Woven Together: Nature, Design, and the Intelligence of Belonging
There’s a quiet revolution blossoming at the intersection of design, science, and soul work: biomimicry. More than just a toolkit, it’s an invitation to remember—we are not outside nature, we are nature. By looking to coral reefs, spider silk, or even pine cones, we find more than clever solutions; we find blueprints for kinship, healing, and belonging. This story explores how moving from cleverness to reverence transforms not only how we innovate, but how we live—woven together with the Earth itself.
Bend, Don’t Break: Lessons in Resilience From the Natural World
Resilience isn’t a muscle you’re born with—it’s a wisdom nature teaches us, season by season, storm by storm. Like forests that sway in the wind or roots that deepen through drought, we too can learn to adapt, recover, and grow stronger after disruption.
This story explores what happens when we quit fighting for “getting over it” and instead lean into the quiet strength of recalibration, patience, and rooted flexibility. Because resilience isn’t about returning to what you were — it’s about evolving into who you’re meant to become.
Video: Mind-Body Syndrome and healing chronic pain
After over six years of relentless pain following a back injury, I learned something profound: pain isn’t just an alarm system—it’s a narrative. This story traces how structural injury, emotional turmoil, and unhealed stories collide in the brain, and how nature’s logic and mind-body awareness helped me reclaim rhythm, integrity, and possibility.
For anyone who’s been told “it’s all in your head” while feeling every bit of it—this explores how to validate pain and transform it from inside out.