it turns out everything is connected

At least that's my working theory for how a health coach ends up painting “energy”, writing about midlife, trying to learn French, running an online community, and frequently becoming distracted by the possibility of building the perfect wardrobe.

I live on the foggy west side of San Francisco with my husband Aaron and our cats, Cleo and Lena. Aaron is wonderfully supportive while the cats are largely indifferent to my projects.

For more than twenty years, I've helped women get stronger and build healthier lives. Along the way I've become fascinated by bigger questions: why some people continue growing while others stop, why getting older is viewed as a period of decline, and what happens when we decide we're not finished becoming.

Those questions show up everywhere.

They show up in my paintings. They show up in my writing. They show up in The Wonderfulness Community. They even show up in the books I read and the conversations I can't seem to stop having.

I'm drawn to beautiful cities, strong coffee, expressive art, Mancini soundtracks, and the kind of international glamour that suggests I might be leaving for Rome and somehow it’s 1963. I'm fascinated by people who reinvent themselves and follow unusual interests—especially when they realize they don't have to become smaller or less-than just because they're getting older. 

This website is where all those threads come together.

Or at least it’s where they're currently tangled.