.13 "it's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap."

surprise! i’m back in your inboxes earlier than anticipated, with an announcement:

i’ll be launching an new paid newsletter tier in 2026!

don’t worry — i’ll continue offering the free monthly essay every first monday. but for anyone who wants a little extra inspiration, the new tier will be an extra mid-ish-month essay that looks at the creative process. because you — yes, you! — are a creative, just by daring to be alive. to live is to dream, after all, and what are creatives if not dreamers?

what if all you needed was permission to create the thing that’s bursting inside of you, begging to be set free? 

i believe you already have all the answers you need inside of you — you just need to say yes to them. the bonus newsletters will be a tiny push towards embracing that “yes.” tiny pushes to make tiny steps that bring you closer to your dreams, with behind-the-scenes peeks into my own processes, tips and tricks i’ve picked up along the way, and gentle nudges to encourage and motivate you in your own creativity and becoming. 

the paid tier of this newsletter will launch in march, but until then, i’ll be sharing some freebie previews of what that’ll look like. if you like what you see, consider signing up for $5 a month to keep reading after the paywall goes up.

(and yes, i am a former theater kid. yes, i did watch and love the unhinged masterpiece that is glee. please do not hold either of those facts against me.)

why do we stand in the way of our own power? we are so scared to become our true selves, to let ourselves be seen.

but what if all you needed was permission to create the thing that’s bursting inside of you, begging to be set free? 

maybe all we need is a push. for someone to understand the battle raging inside of us without us having to explain it, and for that person to say: 

go for it. do the thing. share it with the world.

we’re longing to have our moment on the stage. we just want who we are — who we really are — to be acknowledged. to be accepted.

so this is me, telling you that i see you. telling you that the world needs you to show up as who you are. to embrace cringe. to be vulnerable. 

the world needs your ideas, your passion, your love.

so much of the anger we hold, of the fear that stops us, of the pain we endure, comes from what we’re holding in. from pretending to be someone we’re not, just to fit in (or even to survive). but what would it look like if we all just… let go?

if we all took one collective inhale, and exhaled everything we’ve been keeping hidden?

what a relief that would be, to finally fully stretch out our muscles. to see just how expansive we can become.

there is and only has been and only will ever be one you. why would you purposefully make yourself so small, to become a copy of a copy of a copy of someone else? why, when you contain so many multitudes, would you ever let yourself be anything other than infinite?

we are children of the stars. we don’t belong in boxes. we deserve the opportunity to shine.

to be seen. to be held.

in 2026, i’m encouraging you to let go of what’s holding you back. to allow the world the privilege of seeing you as you truly are. to experience all you have to share.

you, yes you.

you hold everything you need inside of you. you just need to allow yourself to access it, to set it free.

if you need some gentle nudges, guidance, or pep talks along the way, i’ll be here. next month, i’ll be sharing the first step i took in beginning to align my life with my strengths and my values, so that i could begin the process of unmasking and expanding into who i’ve always been, on the inside — and how you can do the same.

seeing you and holding you gently through the end of the year.

<3,

n.