‘Create Her’ was born out of a walk downtown Denver many many years ago, when I was still a parole officer. Working as a parole officer was incredibly challenging for many reasons: I was on-call, I was a young woman (23 years old when I first started!) in a very male dominated hierarchical system, I had no self-care practices and seeing the struggle of my clients was incredibly disheartening.

From those early days of being an officer, I found myself walking. Sometimes in the city on breaks but more often the walking was along trails in the suburbs near my apartment. I eventually made my way to a yoga studio and though my monthly membership dues at the studio meant that I was living with only about $100 left over in my account each month (which I want to recognize is very much a privilege), I began to know more about how to care for myself.

Over the years, I have witnessed the transformation of many different women in my life and I have witnessed my own transformation. In each, there is a very different and very incredible creative process that a woman goes through that allows her to kill and then birth new parts of herself each time. The process is very different for each woman, but more specifically, it is very different from men. And the male experience is what still permeates so many wellness progressions, teachings and stories.

I want to shift this. I am shifting this. Won’t you shift with me?

Let’s transform, heal and nourish together.