Straightway Coaching

08/31/2026

I finally get to share this!

In May, I had an idea: to start making Visual Storybooks about people’s lives. A book that captures more than just beautiful photos, more than just a page-turning story, and more than just a collection of unrelated headshots.

An actual showcase of who they are beyond the surface. What they like, their expressions, where they go for fun, the hobbies they love, the special way they fix their collar, get sand out of their shoe, turn the pages of a book, or smile at a flower.

I wanted them to feel comfortable. No time or performance pressure. Just to show up as themselves for a day with nothing else scheduled to do what they love while I stand in the background taking photos.

Sometimes quietly.
Sometimes in conversation.

A lot has happened in my life to get me to a place where this felt like important work. I’ll share some of those things with you over the next few days.

Today, I just wanted to say I finally have the first Storybook to show you. It's beautiful. It's meaningful. It’s layered, in that the story can take on new meaning each time the client returns to it.

I wonder, what if you had a Visual Storybook that captured more than what you looked like?

What would it show?

What would it mean?

08/26/2026

I've learned a lot through my own relationships.

Some have been, and still are, complicated. Some messy. Some require patience, prayer, reflection, courage, and time.

But everything I've been through has caused me to see relationships differently.

What a relationship looks like from the outside doesn't tell the whole story.

Sometimes something difficult is happening.

Sometimes something beautiful is happening.

Sometimes both are happening at the same time.

And sometimes we can't know what to do until we slow down enough to understand what's happening within us.

That's a big part of why I created Relationship Insights, my free community for reflective women.

It's a place to slow down, look beneath the obvious, and discover what our relationships may be showing us.

We become more aware of our feelings, our patterns, our part, our choices, and what may be ours to do.

Sometimes that's patience.

Sometimes a boundary.

Sometimes a difficult conversation.

Sometimes letting go.

Sometimes holding on.

And sometimes we simply need more time before we know.

You don't have to figure it all out at once.

You can slow down, look a little closer, and ask:

What can I make of what I'm finding?

If that sounds like the kind of conversation you'd like to be part of, I'd love to have you join us. 💛

Relationship Insights is a free community for reflective women.

Join Relationship Insights here:

https://www.skool.com/relationship-insights-1271/about

🌿 We can't rush the bloom. But we can decide what we make of the season we're in.

08/19/2026

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07/03/2026

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06/25/2026

My next newsletter "I was so close..." is coming tomorrow. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating.
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06/17/2026

My next newsletter "What would your storybook look like? " is coming tomorrow. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating.
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04/18/2026

04/14/2026

04/09/2026

Someone made me a ring from driftwood in 2005. It lasted for a few months — then broke. It was beautiful.

What do you think of when you see driftwood?

04/08/2026

What are you reflecting on today?