Reclaim Your Renaissance.
For people who are done letting outside voices drown out their own. Reclaim your discernment, your creativity, and your sense of what’s actually true for you at the intersection of technology, wellness, and intentional living
An ongoing conversation about reclaiming your internal authority. New issues explore technology, wellness, creativity, and relationships. Always through one lens: trusting your own knowing.
The free 7-day email course that helps you develop your own intentional relationship with AI without the anxiety or the hype.
The human dilemma
For the first time in history, most of us aren’t fighting for survival. We have more comfort, convenience, and connection than any generation before us.
And yet something feels off.
We’ve replaced survival with the constant pressure to perform. Replaced our own knowing with an endless stream of external voices telling us how to live, what to buy, and who to be.
Ancient wisdom knew what modern life keeps making us forget: the most sophisticated tool you have isn’t in your pocket. It’s you.
The cost of convenience
The tools that were supposed to make life easier have made something else harder: knowing what you actually think, feel, and want.
When everything is instant, there’s no space to hear yourself. When everyone is reachable, it’s harder to be present. When the algorithm knows your preferences better than you do, it’s easy to forget you had preferences of your own.
The answer isn’t a digital detox. It’s developing a relationship with technology that you’re actually in charge of.
That’s what we explore here.
Bridging the old and new
Renaissance means rebirth. It also describes someone who refuses to be put in a box.
This isn’t about choosing between ancient wisdom and modern life. It’s about integration: combining the grounding practices of the past with the tools of the present to create something neither could offer alone.
Mindfulness makes you more intentional with technology. Good systems free up space for deeper living. Ancient wisdom gives you the compass. Modern life gives you the territory.
The result isn’t balance. It’s a renaissance.
Why I created this space
I built the life I thought I wanted and couldn’t fully inhabit it. My life looked good on paper and I felt empty inside.
That dissatisfaction sent me on a seven-year journey across research, holistic health, embodiment, and ancient wisdom traditions. What I kept finding was the same thing: we’ve been trained to outsource our knowing. To experts, to systems, to the noise.
Renaissance Rachel is what I built when I decided to stop doing that.
Your renaissance lives at the intersection of these pillars
Digital wellness
Technology is not the enemy. Unconscious use is. Explore how to use AI and digital tools with intention, so they serve your life rather than run it.
Aligned creation
Your creativity is not separate from your spirituality. Blend ancient practices and modern tools to build a life and body of work that’s both soulful and strategic.
Inner renaissance
The most sophisticated technology you have is you. Deepen your self-awareness, your body literacy, and your emotional authority through holistic practices rooted in ancient wisdom.
What I’m Exploring
Come think with me. Every post is an exploration of what it means to trust your own knowing in a world designed to make you doubt it.
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Are LLMs the latest way for writers to disqualify themselves?
AI slop. That’s a term we’re hearing more and more. I don’t remember hearing the word “slop” all that often before. Now it’s sneaking in everywhere as more and more AI generated content makes its way to the internet. Slop is what pigs eat. A nice connotation isn’t it? I’ve…
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The Zones of Technology
I like to think of the use of technology in terms of zones: green, yellow, and red. Think like a traffic light: The zones can be applied to anything in your life. Any activity that you’re doing. Any action you’re taking. Any choice you’re making. How you spend your time….
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I Tried to Build an App With AI. Here’s What Actually Happened.
When I first heard the term “vibe coding,” I’ll be honest, I thought it sounded a little weird. I didn’t really know what it meant for a while. I hadn’t realized I’d been doing it at work when I used Copilot to write JavaScript code for my Airtable automations or…
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Free AI mini course
AI doesn’t have to be overwhelming or something that happens to you. This free 7-day email course helps you develop your own intentional relationship with AI so you’re the one deciding how it serves you.
Free wellness course
Come home to yourself in this free 9-day email course helps you discover your strengths and build simple practices that bring more energy, clarity, and connection into your life.
Renaissance Rising
Ready to reclaim your renaissance in community? Renaissance Rising is a space for people who know that trusting their own knowing is the most important work they can do right now.
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