Roots and Branches

put your creative ecosystem at the center of your life, where play connects with your unique power to build new worlds.

Roots + Branches

Posts

  • Working with the elements to support your writing practice: Air

    Simple practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature Air is everywhere, and forever on the move, always shifting and changing. I see the element of air as a permission slip to rest and play and let attention wander. The wind has no specific agenda, though it moves in a direction. It doesn’t

    Keep reading

  • Writing as breath work and movement

    Creating a sacred space for your words to exist within If you want to experience the power and pleasure of a consistent writing practice that fills you up and brings you joy, join me in Symbiosis: A 6-month program that will shape your creativity for the rest of your life. We orient ourselves towards expansion,

    Keep reading

  • 21 days to a renewed creative practice

    If you’re ready for a big leap up, this is for you At one point last year, I was feeling really stalled out as a creative person: My projects were all going fine, and I had new ideas, but none of them were really getting me excited. I was going through the motions, like I

    Keep reading

  • Working with the elements to support your writing practice: Fire

    Simple energizing, practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature and align you with your true creative self Fire is intimidating. Its suddenness, its unpredictability, its raw power. Growing up in wildfire country I’ve always had a healthy respect for this element, but today I also have come to see the wisdom in

    Keep reading

  • Working with the elements to support your writing: Earth

    Simple practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature Our current systems of working, whether on our creative projects or whatever else, separate is from the natural world, divorcing us from our own natural rhythms and from our knowledge that we (like everything else in nature) move in cycles and are interconnected with

    Keep reading

  • We are, amazingly, already almost to the end of 2025, and deep in the season where people give gifts to others and plan out things like the next year’s goals and professional development for themselves.  Here’s my guide to help you pick the perfect last-minute gift for a group, a friend, or for you (or

    Keep reading…

  • Hi friend, If you’ve been thinking about getting or gifting classes, coaching, or other experiences for yourself or favorite creative-minded friend this holiday season, here’s $20 to make that a bit more accessible. Just use the code ‘2025’ for $20 off anything on my Roots + Branches website. Yes, you can combine it with other

    Keep reading…

  • Last night, I had a sudden burst of inspiration that literally pulled me out of my chair. I was sitting around watching my cozy mystery shows (a regular favorite evening activity) when suddenly I was hit with a burst of inspiration. You know when you feel pulled to do something and you don’t know why,

    Keep reading…