hey, cardamom pod.

if you know + love me (or want to know me better), i invite you to carve out a little time to bounce around my website — a true labor of love + delight + passion-powered fury that’s recently been updated + upgraded

i’m not gonna lie… it’s a lot

i’m a lot

i laugh so loudly that i sometimes get dirty looks in bougie dining spaces, and zoom often asks me if i’d like to unmute because no one makes that much noise not on purpose —

and i have for so long that i got cast as the girl with “the most obnoxious laugh in the territory” in my high school production of “oklahoma!”

i clap just as heartily for a tough boundary held well as i do for a big money win in your biz

i’ve learned to become as fierce an advocate for myself as i’ve always been for those i love, and my momma instilled such a respect for honesty in me that to this day, i can’t lie even if i want to lol

who i am + what i do doesn’t fit in a neat little box, and if that’s what you’re looking for, i’m not your gal — but you prolly already had at least an inkling of that, didn’t you?

if you’re anything like me, you hunger for genuine connection with like, loving souls

you derive sustenance from meaningful encounters with folks who speak the language of your humor as well as your heart

inside jokes, similar slangspeak, shared song lyric + show quote vernacular, mutual appreciation for a gorgeous sunset or brightly-flavored dish — this is how you know you’re not alone in this stunningly beautiful, imperfect immaculate hellscape of a life

this is how you claim joy + live bright + love well + stay whole

this is how you see + this is how you are seen

i want to be known in my fullness, and that includes this work that i devote myself to so completely, that i’ve pursued so often at the expense of financial stability, easy outcomes + known quantities

if you don’t understand it, i want you to ask questions

and i want you to listen to my answers

whether you’re a past or current client, friend from back when, or you’ve found your way here by some other path — it’s important to me that you know me, and that you let me know you, too

many solopreneur healers + helpers + small biz visionaries have challenges around visibility — preferring to stay behind the scenes, unseen

none of that here. i want you to see me

all of me

and i want you to wholeheartedly take me or unapologetically leave me

in fact, i want for you a whole damn life of seeing all of what’s there — of wholehearted taking + unapologetically leaving

as i was writing this, i received a voice message from a colleague, client, coach + friend. at the end, she said this:

you are loved. you are seen. you are gifted. i adore you

may you nurture the kind of connections in your life that somehow manage to deliver things you seek without even having to try

and please, hit reply + tell me something that matters to you or about you — something that makes you too much for some + juuuuuuust freaking right for the right ones

and if you’ve got any Qs for me about who i am, what i do or what i stand for, you know i’d love to A em

xxoo, cc

ps: if the subject line dropped an 80s sitcom earworm on ya, lmk!

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