how i got here...

anything but linear is a years-long concept that i have finally distilled into this format and have given it a home. it started as an awareness that continued to present itself. my fascination with the tiny decisions one makes just grew, persistently and insatiably. it is the precise second that you cross paths with another human, and in that second, your life changes, forever.

i have arrived here too, after years of processing this notion that...it isn't actually like the proverbial “they” said it was supposed to be. that we all falsely, let's say loosely, embraced because - let's be honest - a soft, mildly easy path seems a tad more appealing than when we are going through IT.

or, if you are bold, brave, and courageous, you didn't believe any of that, and knew it was meant to be a wild, winding roar of a time - and fuck it - bring it, and lets GO: you are down for the grueling glory of it all.

i almost always had this way of daring the universe to deal me some shit. i could make it through anything - there was plenty of evidence to suggest this. and now when i look back at my career, i was told so many times: no one has a resume like “this,” and “no one will understand what you did, i do, but they won’t,” or my favorite: “you need to pick a lane," at a moment when i was struggling... this said to the person who never stayed in one.

i had someone in 2023 say: "you did all the things, but why would you ever want to do THIS?" during an job interview that made complete and total sense to me. it was the most honest amalgamation of my life at that point. it would have been an enormous shift for me too, again, not taking the linear path, but more following a world that interested me, intersected with what i was learning, etc.

and so it is quite easy to land on: anything but linear as the space to discuss both transitions, forced, welcomed, or any other slow form of torture that puts you in space where you pause and say: what the actual fuck am i doing?

AND, most importantly... what you did to maintain your mental well-being on the path of transitions, transformations, shifts, and pivots - whatever you want to call it. some are easier than others: some are complete upheavals that land us in marriages, divorces, new countries, states, cities, and towns with new people, new careers, schools, and programs. some are more manageable and shuffle you along on your journey. and, somehow, usually, you managed to keep yourself well. other times you sought help, guidance, inspiration, and anything to lean on in support as you went through it.

we are a highly resourced world and we have so many options to create unique protocols for our own healing, sanity, well-being, grounding, re-sets - you name it.

anything but linear is a place to hear different peoples stories about how they managed through transitions, learned something new, gained a fresh perspective, or expanded their thinking. if you find support in, through, or from the podcast, newsletter or blog, i am fulfilled. without you, this would not be possible for me.