Ayla and Potato3s: A Nightly Message From Your Best Friend

I’m choosing rest, preparation, and peace before I travel, and I’m proud of how much I completed without forcing myself to do everything. In this episode, I share my five-task approach, packing early, finishing my blog and audio, helping my dad with tech, talking with my illustrator, protecting my eyebrows with Press’n Seal, and why I’m standing firm on the kind of energy and people I choose to su...

I’m choosing to believe the worst is behind me, even while I’m still tired and figuring things out one day at a time. In this episode, I share publishing my website and my friend’s site, adding a book preview and theme song across my platforms, handling an unkind comment without losing my peace, and taking a real weekend break so I can return to my work with more happiness and trust

I received my first no today, and even though I’m tired, discouraged, and feeling the pressure of a short financial runway, I still sent the emails and kept building. I’m sharing an honest late-night conversation about survival mode, big dreams, protecting future ideas, celebrating other people’s progress while wanting movement in my own life, and choosing not to give up on myself

I’m allowing myself to have ridiculous dreams while also facing the very real decisions behind building a sustainable creative business. In this episode, I share a nonprofit partnership and podcast interview win, my thoughts on runway and expenses, why I see myself as a founder and creative director versus a bean counter and the big conversations I need to have about contracts, profit sharing, fut...

Today I had to make a difficult founder decision: stop fighting with AI illustrations and have an honest conversation with the artist my intuition told me to trust from the beginning. I’m sharing what this taught me about timelines, pricing my color storybook sustainably, hearing “not yet” from a podcast, sending more outreach, and choosing momentum even when the next steps are not fully clear.

I’m celebrating a quiet but productive Sunday: I finished my school assessment early, completed the layout for my book, followed up on a nonprofit partnership, and received a surprise yellow watermelon after keeping my promise to tackle a task I had been putting off. I’m also sharing the new “contracts” I’m making with the universe, my upcoming New York trip, and why I’m clearing space for a more...

I gave myself a real break today and discovered that rest does not mean I stop thinking, creating, or questioning what comes next. I’m sharing an honest update about my mentor challenging my pivot, why I still believe in my children’s storybook, the lessons I learned from coloring-book promotion, sending 34 podcast outreach emails, and choosing small moments of joy while I figure out my next move.

I’m realizing that progress does not always look like a perfectly productive day, it can look like choosing rest, accepting support, and still moving the important things forward. In this episode, I share a late-night life update: choosing Florida, building alongside friends, making my website more accessible, preparing my book, and celebrating the first signs of momentum after a long stretch of s...

On day three of my Successful Season, my plan changed quickly after my dad’s car accident, but I still ended the day proud of what I accomplished. I share how I completed my barre workout, cleaned my space, drafted my website, contacted seven podcasts, started and finished my third book, and learned that sometimes progress is not about how the day starts, it is about how it ends

On day two of my Successful Season, I’m moving the needle with a new barre workout, 22 illustrated book panels, improved formatting prompts, and 12 podcast pitches already sent toward my goal of 30. I also share a lesson on separating facts from fear, using curiosity to find information, and remembering that “I don’t know” does not mean “I can’t.”

It is the first day of my Successful Season, and I’m reflecting on how much I have learned through the different iterations of Healing With Grace, from guided journals and coloring books to children’s storybooks. I share how I am using AI to streamline podcast outreach, make room for illustrating and publishing my book, support a classmate with what I have learned, and build a sustainable path tow...

As August comes to an end, I’m taking stock of what I accomplished, what still needs to be finished, and the repetitive work required to get my creations in front of people. I share my plans to complete the children’s book, build its website, contact six podcasts a day, and the reminder that once the machine is built, I have to “run the motherfucker.”

Today I’m turning my future goals into tangible milestones from ice cream after my first book sale to a Valentino bag, Louboutin sneakers, a Lexus GX 550, and a dream trip to Korea. I also share a day of grocery runs, a homemade chicken dinner, financial reality, book illustrations, and why visible reminders of progress can help me believe in what I’m building

Today I’m reflecting on the difference between getting everything I wanted done and getting what I actually needed. I share updates on my children’s book illustrations, AudioMack and Carrd plans, money I was finally able to organize and pay forward, my decision to continue self-publishing, and why one day at a time may be exactly the pace I need.

Today I’m wondering where the day went after a Friday of meetings, a painful shoulder, a Korean dinner that tested my family’s patience, and an unexpected stop at H Mart. I also bought my friend’s domain, finished editing the children’s storybook, created a 111-person outreach list, and set new goals for writing, meditation, and building my company.

Today I’m taking things one day at a time while celebrating an unexpectedly profitable mail day, a trip to Costco, soft bacon, and progress on my children’s storybook project. I also talk about resting my injured shoulder, experimenting with content ideas, planning the third book, and why building a company is like building a house, one foundation-setting step at a time.

Today I’m practicing letting things be instead of gripping them too tightly, while still taking real steps toward what I want. I share my workout, schoolwork, a deep dive into a mysterious vintage peacock watch, my plans for moving out, and why wanting money and a better life does not make me wrong.

It’s just another manic Monday, but I still managed to work out, pray, meditate, attend an EFT session, reschedule appointments, develop consistent AI illustration prompts, and bake a very moist peach cake. I’m also thinking through my next strategy for the children’s storybook project, catching up on schoolwork, and learning to stop expecting myself to do everything every day.

I had a quiet Sunday filled with family errands, H Mart, Costco, a new planner, and a long conversation with my classmate. I’m also thinking through whether Reiki, Florida, New York, Nashville, or Houston fits my next chapter, while learning to release pressure, trust the timing, and let my creative work unfold

Today was calm, but incredibly exciting: I recorded my first two children’s storybooks, turned my friend’s song into a kid-friendly version, created a subliminal audio, and started imagining a music video for the project. I’m also reflecting on my upcoming six weeks in New York and staying open to whether my next home will be New York, Florida, or somewhere else.

My Friday update includes a surprise six-week trip to New York, a canceled hotel reservation that turned into a customer-service lesson, and even more questions about where I’ll live next. New York, Florida, or somewhere in between? I also share the newest idea for my children’s storybook podcast, the many moving pieces behind it, and why, even in the uncertainty, I can finally see a trajectory.

Today I’m proud of us for the things that may not look huge from the outside but still matter: I worked out, prayed, meditated, wrote my second children’s storybook, recorded more of The Wind in the Willows, and let myself rest. I’m also celebrating that my check finally arrived, thinking through my next business steps, and remembering that creativity is real work, even when logistics try to take...

I’m connecting the dots after a family trip to a country market, a box of incredibly sweet peaches, and a day that felt quieter than I expected. I talk about waiting on a check, choosing not to step into family conflict, getting back to writing, and how gratitude, prayer, and speaking more kindly to myself might be part of my real glow-up.

I took a break today and I’m trying to trust that it may be rest, rather than self-sabotage. I share an update on my RangeMe profile, reading a new book, laundry and school, a possible next step for my business, why I may be ready to pause coloring books for now, and how I’m finding my way back toward creativity.

Today felt a little weird, so I’m talking it out: gratitude-filled prayer, a workout with my playlist, recording more of The Wind in the Willows, encouraging my neighbor and a classmate, and trying to remember that progress does not always look conventional. I’m also dreaming up Sunday dinner: pineapple ribs, coleslaw, and honey-butter cornbread, and reminding myself that I am building something e...