Creative on the Go
“Hella, your Stories That Sparkle tour has been an amazing journey for all of those who have been with you in person and thru the posts and podcasts. You have created an amazing community as you traveled across the country. Thank you.”
—From a reader, listener and subscriber
The hallmark of what I do is that I travel to where women are, meet with them in their happy places, and listen to them share their stories. Open to collaborations, I am all ears. My recording studio is fully mobile—by design—and I can meet you where you are to reveal the story that sits underneath, reclaim the gifts it holds, and release it into the world.
This fully operational, one-woman audio-visual department can come to a city, town, mountain or valley near you.
The Discoball Tour
The cornerstone of my work is The Discoball Tour, during which I covered almost 5,000 miles in thirty days, crossed 15 state lines to record 18 women’s stories. I met them in the place they felt most comfortable (their home, their office, and once, in a park), surrounded by their loved ones (family members or pets), and listened to them share—before, during and after the mics were turned on.
All episodes of the podcast recordings from and docu-series of the tour are available on my Substack.
(You can also watch along and listen in on YouTube).
In the summer of 2024, my job ended. Barbara, my spiritual mom of almost twenty years, died. And I was at home and alone—a divorced, middle-aged, fully self-supporting bad ass with nowhere to go, and no idea what to do next.
For three months, I sat in my sunroom and swiped left on every job posting I could find on LinkedIn. Then I made a clean spot for my creative dreams and started to publish The Stories That Sparkle on Substack. In early 2025, I started recording other women’s stories (and some of my own) and in May 2025, I launched The Stories That Sparkle Podcast.
After a lifetime of silencing myself, I used my voice, for myself, out loud.
With each new I thing I did, I got scared. Each time, I felt ill-equipped. Each time, I had a list of reasons why I could do not do it. And when I did it anyway, I got the courage to revisit my dream to drive across the country and record women’s stories. But how would I ever be able to do that? How would I afford the van or the equipment? Who would film and edit along the way? And then I thought…
If not now, when? And if not me, who?
So, with the idea of a plan and a route, I threw the things I needed into my car, mounted a camera to the dashboard, and drove off on The Discoball Tour.
Ever since I got home, I have kept things moving. Now I split my time between Virginia and New York City—and everywhere in between, above, below and around.
Have a project? Need a hand? Reach out and let’s do it.