Okay, so real talk. The focus of many businesses is to create the “perfect product” under the age-old assumption that what makes something “marketable” is how successfully it operates within normative standards and conforms to existing models. I guess we can’t blame culture for culturing, huh? But we can liberate ourselves from its grip - and I’m here for you on this. Because frankly, normativity of all types is tired. I know it may be hard to tell sometimes, but we actually live in a revolutionary cultural moment because forging an authentic identity is more possible than it has ever been! Increasingly, people are testing out authentic narratives, and culture is listening. So let’s give ‘em hell.

I for one am not interested in how well you’ve learned the choreography of culture. I am interested in how deeply you wish to dance yourself to a different beat. I am interested in who you ARE, not who you were told you SHOULD be. And boy do I know these shoulds are one powerful bitch. As a queer, neurospicy social worker, I’ve talked to thousands of people about life, identity, and the human condition. And what have I learned? That so many of us feel hollow because we are living an inauthentic version of our own lives, and life just keeps ticking away. Even so, most of us are hung up on how to take that first brave step away from our conditioning and toward authenticity. Perhaps for you this step looks like engaging in reflective writing that subverts the status quo. Perhaps instead it looks like participation in liberatory projects that help others and bring you closer to yourself. But one way it always looks, is like being more awake to your own life. And in a culture that tries to separate each of us from our own humanity, I say hell yeah to that - and I’d like to support you in it.

What I’m trying to say is, I would like to help you rebrand your life. If you’re feeling like this is something you desperately need, know that we have all been there - conditioning has a powerful hold over each of us in different ways. But it is never too late to decide who you wanna be, even if that looks nothing like who you are now.

Have you been dying to come out but feel immobilized by the expectations of others? (I can help you step into your power and support you through the process).

Are you wanting to be more engaged in activism but have no clue where to start? (I can set you up with the tools and language).

Are you just trying to create a damn routine that leaves you feeling a little more whole at the end of the day? (I can help you design one and learn to see it through).

Do you have a public speaking opportunity coming up and need a hype person to help you structure a more powerful narrative? (I can help you make people cry, in a good way).

Do you have a creative project that hasn’t left your journal? (I can help you build it).

Do you have a message to send but you’re not sure how to say it? (I can help you craft something only you could say).

At the end of the day, I’m here to help you tell a truer story - whatever that story may be - and be it to yourself or to the world. I have a knack for that. So, let’s leave behind the shoulds and see what’s left over (something tells me it’s a culture-shifting, system-breaking, once-a-century kinda person with something really important to say).

And by the way, if you’ve ever felt like there is no place for you in our culture, you get the biggest room in my house. I love you already.