Welcome to Between Stories
We live surrounded by stories, the ones we inherit, the ones imposed upon us, and the ones we craft for ourselves.
Some stories root us in belonging and affirm our humanity. Others erase, confine, and manipulate us. Stories hold immense power, they can liberate as easily as they can oppress. Learning to recognize the difference is an act of both survival and imagination.
Between Stories is about pausing in the spaces where old narratives no longer fit and new ones are still being written. It’s about taking a breath and asking:
Where did this story come from? And how does it function in my life?
This space is for anyone curious about:
• Reclaiming personal and collective narratives
• Exploring the intersections of neurodivergence, queerness, embodiment, and healing
• Practicing therapy, art, and advocacy as tools for reimagining what’s possible
Here, I’ll share essays, creative tools, and reflections drawn from my work as a counselor, sexual health educator, and advocate for decolonial, justice-centered healing. My hope is to create a space where we can think, create, and dream together — where we can hold space for complexity, contradiction, and possibility.
Because stories do not come from nowhere, I want to name my own position in the ones I share here.
I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), a white woman, queer, and neurodivergent. I grew up in the U.S. Bible Belt in a largely non-religious household, shaped by the cultural contradictions of a region where evangelical Christianity holds immense social power even for those outside it. My path into counseling has been shaped by work in social services, sexual health education, and the arts, as well as by my own experiences navigating neurodivergence, identity, and belonging.
Like everyone, I write and practice from within systems of power and history. My perspective is shaped both by the privileges I hold and the structures that have constrained me and the communities I care about. I approach this work with humility and curiosity, understanding that healing, knowledge, and imagination are always collective processes.
Between Stories is not a place where I claim to have answers. It is a place where I think out loud, learn alongside others, and remain open to being changed by what I encounter.
I’m launching Between Stories during a time of profound political upheaval in the United States and across the world. The stories we tell — and the ones we are told — shape not only our personal lives, but our collective realities.
Because of that, this space is not neutral.
I stand in solidarity with Palestine and with oppressed peoples everywhere, and I make no apologies for this stance. Naming our positions is part of building spaces rooted in transparency, care, and integrity.
Between Stories is grounded in a commitment to justice, healing, and collective liberation. It exists to question the narratives that confine us and to explore those that can help set us free.
This is a space for curiosity, complexity, and reimagining what’s possible, but it is also a space with boundaries. Hate, dehumanization, and bigotry will not be tolerated here. Dialogue and difference are welcome, but never at the expense of anyone’s humanity.
If you find yourself in a moment of transition, between identities, beliefs, or futures, you are not alone.
We are all, in one way or another, between stories.
