Welcome to the Self-Love Club
The Self-Love Club has no membership requirements, no minimum purchase, and absolutely no wellness aesthetic required. It's just a group of women trying to show up for themselves — imperfectly, inconsistently, and with a lot more grace than we usually think we deserve. I've been practicing this for a while now, and I'm still terrible at it some days. Here's what I've figured out anyway.
My Word for 2026
A college retreat leader once told me: don't anticipate, participate. I wrote it down and forgot about it for fifteen years. Then I got sick, and making things with my hands became the only place I could actually be. That's when I finally understood what she meant.
The Jewelry Gift Survival Guide
Buying jewelry for someone else is genuinely hard, and I say that as someone who makes it for a living. There are a few things I've learned — from customers, from markets, from watching people light up and watching people politely smile — that make all the difference. Here's what actually works.