Ayla and Potato3s: A Nightly Message From Your Best Friend

I’m taking steps toward sharing The Tales of Keegan and Mabel through hospital, preschool, and homeschool outreach, while figuring out the voices that will bring my characters to life. I reflect on how these stories are helping me heal, why offering comfort to children in hospitals matters personally, and what it means to let go and trust God after a season of burnout.

After flying back to Houston, I move through a busy day of unpacking, workouts, calls, and a breakthrough in how I describe The Tales of Keegan and Mabel. I share why I want to explore hospital story-time outreach, how a clearer sense of purpose helps me move forward, and why I need to give myself more credit for the things I’m already doing

As I pack for my flight back to Houston, I reflect on the difference between being capable of doing everything and letting someone say, “Let me.” I talk about feeling worn down by everyday life, the power of someone believing in me, and wanting my content to feel like me versus just another thing I pressure myself to produce.

I took a real Sunday rest, had Korean-Chinese food, salt bread, and ice cream, and let myself enjoy a day without turning it into a productivity contest. I also share a late-night conversation, a meaningful reminder about faith and belief, and the discovery that accepting my current situation can be the first step toward changing it.

I’m starting a new 40-day practice, refining my book’s reading experience, and exploring what it means to build a recognizable personal brand. In this episode, I share a Saturday lunch and farmers-market day with my brother, my decision to choose an easy-to-read font for my children’s books, thoughts on signature style and content pillars, a new fitness challenge, and a reflective practice for rel...

I’m realizing that overwhelm doesn’t always mean I am doing nothing, it can mean I am trying to carry too many unanswered questions at once. In this episode, I celebrate earning a 90 on my assessment, reflect on customer discovery, outreach, collaboration, scripting, content, and my upcoming trip home to Houston, and remind myself that the way out of overwhelm is often just doing one next small th...

I’m beginning October by orienting to opulence: setting my direction toward a life with greater freedom, health, travel, connection, abundance, and room to share more with others. In this episode, I reflect on the final day of my prosperity journey, building patience before reacting, completing another Ladder workout, appreciating daily walks and real human connection, creating four videos, saying...

Somehow, it just happened: I realized how much I need in-person connection, said yes to a possible podcast appearance, finished a challenging new strength workout, and kept creating even when I am still finding my voice online. In this episode, I reflect on going home to Houston, the comfort of being needed by family, my dream of becoming a triple-digit millionaire, paid speaker, and talk-show hos...

I’m calling this episode “Fun, Fun, Fun” because today held a little bit of everything: finishing my 28-day workout program, filming four TikToks, making progress on my YouTube script, meeting a fluffy Samoyed, finding an unexpectedly good cologne recommendation, and being grateful for a free nickel. I also finally sent a message I had been avoiding and received a quick response about a possible p...

I’m starting the week tired but still taking small steps: creating three TikToks, reading children’s books for my pitch research, updating my submission tracker, finishing laundry, and mapping the concept for this week’s video. In this episode, I reflect on rewriting my belief that wealth is impossible, trying a new strength-training app, testing a different filming setup, planning for October, an...

I’m giving myself permission to slow down, relax, and still dream big. In this episode, I reflect on a rainy Sunday with Mabel, a prosperity exercise that stretched my vision for the book franchise I want to build, the small habits I want to strengthen before the year ends, and my next steps with publishers, libraries, content, writing, and illustration.

I’m learning that little steps count especially when they lead to clearer decisions, new ideas, and a more sustainable way of building. In this episode, I share a customer-discovery conversation that helped me simplify my book formats, update my website, plan new content, explore another children’s-book idea, and reflect on becoming a future Simon & Schuster author who can trust a team while focus...

I’m reflecting on the three qualities I want to strengthen as I build a more abundant life: resilience, confidence, and joy. In this episode, I share what consistency has taught me after more than two years of sending these messages, post two versions of my video, think through customer discovery and business progress, and remind myself that I do not have to solve every future decision, including...

I’m treating this season like a series of experiments: testing two versions of my YouTube video, trying different captions and thumbnails, exploring AI tools for images and captions, and staying open to unexpected income opportunities. I also share a possible new opportunity, planning my return to New York, working with my illustrator, caring for Mabel, and reminding myself that every experiment t...

I’m learning to expand my vessel aka the capacity I believe I have to receive success, wealth, support, and new opportunities without feeling undeserving of them. In this episode, I reflect on a prosperity seminar, rewrite a limiting belief about worthiness, pitch a UGC brand, film multiple versions of my newest video, celebrate submitting two assignments, and remind myself to focus on what I can...

I’m feeling overwhelmed by the weight of building my books, marketing, customer discovery, income, school, and content creation as a one-person team. I’m also learning that support can mean more than people realize. In this episode, I reflect on a friend’s reminder that something small to them can be something meaningful to me, reassess my book timeline and sales goals, and remind myself that I am...

I had a hard day with disappointment, shifting book deadlines, financial pressure, and the feeling that too much of my time belonged to everyone except me and somehow I still found my way back to creating. In this episode, I share why I am learning to protect my time, give myself more compassion, and trust the original YouTube concept I created, directed, and prepared for Grace Reads Out Loud.

I’m turning my ideas into a more intentional plan: building potential UGC brand partnerships, creating content that can work like a commercial for my children’s books, and figuring out what it will take to cover my November expenses. I also reflect on my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, my upcoming illustrator conversation, returning to Houston, and the practical work of creating...

I’m learning that rest is not falling behind, it is producing the energy I need to create, connect, and keep building. In this episode, I share my mentor’s next four big founder assignments, a sweet day with a friend in New York, finishing my Naikan reflection practice, thinking through publishing contracts and my writing future, and why I want my success to create both freedom and more joy.

I’m giving myself permission to call this a rest week, even though my brain keeps trying to tell me I should be doing more. In this episode, I share my first YouTube upload, a TikTok Live that helped shape a week of content ideas, submitting my work to a gift guide, reconnecting with community through dog walks, releasing guilt, and celebrating the return of my favorite sweatpants.

I’m sharing a snippet of a long, full day: a humid dog walk, my first TikTok Live, refilming a company video, cupcakes, class, and new ideas for getting my children’s book in front of more people. I talk about building real community instead of being a “post-and-ghost” creator, experimenting with my voice on camera, reaching out to podcasts and publishers, and continuing to choose my own company a...

I had a scattered day full of missed timing, canceled appointments, and shifting plans but I still filmed my first company video, learned more about my final MBA assessment, and reminded myself that success does not have to happen in a straight line. I’m sharing what it means to trust my process as an abstract painter and founder, give myself grace on ADHD days, and keep reverse-engineering the li...

I’m rethinking runway as more than a countdown, it is the time and clarity I have to build a real path to revenue. In this episode, I share why a dog-walking opportunity falling through may have been for the best, a welcome Replit credit win, making intentional space to rest with Mabel, defining my ideal customer and value proposition, and figuring out how to create accessible offers that can supp...

I’m feeling supported in ways I did not expect, from a possible weekend dog-walking opportunity and new PR ideas to progress with my illustrator and a deeper reflection on my relationship with my mom. In this episode, I share what I learned about gift guides, finishing my book before investing in promotion, building a YouTube strategy, and how choosing support over scarcity is helping me move forw...

I’m reframing my so-called problems as reminders that I am supported, cared for, and allowed to receive help without making it mean something is wrong. In this episode, I share a quiet New York day with Mabel, my favorite sandwich, the “champagne problems” mindset, letting go of scarcity, and a relationship-reflection practice that helps me hold the full picture of love, conflict, gratitude, and g...