Memoir Doula
A memoir isn't just a writing project — it's an excavation. Most people who sit down to write their story find themselves face to face with the parts they've never fully processed, the patterns they haven't yet named, the chapters that still carry charge.
This is where I come in — not as an editor or a writing teacher, but as a witness who knows how to read a life.
How It Works
We begin by getting to know each other and the landscape of your life — the recurring themes, the through-lines, the places you keep returning to without quite knowing why. From there we work with both your manuscript and what's alive in you right now, because here's what I've learned: once you commit to writing your story, your story starts writing itself into your present.
Things surface. Patterns appear. Memories arrive uninvited.
That's not a problem — that's the process. But it means you need more than feedback on your pages. You need someone who can help you hold the narrative arc of both your memoir and your unfolding, and understand how they're connected.
This is why I work in a minimum three-month container. The real power of this work comes from consistent presence over time — weekly sessions where we track what's emerging on the page and in your life, ask the questions that crack things open, and build the kind of trust that makes it safe to go to the places your story is actually asking you to go.
What I Bring
I'm not here to edit your sentences. I'm here to help you understand what your story is about, who you are inside it, and why it matters. I bring pattern recognition, transformative questions, and deep witnessing. You bring your pages, your memories, and your willingness to follow the thread wherever it leads.
Memoir Doula Retainer: $600/month
Four weekly sessions in an ongoing container where your manuscript and your life are held together.
Single Exploratory Session: $175
One session to find where you are in your story and what wants to move. I'm good at being a spark — helping you find a metaphor, name a theme, or see the architecture of your story in a new way. Sometimes that's exactly what's needed.