Lately I’ve been asking myself:
Am I a painter with a day job?
Or a nonprofit leader who paints on the side?
Am I an interfaith facilitator who practices insight meditation?
A Buddhist with a Christian foundation?
A Christian shaped and guided by the wisdom of Buddhism?
Am I someone who struggles in formal religious communities — and yet is profoundly devoted to a spiritual life?
Am I a curriculum designer?
A retreat leader?
A creative coach?
A person with paint on her hands and a rooms full of leaders on her calendar?
Do I have to decide?
Do I need a cleaner brand? A tighter bio? A simpler sentence?
This year, my answer is: yes, and.
I am not a brand or product.
I am a person with a big heart and a lot of questions.
I am someone willing to show up with an imperfect offering.
I’m not the world’s greatest painter.
I’m not the definitive expert at the front of a room.
But I follow what feels compassionate and life giving.
And I have decades of experience — in leadership, curriculum design, spiritual formation, meditation, facilitation, art-making — that quietly shape everything I do.
I can’t tell you whether my studio practice informs my nonprofit leadership, or whether the experiences of interfaith work shape the way I sit on a meditation cushion and write from the studio.
It’s all moving together.
And when I stop trying to separate it — when I stop trying to explain it — I feel spacious. Expansive. Hopeful. Energized.
So if you found me through my interfaith work… welcome to the creativity.
If you bought a piece of art… welcome to the interfaith musings.
If you came for meditation… welcome to the leadership conversations.
I’m done trying to fit myself into a single lane.
I’m interested in being whole.
And I’m excited about what that makes possible.