Hi, I’m Kathryn. I am a full-time writer-artist living and working in San Francisco since 2006. I began writing as a business in 2006 when getting paid to blog was a brand new thing, and over the years I covered almost every topic from tech news to personal finance, travel to nightlife. But it wasn’t too long before I started finding my real niche: Where Art Meets Mental Health.

I came to this work first through lived experience. I’ve spent my life as a full-time creative while also navigating a chronic mental health condition. At one point, when nothing else seemed to help, I found solace in crochet. It wasn’t a cure, but it was a lifeline - a rhythmic, grounding, tangible practice that gave me something to hold onto. That discovery led me down a path of research, education, and conversation. I wrote a few books. I created some big art initiatives. I interviewed hundreds of people about crochet as therapy. I went to a couple grad school programs (Psychology and Visual/Critical Studies).

And then I branched out into an exploration of the more complex, nuanced relationship between art and wellness. I don’t believe in the tortured genius myth, nor do I think art is always therapeutic. Instead, I sit in the messy, magical middle where creativity meets real life. I know exactly what it’s like to try to navigate a creative career in an expensive city as a single woman while dealing with health challenges and all of the other challenges of simply being human. I know that it’s tough and I know that it’s possible.

And that’s where my work lives:

in utilizing my skills, experience, research, understanding, education and storytelling ability to help other artist/ makers/ creatives/ helpers/ healers in their own process of navigating a complex life and career.