The Nuance Diaries

Click below after you watch/listen! https://www.alexajuanitajordan.com/myshop/p/holidaysurvivalkit At the party, you’ll get the gift of… ➕ PRACTICAL TOOLS for navigating the holiday season with more intentionality and authenticity ➕ COMMUNITY ; intimate group discussions centering the challenges of the holiday season through an authentic lens Topics include but are not limited to… Dealing with f...

Click here to subscribe so you never miss an episode! With over a decade of experience in print and digital media, Kevin McSpadden is a seasoned journalist adept at crafting engaging and informative stories. Kevin’s background as a writer, copyeditor, and production manager has instilled in him the value of teamwork, attention to detail, and a commitment to fair reporting. Kevin has navigated dive...

Click here to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Melissa is an Accredited Financial Counselor® & Coach who walks alongside purpose-driven entrepreneurs in getting comfy with money, both in their business and personal lives. Her finance journey truly began once she realized that life after college couldn’t be forged on student loans and credit cards. She’s experienced various versions of self-...

Have you checked out New Yorker Goes West ? I’m writing all about my new chapter in California, as a lifelong New Yorker. This is not your average travel blog. This is a raw, unflinching, intimate look into what it’s like to leave the life you’ve always known behind and begin a new one, miles away. Will I share great recommendations for fish tacos? Of course. Will it all be sunshine and palm trees...

Have you checked out New Yorker Goes West ? I’m writing all about my new chapter in California, as a lifelong New Yorker. This is not your average travel blog. This is a raw, unflinching, intimate look into what it’s like to leave the life you’ve always known behind and begin a new one, miles away. Will I share great recommendations for fish tacos? Of course. Will I tell you about my favorite comf...

Have you checked out New Yorker Goes West ? I’m writing all about my new chapter in California, as a lifelong New Yorker. This is not your typical travel blog. Or your typical cross-country adventure. What does “typical” really even mean? This is a raw, unflinching, intimate look into what it’s like to leave the life you’ve always known behind and begin a new one, miles away. Will I share great re...

Welcome back to the What Authenticity Means to Me series , where I talk to people I admire about what authenticity means to them! (You can also listen anywhere you get your podcasts.) Wild Cozy Free is a community for like-minded souls committed to being their authentic, vulnerable, messy selves. I post a personal essay or conversation from this ongoing series every week, and publish additional wo...

I decided to become a life coach out of nowhere while sitting on my friend’s parents’ back porch in Chicago. My friend Sonia’s mom (shout out to Linda!) was telling me about her unexpected journey into fitness coaching. (She’s a lawyer as well!) She told me how much this new career had added to her life. And then out of nowhere, I heard myself say, “I’m thinking about looking into life coaching.”...

Welcome back to the What Authenticity Means to Me series , where I talk to people I admit about what authenticity means to them! (You can also listen anywhere you get your podcasts.) Wild Cozy Free is a community for like-minded souls committed to being their authentic, vulnerable, messy selves. I post a personal essay or conversation from this ongoing series every week, and publish additional wor...

Originally from Chicago, Torrie trained extensively in classical ballet at Ruth Page Center for the Arts. After graduating from high school, Torrie began a ten-year run touring as a Radio City Rockette in the Christmas Spectacular before performing annually at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Torrie has danced for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Central City Opera Company, and the Chicago Symphony Orches...

I’m SO excited to bring you this week’s What Authenticity Means To Me conversation with Brenton! This series is one of my favorite things ever. It is truly the gift that keeps on giving, and today’s conversation is a prime example of that. Brenton Guice (he/him) is a provisionally licensed professional counselor based in Kansas City, MO. After spending 11 years as a dental hygienist, Brenton follo...

My brain is amazing at picking out one seemingly inconsequential detail about a person and then using that detail to spin an entire imagined narrative about why their life is better than mine.  That girl in the matching athleisure set jogging in Central Park? She works out every single morning; she’s more disciplined than me. The construction worker laughing with his buddies? He has more joy in hi...

This is another, I wanted to wait until I was ready , kind of post. One of my friends referenced the opening line of my very first essay over here at substack during class last week. The sentiment resonated with her, and many of our peers.  I decided to become a life coach shortly after starting this blog. I hit publish on my very first post over here in May, and started class at the end of June....

TW: explicit discussion of eating disorders and body dysmorphia. It’s okay to skip this week if you need to ❤️ My ‘Oy with the Poodles Already!’ Gilmore Girls T-shirt no longer fits me comfortably. Neither does my ‘In Omnia Paratus’ one. They’re tight in the sleeves, and cling to my forearms.  I want to snap my fingers and shrink my torso so that I can fit into them like I used to.  But I can’t do...

I’ve loved the phrase “God of the bathroom floor” ever since I heard it. It’s used by Glennon Doyle and Elizabeth Gilbert (in Love Warrior and Eat Pray Love, respectively) I used to say, people say that God is everywhere, but I think that God is in the bathroom because of the moments of rock bottom I’ve had on bathroom floors. That’s like my altar. -Glennon Doyle The bathroom has always held space...

I’m back with another poem! I actually technically wrote this as a song, but it also works as a poem. You can listen to the voice over if you’re curious about what the melody sounds like. Here we go! The pain bubbles up inside me  In ordinary moments  When I’m wearing a dress  Headed home from a party  - Or the next morning When I’m on my own drinking coffee - Unspoken wounds   Heavy like tombs  C...