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Notes from Becoming
Notes from Becoming
Essays and personal reflections from my own becoming
— the quiet work of change, growth, and remembrance.
This isn’t a traditional blog.
It’s a small library of reflections — fragments, insights, stories, and moments from the path of becoming.
I write as both a coach and a fellow human — after years of this work I know there’s no finish line, only a steady deepening into a truer, quieter, more livable way of life.
Living well is an art, and so is becoming; here I share a little of what that looks like.
These notes are not performances; they’re honest field notes.
I share them to keep you company as you face change in your own life.
If you’d like company and more structured support as you explore the art of becoming in your own life, you can read more on the Coaching with Jo-Anne page.
Notes from Becoming is just beginning.
New essays will live here soon. In the meantime, you’re welcome to wander the Quiet Archive or begin in Conversations.
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On Becoming the Bow
A Notes from the Becoming essay on Kahil Gibran’s ‘On Children’ — what it’s taught me about control and becoming a steadier bow for those we love.
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On Children · Kahil Gibran
When I was sixteen, my mother pressed a slim copy of The Prophet into my hands and said quietly, “This is one you need to read.” I’ve returned to it’s passage on children at every turn since — as a woman, as a mother, and as someone who walks with others through their own seasons of becoming. Here I share the lines themselves, as she once shared them with me.
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Changing for Survival — The Beginning
How escape, loss, and the farm taught me that freedom isn’t running away but the quiet daily work of hope, awareness, and choosing a life that you can still call your own.
