Here is where you can find my ideas in the world and creative projects I am birthing.

Featured No Contact Anthology Essay - “A Sister’s Salve”

NO CONTACT: WRITERS ON ESTRANGEMENT

Edited by Jenny Bartoy

Out on April 28, 2026 (Catapult)

“A landmark work around a theme so prominent—and yet so thoroughly ignored—in modern life.” — Ocean Vuong

In this poignant and galvanizing anthology that illuminates the realities and nuances of family estrangement, with pieces by Stephanie Foo, Nick Flynn, Deesha Philyaw, Cheryl Strayed, and others my essay discusses the complexity of navigating the internal tension between siblings, God, and self — when one is estranged from parents and the other is not. Oprah Magazine editors called “A Sister’s Salve” a moving essay.

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Other Publications & Interviews

Forthcoming from Birth Work Press

Why Ever Doula Should Write A Book

In this book I argue that every birth worker is an expert in something and this builds authority and attracts aligned clients. Further more birth work is seeing an unprecedented silencing by organizations attempting to legitimize or license an ancestral practice. This book is a call to action for birth workers to regard themselves as the key to positive birthing outcomes, establish their authority and preserve the culture through writing.

Forthcoming 2027

The Art of Self Regard - Because Self Love Doesn’t Come First

Women who identify as a mother wound survivors need more than self love to rebuild what was broken. In a culture that still screams that self-love is both the problem and the solution survivors know that self love is not enough because the ache of what happened still lingers and they worry that they will repeat the cycle. This daily guide book helps you release self-love as the answer mantra and invites inquiry into the beliefs you hold about love, boundaries and legacy. When you reckon with these deep seated beliefs and restore your relationship to Love itself you will find that the ache leaves.

Soon Come…