The Porch
A place to come back to yourself.
Read, listen, reflect, and stay for a while.
Come sit for a while. This is where I share the thoughts, questions, stories, and little things that are helping me find my way back to myself. Maybe something here helps you find your way back to you, too.
Choose how you want to enter ↓Three ways in
What feels right today?
Audio Thoughts
Small, unpolished thoughts about life, parenting, relationships, adventure, identity, and whatever I’m figuring out in real time.
Listen to Audio Thoughts ReadStories + Reflections
Essays and stories about questioning how we’re supposed to live—and learning to come back to who we already are.
Read the Latest ReflectOpen The Porch app
Sit down with Morning Coffee or Afternoon Tea, return to yesterday, or take the Long View when a choice feels tangled.
Enter The Porch appA recurring series
Audio Thoughts
Not polished lessons. Just a voice, a thought, and a little room to see where it goes.
Thoughts
Parenting in That Rare Moment
A small thought about the moments when parenting briefly becomes clear.
Listen →Thoughts
Taking That Adventuring Step
On uncertainty, aliveness, and going before you feel completely ready.
Listen →Thoughts
All Kinds of Love
A reflection on the many shapes love takes when we let it be itself.
Listen with a paid subscription →Stories + reflections
Maybe we don’t need to become better versions of ourselves.
Maybe we need to come back to who we already are.
The Buzz
A reflection on the noise that follows us around—and what becomes possible when things grow quiet enough to hear ourselves again.
Read the full piece →That Sketchy Horse Place
That time I brought my children to a horse barn and we did not get murdered.
Find out if we made it (we did) →Want to stay a little longer?
There’s always another thought unfolding.
I share new stories, Audio Thoughts, reflections, and things I’m figuring out in real time through Let’s See What Happens.
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A quiet place to check in with yourself each day.
Use Morning Coffee or Afternoon Tea to notice what you want from the day. Return to yesterday. Save thoughts you want to keep. Come back whenever you need to hear yourself again.
How to add The Porch to your phone
iPhone
- Open The Porch in Safari.
- Tap the Share icon.
- Choose Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add.
Android
- Open The Porch in Chrome.
- Open the browser menu.
- Choose Add to Home screen or Install app.
- Confirm.