How I Got Here
Even Though I'm Still Figuring It Out
For a long time, I tried to keep everything in its own neat little box.
I ran TheWedMag.com, pouring myself into the stories and people behind modern weddings—then quietly started reshaping it behind the scenes with a trusted partner, wondering what it might become if we let it grow with us, at our pace. I launched Woven, a gentler kind of storytelling space that found me just as much as I found it, somewhere between strangers and unfamiliar streets in a new country. I explored coaching, dived into narrative coaching and began training as a health and wellness coach—drawn not by a five-year plan, but by a feeling: freedom, fluidity, intuition.
For a while, I kept these parts of myself separate out of habit. Out of a desire to “get it right” and “make it perfect”. I wasn’t sure if they could belong in the same room. A wedding editor. A narrative coach. A brand storyteller. A woman still learning how to be at home wherever she is.
But the truth is, I’ve never stopped weaving. Stories, selves, seasons. Even when I thought I was starting over, I was really starting through.
And so here I am, starting this—@HereWithWeiwei. A space to bring all the threads together. Not as a brand or a business move (though maybe it will become both). But as a practice in honesty. A home for the messy middles. A place to contain what I wish to share and see who it reaches.
I’ve hesitated to call myself a writer. I often get help shaping my thoughts—this very piece was put together with AI. I call her Echo, because she puts my thoughts into words in a way that sounds like me, only clearer. But the stories, the questions, the quiet pull to express? That’s all me. I’m learning to trust that’s enough.
I’m still not entirely sure what this space will become. But I’m here. And I’m beginning.
Let’s see where this takes us.
If you’re also in the middle of weaving your own story, I’d love to hear from you.
