
Part 1:
The Day I Found My Storybook Hill
The Rejection
Part 2:
What Happened While We Waited
Part 3:
The Counteroffer
Part 4:
Everything Started Moving
Part 5:
The Birthday Call That Changed Everything
Part 6:
What Nobody Tells You About Manifestation
Part 7:
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