Let’s get one thing straight. The world is designed to break you.

It will serve you platitudes of "positive vibes only" while it quietly sands down your edges, dismisses your pain, and demands you wear a mask just to survive. You know the feeling—that soul-crushing weight of performing a version of yourself that feels like a stranger.  That’s not a personal failing, honey. That’s the psychic friction of living in a world that wasn't built for your glorious, messy truth. 

I’ve been there. As a legally emancipated teenager who was once homeless, navigating the world with a neurodivergent brain and a body that often feels like corrupted code, I learned that the traditional rules for survival were bullshit.  I had to write my own. I had to forge my own operating system.

That operating system has a name: Radical Resilience.

It’s not some fluffy, self-help concept. It is a battle plan. It’s the brand philosophy that connects every single novel, song, and blog post I write. More than that, it’s the personal survival mechanism I developed to get through a life of significant adversity. It’s the answer I found when the systems designed to help me continued to fail me.

So, what is it? Radical Resilience is built on three, non-negotiable principles. It’s a worldview. It’s a rebellion. It’s for every one of us who has been told we are "too much."

1. The Wounded Healer: Your Scars Are Your Superpower

The central character in my universe is the Wounded Healer. This is the person who looks at their scars—the ones left by trauma, by society, by their own fears—and chooses to see them not as a source of shame, but as a source of strength. It’s the philosophy that reframes struggle, pain, and being "othered" not as liabilities, but as the very source of your authority, your empathy, and your power. 

In my books, disability is never simply an obstacle; it's the crucible where the hero is forged. In The Connectivity Hypothesis, an autistic student’s sensory overload is the trigger for her world-saving ability. In The Spaces Between Us, a debilitating chronic illness (my old friend, POTS) becomes the catalyst for building a new, more compassionate world. This isn’t an "overcoming" narrative; it’s a "because of" narrative.  Your history doesn’t make you damaged goods. It makes you a warrior.

2. Authentic Self-Expression: The Battle for Your Own Soul

Authentic self-expression isn’t a passive state. It’s the "daily, gritty practice of letting go of who you think you're supposed to be and daring to embrace who you actually are." It’s a "battle for your own soul" against the crushing weight of the mask. When I withdrew from a book signing because of a "fundamental misalignment of values" and reframed it as an act of "radical self-respect," that was my brand in action. 

This is the "no-bullshit" tone that signals you’re getting an undiluted message. It's why my characters, my song lyrics, and my blog posts are filled with the kind of raw honesty that can make people uncomfortable. Because authenticity isn’t about being polite; it’s about being whole. It’s the freedom that comes from dropping the mask and letting your soul breathe. 

3. The Found Family: Your Tribe is Your Lifeline

What’s the point of all this healing and truth-telling? To find your people. The ultimate goal of the Wounded Healer’s journey is the creation of a Found Family. This isn’t a social luxury; it's a "biological necessity"—an antidote to the profound loneliness of modern life. 

This is the emotional core of every single one of my novels. Whether it's the "Misfit Survivors" in Brace For It becoming a "weird, dysfunctional, slightly broken family," or my supporters, whom I call my "incredible community of readers and dreamers," the message is the same. When the world’s systems fail you, the ultimate expression of resilience is to build a better one, and you do that by forging your tribe. My song "Rollin' With My Party" says it all: a group of friends facing life's monsters as a collaborative unit, because we are "Nat 20 when together, nothing we can't beat." 

This is Radical Resilience. It is not a trend I am following; it is my core identity. It’s taking the broken pieces and forging them into a new kind of strength. It’s for every person who has ever felt like a glitch in the system. 

So if you’re tired of the bullshit, if you’re ready to see your wounds as a map back to yourself, and if you believe that our connections are the most powerful weapon we have—welcome. You’re in the right place.

The world doesn't need another curated persona. It needs you. It needs me. It needs us. It’s time to find ‘moore’ of our own magnificent selves.