A Life of Curiosity. A Love of Possibility.

I've read more than a thousand romance novels. I believe in love deeply, stubbornly, hopefully.

But I also know what can happen when being loved matters more than staying true to yourself. During my 21-year marriage, I gradually gave away more and more of my own authority in the name of keeping the relationship. Years of control and verbal abuse left me questioning my perceptions, my judgment, and eventually whether I could trust myself at all.

It was my spiritual practice, and people willing to hold up a mirror, that helped me see what I couldn't yet see for myself. Deep down, I knew I needed to leave.

Rebuilding began with learning to love and trust myself again. Then came something I hadn't expected: spiritual communities and friendships that became a new kind of family — people doing their own inner work, supporting one another's growth, and exploring what it means to live and love more consciously.

Through all of it, I never stopped believing in romantic love.

I'm still hoping to meet my loving life partner. But now I want something different: not someone to complete me, but a partnership between two people who can stand fully in themselves and create something even greater together.

That's the kind of love I'm living toward. And those are the love stories I want to tell.

A Feelful Life is the first.