Taking Shape is a journal about becoming — an exploration of work, building with intention, and the life built alongside both.
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On turning 40.
Today is my 40th birthday. It feels sort of surreal to be hitting this milestone.
I can still remember when my dad turned 40. I was around 12 years old, and my mom threw a big party for him with friends at our house. I remember thinking ho...
The Shape of Her: Ariane Anusbigian
The Shape of Her is a series of conversations with women who inspire me, building something for themselves, on their own terms.
I first came across last summer, right around the time I was just about to leave my corporate job and w...
Somewhere in there, things clicked
Greetings from Hilton Head, South Carolina. I wasn’t planning to write this week, but I kept coming back to the same thought.
I think we’ve crossed into a new phase of parenting.
For the past few summers, we’ve made a tradition of spendi...
The Shape of Her: Sonia Gaillis-Delepine
The Shape of Her is a series of conversations with women who inspire me, building something for themselves, on their own terms.
Sonia and I were first connected earlier this year through a mutual friend, and I admired what she was b...
Meet the woman who made me actually understand Claude
I first discovered via her viral Personal Annual Planner that somehow makes its way around the internet every January (IYKYK). I remember reading it and thinking, how does someone’s brain even work like this?
She started out as an editor...
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Founder of De Lara Studio │ Mom to Lucia & Felix \ud83e\udd0d On ambition, motherhood, style, identity, and the life in between.
Mom of 2. Your Hype Girl. Essays + interviews on motherhood, style, ambition, identity, and authenticity. On a mission to craft a career (and life) that’s mine.
AI teacher and hobby freak
Building Verdoie \ud83e\udd0e Clinical skincare powered by mushrooms from our regenerative farm in France. Still finding my way around here… \ud83d\udccdParis / NYC
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