The Self Love Pinky Ring is back, and so am I

Can we replace the "to do list" with a "got it done list"?

A poem from Moon Garden: Poetry for Manifestation (October, 2025).

Writing this newsletter feels a bit like reaching out to a friend you’ve lost touch with, but still absolutely adore. At first it’s a little awkward. “Will they think I’m insane for popping up out of nowhere after so long?” But then that quickly dissipates and is replaced with, “Why in the world did I wait so long? I love this person.”

That’s how I feel about this newsletter. I love it. I love it most of all because of you, my mighty community of self-loving/poetry loving people around the world. Thank you for always welcoming me back, no matter how long it has been.

I’ve been hibernating in the most creative, delicious way. I’m happy to say that a year and a half after coming up with the concept, I’ve finished writing the manuscript for my new book, Moon Garden: Poetry for a New Perspective. This book is unlike anything I’ve ever written. I’ve never researched and read so much to bring a book to life. Learning about the twelve moons of the year and all about moon gardens (night gardens) and the mystical plants, insects and animals that inhabit them has felt like a master’s degree. Thankfully very soon, I’ll be able to share that knowledge with you so that through my poetry (and prose) you can tap into your intuition and start manifesting the life only you alone were born to live.

It’s funny how I can tell you that I finished writing a book, and yet, there are big parts of me that still feel like I am behind, like I am never doing enough, like I am a failure. I am part of the never enough generation, which means we grew up thinking we aren’t enough, and nothing we do is ever enough. And perhaps this isn’t about a specific generation at all. Maybe this is simply about being alive in this moment in a culture that prizes productivity and money above all else. In writing Moon Garden, and embracing its many soft themes like surrender and restoration, I’ve actively begun to reclaim and rewire myself. How can I be a failure when I am so alive? When I am in constant communion with my community? When my heart is so deeply connected to yours? I know I’m not alone in feeling like a failure. When we spend our days adding to a “to do list” that we both know will never actually get done, how will we ever feel as though we’ve arrived?

In Moon Garden, each chapter offers a theme that is inspired by the energy of that month’s moon, from January’s Wolf Moon and it’s call for communion to December’s Cold Moon and it’s call for rest. November’s moon, the Beaver Moon, is all about completion, which I’m learning is different than finishing. It’s not about being done. In truth, I’m not sure we will ever be done. The “to do list” will always remain open, and will always get added to. But we do get to decide when it is complete — when we have done enough, at least for now. We get to decide that we are enough, and that we are complete, too.

So my invitation to you this November is to start a different kind of list: a “got it done list.” Write down every single thing — big and small — that you accomplished this year. The doctor visit you scheduled and went to instead of deferring, the project you finished at work, the trip you planned, the friend you consoled, the meal prep you actually did that one Sunday night. This is the list you don’t have to conquer; this list won’t keep you up at night. This is the list that grounds you in your worth, in your success, in your enoughness. Friday November 15th is not only the Beaver Moon Full Moon, it’s also a supermoon, making it the ideal time to make this “got it done” list and with it release any feelings of unworthiness, shame or self-judgment you may have. The proof is in the list. You are a wild success.

I hope once you make this list, you’ll share some or all of it with me by messaging me so I can celebrate you.

For me, my big 2024 “got it done” highlight is finishing the manuscript for Moon Garden: Poetry for Manifestation. Now the fun begins as I work with my publisher to fine tune the cover, interior illustrations, colors, and so much more. From now until October 2025 when the book comes out, I am counting on you to be my think tank as I make a million and one decisions about how to finalize this book and more importantly how I share it with the world. Through this newsletter you’ll be able to sign up to be a beta reader and gain early access to chapters, book parties and more. Just stay tuned for now. This book is filled with so much uplifting poetry it feels like the timing is just right to start sharing it. With this year swiftly coming to a close, we all get to decide what we want 2025 to mean for us. I hope Moon Garden can play a role in helping you unlock and reclaim your authentic self and honor your highest calling. The world needs you — the true you — more than ever.

Now to my subject line. Yes. The Self Love Pinky Ring is back, although for only a few days. I’ve opened up orders now through Friday, November 15th. If you place an order, your ring will be custom made just for you and delivered the first week of December. This is the only “drop” for the rest of the year, and currently I don’t have any concrete plans to continue in January. I’m trusting my intuition and simply seeing how things play out for me, day by day, breath by breath. Click on the link below for all the details by way of a google form. I’m being as analog as I can be about this in a digital world.

If you’ve been wondering what to gift yourself this holiday season to celebrate how enough and complete and wildly successful you are, this ring comes highly recommended and the community that comes with it can’t be beat.