Talismania Founder Musings: The Story We Are Telling -- October 2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about the story I’m trying to tell — one of profound clarity and quiet divine intervention. Of daily rituals and sacred introspection. Of revisiting that place in the mind where the veil feels thinnest, where we reconnect with Source.

I’ve been traveling almost constantly — and running, a lot. Both have a way of stripping life down to its essentials: rhythm, breath, intention.

Over the past six months, I’ve taken on many commitments: starting business school at Wharton, working with a wonderful digital agency, beginning a marathon training cycle, and finding a small apartment in upstate New York — all while renewing my commitments to my family, my home in Montana, and my business, Talismania.

There’s a Japanese concept called Ikigai — the balance point between what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what sustains you. It’s a framework for purpose. That’s the harmony I’m seeking: a life built around alignment, not exhaustion. The path still feels long, but lately I’ve found peace in choosing only the commitments that feel true.

As we round the dusky corner of fall and move toward winter, my energy shifts into that dark, nostalgic rhythm of buckling in and getting to work — my favorite time of year. Last month we launched the Wildfire Collection, a tribute to the rugged, untamed beauty of the American West. Each piece supports wildfire recovery efforts through The Nature Conservancy. In the coming months, we’ll be releasing several new designs (hint: earrings!) — and perhaps a few holiday surprises as well.

In September, we had an epic photoshoot in the mountains, capturing the last golden dew of fall before frost claimed the land. The images feel like a love letter to transformation — the moment between light and shadow when everything is possible.

As I move through this season — student, runner, founder, designer — I hope the new pieces and stories we share reflect that same sense of becoming: grounded in purpose, yet always reaching toward the ethereal.