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— Rainer Maria Rilke

The only JOURNEY is the one within

About ME

When I was 8 years old, my mom took me to buy the newly released Apple Macintosh. I plopped down before the display model and wrote a short story. The salesman later showed it to prospective buyers to help sell their computers.

It’s no surprise that I became an expert in narrative writing. I've collaborated with numerous people on page-turner memoirs that traced the arc of their personal transformation from tragedy to triumph.

The story I'm writing now is Troublesome Women, a novel about two of my ancestors committed to a notorious asylum. This work-in-progress gives them a voice and explores the emotional truth of their experiences. 

Above all, I'm a storyteller

MEET HEATHER

“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” 
— Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

Spiritual alchemy is turning our lead into gold. We’re here to become the person we were meant to be. It's taken me more than a decade to turn my own lead into gold.

I have overcome limiting beliefs of being not good enough to create a successful career that features 10 books and stints writing for Google and Facebook. I have overcome years of alcohol use disorder to embrace a joyful sobriety.

And I have overcome the debilitating effects of mental health challenges that haunted me since adolescence. My life wouldn't be possible if I hadn't overcome so much self-sabotage, and I don't regret the journey.

As Michael Singer says, the highest spiritual path is unconditional happiness. When I look back on everything I’ve experienced, I can say with conviction that all is grace.

Spiritual alchemy is turning our lead into gold. We’re here to become the person we were meant to be. It's taken me more than a decade to turn my own lead into gold.

I have overcome limiting beliefs of being not good enough to create a successful career that features 10 books and stints writing for Google and Facebook. I have overcome years of alcohol use disorder to embrace a joyful sobriety.
And I have overcome the debilitating effects of mental health challenges that haunted me since adolescence. My life wouldn't be possible if I hadn't overcome so much self-sabotage, and I don't regret the journey.

As Michael Singer says, the highest spiritual path is unconditional happiness. When I look back on everything I’ve experienced, I can say with conviction that all is grace.

I'm proudest not of what I've achieved,
but what I've overcome

MY STORY

“The grand quest which calls to the hero in every one of us is to become fully alive—to stand up and claim our birthright, which is inner freedom, love, and radiant purpose.”
— Jacob Nordby

In 2016, I sensed a calling to question everything I’d ever been taught about spirituality, the divine, and the nature of reality. Though I’d spent my life in a particular religious tradition, I already disbelieved numerous dogmas and interpretations of scripture.

This departure, however, was much more profound. I set out on a quest that has led me away from fear, shame, and judgment into an expansive spirituality.  

The poet Audre Lorde also deconstructed her childhood faith and integrated numerous spiritual traditions. She declared that a person should change their religion if it doesn't support their will to live.

I believe in oneness and interconnectedness in a cosmos of infinite dimensions and possibilities. The essence of every human being is pure love and light. We’re here to awaken to our true nature.

Every hero's journey starts with a call
into the unknown

Spirituality

“I can say with sincerity that I love cats; furthermore I am going to give very good reasons why those who hate them are wrong.”
— Emily Brontë

When I was 15, I moved to France to spend a year as an exchange student, a foreshadowing of what would be an unconventional life. I've never married nor had children—with no regrets about either. My travels over the years have taken me to numerous countries on every continent save for Antarctica.

I have two kitties named after my favorite fictional romantic characters, Mr. Darcy and Lizzy Bennet. We live in Franklin, Tennessee, about 20 minutes south of Nashville, where my family has lived since 1993. 

I'm a social introvert (I prefer intimate gatherings) and a thinking introvert (I reside largely in my imagination). But I love public speaking! I have an insatiable appetite for learning—from books, online courses, and mentorship.

And I lack just enough humility to share the funniest things my friends have said about me: Heather is a “badass,” “psychic internet,” “Swiss Army Knife of skills,” and my personal favorite: “my coauthor creator genius unimaginably beautiful incredibly talented goddess of literary everything.”

My great loves are books, CATS
and quiet solitude

Daily life