A Compassion-First Exploration of Change & Growth
What if behavior change wasn't about willpower, discipline, or finally getting your shit together?
A practical, embodied guide for anyone who's tired of trying to force themselves into becoming someone they're "supposed" to be. This isn't another productivity hack or self-improvement manual. It's an invitation to build a felt, embodied relationship with your future self—not as a perfect, polished version of you who never struggles, but as someone who's gotten really, really good at beginning again.
Inside these pages, you'll discover:
How tomake your future self feel real, grounded in positive psychology research - creating a vivid, emotionally resonant vision of who you're becoming.
Why your nervous system needs to feel safe before change can stick
Identity-basedpractices: toshift from "what should I do?" to "who am I becoming?" work with identity instead of fighting your "bad habits"
The art of tiny tasks that build momentum, bridging the gap between vision and action
Cognitive flexibilitytools for meeting yourself with compassion when plans don't go perfectly, allowing you to track your patterns without judgment derailing your progress
Loving awareness practices to hold it all—the growth and the setbacks, the joy and the difficulty.
This is for anyone who's exhausted from productivity culture, who's tired of treating themselves like a problem to be solved, who wants to practice closing the gap between who you are now and who you're becoming.
Your future self isn't someone you need to arrive at. They're someone you're practicing being, right now, through every imperfect choice. Begin where you are. That's the place to start.
A Compassionate Guide Through Grief, Growth & Becoming
Learn the language of your emotions, understand your nervous system, and discover how to hold both sorrow and joy with loving awareness.
A metaphorical map for navigating life's liminal spaces—where everything feels big and beginning feels impossible.
This isn't a book about fixing yourself or bypassing your pain. It's an invitation to explore the depths of your heart with curiosity and discover that your wounds aren't obstacles to healing but doorways to compassion and self-understanding.
Inside these pages, you'll find:
Emotional literacy tools to understand the language of feelings and needs
Nervous system wisdom to recognize your body's responses and build resilience
The 5 Gates of Grief from Francis Weller—exploring the vast territory of loss
Shadow work practices to integrate what you've disowned and rejected
Loving awareness techniques for holding your whole experience with tenderness
Practices & rituals for detecting delight, building capacity, and beginning again
This guide honors that grief and joy are sisters, that we spiral rather than climb, and that there is no graduation from being human. Whether you're in the depths of change, cautiously emerging, or simply curious about the territory—you belong here. You are exactly where you need to be.
Go softly, slowly, steadily ahead.