Hi! I'm Colleen.

It's really nice having you here.

Accepting myself has been, and continues to be, a journey for me. I spent most of my life focused on achieving external metrics of success, and sacrificing my health and happiness in the process. Having my daughter in 2018 completely changed my perspective on what it means to "live well." Since then, I've made changes in my career, priorities, and how I choose to spend my time. I say "no" a lot more, and I don't worry so much about what others think of me, because I am too busy learning to love myself.

This means embracing my imperfections, idiosyncrasies and my wild imagination.

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Radical self-love is allowing me to pursue passions that I previously ignored, spend my time on the projects that I choose, and take control of my life, my time, and my decisions without guilt (mostly). I am constantly in the process of becoming the best wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend that I can be, because my relationships are what fuel me.

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Through this process, I've learned that my vulnerability is strength, my various interests can (and should!) all be satisfied, and that my deep emotions are my superpower.

This site is where I bring it all together, to share my work with family and friends. These days I am a CEO and a self-published children's book author. More importantly though, I am fulfilled. I cook for my family daily, I am addicted to true crime and entrepreneurship podcasts (Crime Junkie and How I Built This are my current faves), I read voraciously, I sing in my church choir, I watch Top Chef, I serve on the Young Professional Board for Family Reach (an amazing organization - check them out), and cheer as loudly as possible for New England and Boston College sports teams.

Oh, and I write. All the time.

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I also spend as much time as possible with my handsome husband Matt, exceptional daughter Emilia, and our two crazy rescue pups, Nacho & Lola. We live in Boston and love our little city, as well as being equidistant to our families in Maine & Rhode Island.

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Thanks for your interest in my work and my quest to design my own life in a way that ignites me every day. It is a very personal process, and it's certainly scary putting myself out there like this. It's important to me that I model for my daughter a life of purpose, courage, generosity to self and others, willingness to change, and a pursuit of all the beautiful experiences life has to offer. I am very proud of the person I'm becoming, and the big risks I am finally taking by listening to my intuition.

I feel so blessed that you have taken the time to get to know me better.

Cheers to the adventures to come! I hope you follow along.

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