Nobody Ever Hands You a Syllabus for This
The Lifelong Learner Library
The Lifelong Learner Library is a growing collection of self-paced courses for the shifts life doesn't prepare you for — built by an actual professor and librarian, not an algorithm.
Life keeps giving pop quizzes on things nobody taught in school: how to become someone's parent, how to fail at something in public and survive it, how to rebuild an identity you didn't choose to lose. Nobody hands you a syllabus for any of it. This library won't hand you neat answers either — it'll hand you real research, real talk, and the reading list I wish someone had given me first.
Why this library?
Built By a Librarian, Not an Algorithm
In the age of AI, where every account claims to be an expert, everything in this library starts with actual research — because I'm a trained information scientist and researcher first, and someone who has lived through her own share of life's shifts second (motherhood very much included). No formulas, no quick fixes, no pretending any of this is easy. Just real research, real experience, and a fair amount of candor and humor along the way.
How It Works
You choose your path: a single workshop or a subscription to access the full library, including new titles as they are released.
On the Shelf Now
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Coming to the Shelves
Motherhood is where this library started, not where it ends.
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The Creative Perks of Motherhood
A candid, research-backed workshop on how caregiving can transform a creative practice instead of ending it — covering why so many creative people fear motherhood, what matrescence actually is, five concrete creative "perks" that come with caregiving, and why the world needs more art shaped by the maternal gaze.
Paired with the full Creative Mother Syllabus: 15+ books, artists, essays, and podcasts, each with an honest, first-person take and links to find or buy every title.
Watch it once, or come back to it in pieces. The syllabus is yours to keep either way.
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Coming to the Shelves
New titles are being added on other shifts worth taking seriously too — reinvention, failure, and whatever else life rearranges without asking first.
Real Research & Reflection. Not Platitudes.
The Lifelong Learner Library isn't about quick wins, surface-level self-care, or canned advice. You won't find platitudes or "therapized" pep talks here — just perspective, real research, and reflection you can actually use.
These courses are self-paced, but they're not shallow. Each one is built for people navigating real change — grief, reinvention, caregiving, identity shifts — and rooted in storytelling, emotional intelligence, and actual research, not formulas or performance metrics.
I'm here to help you honor the complexity of your life and reimagine what's possible — whether you're mothering a child, a creative project, a partnership, or a new version of yourself. You don't have to figure it out from scratch.