17/01/2026
A lot can happen in 10 years.
In 2016, I was a chiropractor.
And on the side, I launched my first small business, Hava’s Hand Baked, a granola company I started mostly because I was curious. { }
At the time, I thought I was just making granola.
Selling direct to customers.
Learning how to package something.
Seeing if anyone would buy it.
Eventually selling bulk
But what was really happening ran much deeper.
That year was the first time I felt myself crack open to the possibility that there might be more than one way to live a fulfilling life.
More than one way to serve.
More than one way to feel alive in my work.
What lit me up wasn’t the product itself, it was the creating.
The process and possibility.
Relationships that began to form.
Seeing connection form in real time.
I didn’t have language for it then, but looking back, I wasn’t building a business.
I was practicing cultivating an experience & hosting.
Inviting people in.
Creating moments of exchange.
Holding space, even in the smallest ways.
That curiosity stayed with me.
It led me to new business ventures like and eventually
It led me to retreats.
To gathering people intentionally.
To speaking about human connection and belonging.
To designing spaces where people could slow down and feel held.
And eventually, after years of listening to that quiet knowing, it gave me the courage to retire chiropractic last year and fully step into the work that had been calling me all along.
Nothing about where I am now came out of nowhere.
It came from paying attention when something small cracked me open.
From honoring curiosity instead of dismissing it.
From letting one chapter quietly lead to the next.
Sometimes the thing that changes your life doesn’t look like the final destination.
It’s just the doorway.
2016 —> 2026
#2016
