A practical overwhelm scale to help identify burnout, stress, and capacity levels, plus tools to respond with clarity, boundaries, and self-awareness.

Like many neurodivergent folks, I've struggled with insomnia since early childhood. Falling asleep, staying asleep, and restful dreams have always been an illusion, a fictitious ambition I've been chasing my whole life. Not to mention that dreaded sleep rebellion!

We all experience discomfort at various points in our lives, whether it's a fleeting moment of unease or a persistent feeling of something b

Let’s face it — putting your creative work out there can feel like walking a tightrope. We’re all battling those pesky inner critics, and the last thing we need is feedback that feels like a push off the edge. But here's the deal: feedback doesn’t have to be scary . In fact, when done right, it can be the secret sauce that takes your work from good to jaw-dropping. This post is all about how to give feedback builds up rather than tears down, creating a space where creativity

Scroll back through my Instagram feed ( @racheldmark ) and you’d have a hard time reducing my work to a single niche. I jump around sporadically between mediums, hobbies, passion projects, and interests. I want to “DO ALL THE THINGS”, and I lovingly describe my skill set as: “Okayist carpenter, excellent painter, resentful seamstress, reasonable traditional sculptor, general CNC wizardry, dangerous electrical engineer, great fabricator, retired software developer, exhausted p

What does PERFECTIONISM look like in your world? Below are 10 Sneaky ways PERFECTIONISM creeps into our creative practice… #1 Needing the Environment to be “JUST RIGHT” For example, needing complete silence or a specific type of lighting. While it’s important to have a comfortable workspace, perfectionism may take this to an extreme and make us rigid in our requirements. #2 Overly Reliant on RITUALS Rituals are great for getting us into a creative mindset! This can include li