Shay Bocks

Have you ever noticed that the “passions” of the Enneagram look a lot like the Seven Deadly Sins? We could go way deep into how Pope Gregory the Great stole that teaching from a lineage that came through Mary Magdalene and told everyone she was a prostitute, but I digress.  What’s often called the “Seven…

An old wise sage sits around a crackling fire and presents a riddle, “Loved ones are gathering after a tragic death. One friend is sitting silently with the grieving mother who lost her child too soon, tears rolling down their own cheeks. Another, equally close friend, is swirling around the kitchen, freezing lasagnas like it’s…

Have you ever spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking about a problem—and then the solution just pops into your head one day while taking a shower? Or, maybe you can relate to my copywriter friend who mentioned how she’s taking more time away from her work lately—and now when she shows up to write,…

There’s a term for people who are overly-introspective: navel-gazing. It’s not a complimentary term, either—we use it in a derisive way, mocking anyone who displays too much self-awareness as a person who looks at themself rather than looking outward at the world. Most of us internalize this message starting at a young age; our parents…

It’s been six months since the Christmas party my friends throw every year—the one where I sat on their couch and casually mentioned that 2020 was going to be wild and interesting (said in the most sarcastic tone you can imagine). Wild and interesting. I first started to get a twinge that something turbulent was…

You keep hearing the word “Enneagram” and wonder if you should check it out. Then maybe all the Instagram memes might make some sense, right? But what the hell is the Enneagram? A new social app? A demonic symbol? A religion? Nope, nope, and nope. The Enneagram is geometry used to make sense of all…

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Clapping Dog Media Meg had all the right business problems. So many new projects. Clients that don’t want to leave—they just want to keep paying her (because she’s got skillz!). Raving fans sending more and more good work her way. And her soul constantly aching to do it all. But something had to give or…

Cait’s Plate Blog Cait is a registered dietician and her blog focuses on all things balance. In her Clarity Worksheet, Cait let me know that she’s inspired my farmhouse colors and that she wanted a clean, fresh, minimal, but inviting new look. She was immediately drawn to the first concept. With a few tweaks, we…

Hello Veggie Food Blog Working with Stephanie and Kiersten from helloglow.co and helloveggie.co has to be one of the highlights of my career. They are a dream to design for–the minimalist nature of their brand is to die for. To die for! While helloglow.co has been a well-established lifestyle blog for years, the HG team…

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Tight Knit Lifestyle Blog Tight-Knit is an established lifestyle blog, created by Debra Koessler, as a manifestation of the idea that people are bound together through common interests and strong relationships. This blog was in a pre-revenue phase, but Debra was ready to grow the blog into a platform to build a core community of people…