“Learn to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
— Henri Frederic Amiel
Al corazón, no darle más de lo que está destinado;
To the heart, give no more than what’s destined
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AUTHOR • PHILOSOPHER • ACTIVIST • EXISTENTIALIST
Here are a few facts about me:
Bio:
Mid-thirties, half-Danish/half-American, Bisexual
How I express myself:
Books, essays, aphorisms, podcasts, poetry, photography
Topics I write about:
Memoir: stories about my life, love, grief, survival
Human Nature: psychology, philosophy of mind, narcissism
Existentialism: responsibility, free will, authenticity, neuroticism
Humanism: feminism, equality, diversity, universal human nature
Activism: world events, social issues, civic responsibility
Philosophy of Mind: When I was 16, I went to college to study Psychology, Philosophy, & Writing. I intended to get a PhD in psychology but decided to take a less institutional path forward. I’ve been writing Philosophy of Mind for nearly 20 years.
Author: although I completed my first book at 24 years old, I find it difficult to stop writing and edit my work. Every day, I write thousands of words & I rarely sit down to finalize them for publishing.
Part of it is that I never wanted a single piece of work or a single genre to represent me. I always wanted the freedom to authentically move where the creativity took me.
Another part of it was that I never stopped living long enough to devote time and energy to previous years of work.
For example: my book at 24 years old was written in 2013. I then spent two years editing it. During that time, I wrote nothing knew, only edited previous work. So I only have one year of work representing 3 years of my life.
I never wanted to do that again. From then on, each year of my life has its own book. And since life was consistently full, I didn’t have enough time to stop reflecting on the current moment and devote myself to editing the past moments.
We’re working to change that.
Existentialism: As well as writing memoir & psychology, the majority of my writing is Existentialist. Existentialism is a wide, all-encompassing philosophy but the shortest description is that it emphasizes the view that the human is at the center of their own story: has a personal responsibility to live meaningfully & choose their own destiny.
Wanderer/Nomad: I spent my childhood in the mountains of Montana. High school in Upstate New York. At 19 years old, moved to Russia & Estonia for almost a year, before moving to D.C. for a decade. I’ve traveled to 12 countries and 45 U.S. states.
Road Trip: In 2018 & 2019, I spent 8 months on a road trip across the United States. I traveled over 15,000 miles & visited 30 states with my Dalmatian, Kennedy.
I currently live in Savannah, Georgia––a city I fell in love with on my road trip.
Dog-Mom: Mom to 3 dogs. Two Dalmatians: Athena & Kennedy. And one German Short-Haired Pointer: Freyja.
My soul-pup, Athena, died tragically in 2024, but she’s still a very big part of me.
Humanist: I believe that at the core, all human beings have universal human potential. I appreciate that we look different and identify ourselves via different ethnicities, languages, & religions. But in my view, humans are human.
For this reason, I’m pro-diversity. Most of my friends & lovers have been people from other countries or ethnicities. And I believe that our sex & gender do not create that many differences in our personality (our culture has more influence on who we identify as than innately born differences).
Activist: Over the past decade, I’ve protested over 25 times. In 2021 & 2022, I organized three abortion rights marches when Roe v Wade fell & founded a local women’s group called Savannah Womens+ Rights & Activism.
Non-Profit: I founded & became President of the Savannah Federation of Democratic Women; a non-profit that supported women in politics. I was the Secretary for Georgia’s oldest LGBTQIA organization, First City Network. And I did other consulting work for other non-profits.
See My October 2nd, 2021 March
See My May 14, 2022 March
Podcast: In 2020, I hosted a podcast called Voices Outside The Bubble & now host a podcast called The Beat Philosopher.
Added passions: Photography. Dancing Salsa & Bachata. Piano. & Gardening.