Vonked, Iowa City, IA (2026)

08/22/2024

Visionaries and brilliant minds deserve a stage. Experience design is the arena where movements are born and vision is transformed into reality.

The future is experiential.

08/22/2024

You deserve to earn what you’re worth by doing
what you love. The possibilities are endless. Workshops. Retreats. Global Conferences. Online Courses. Intriguing Events.

You are ready.

11/03/2021

Who took their egg shot today?!
4g of protein and ZERO dishes (which, DUH, is the real reason I do it). 3 eggs shots every morning….NOM.

Anyone up to try it?!

07/29/2021

That feeling when the weekend CANNOT POSSIBLY come soon enough….

Reminding myself to breeeeeeeeeathe.
(…And eat. And take bathroom breaks…
You know, basic human stuff…)

07/27/2021

INSIGHT QUESTION
If you asked those closest in your life now to describe you in 5 POSITIVE words- what would they be? Are they the same words you would use to describe yourself? (This exercise is good for your BRAIN, I promise)
Text your friends NOW and ask!! (You have 10 seconds to text, just DO IT.)

^^ Annnnd then you can blush all you want when you receive the text…

After texting a friend this morning, this is what I received back: Passionate, adventurous, intelligent, loving, creative

What are your five words? (Hint: you can always text me and I will respond!)

07/22/2021

Eight months LAAATER… (Return from 8-month social detox)

Whelp, I guess it is time to pounce back into social media. I have a MAJOR fear of it- so I better plunge on in and start rewiring my brain. My job is to LITERALLY TRAIN PEOPLE to WIRE THEIR BRAINS to reduce stress and optimize performance—time to stop being a hermitting hypocrite and JUST DO IT.

2021 PERSONAL fear list:
1. Social media…
〰️ SOLUTION: Start rewiring my brain to view posting as an EXHILARATING experience instead of THE MOST STRESSFUL TASK I could imagine. I love coming up with the content, but then— there is a BLOCK. Today I chose block removal via bribery: I have tea and blueberries next to me as I write and post this. Not much can beat tea and blueberries in my world.

2. Photos of ME. I LOVE being BEHIND the camera, but when it is pointed at ME- BUTTERFLY EXPLOSION…
〰️ SOLUTION: In Feb, I had a burst of courage and joined this branding membership where the crazy awesome takes my photo TWICE A MONTH. Apparently, if I want to change the world… it is easier if people SEE me? Annnd don’t worry; I will post all the awkward photos as well. Perfection is BORRRRING.

Fear is such an amazingly complex, primitive human emotion designed to protect us from danger (real or imagined)… but the brain is INCREDIBLE and has a surprising level of NEUROPLASTICITY, meaning it can change structures and reorganize our patterns of reacting. How mind-blowing is it that we have the ability to rewire our brain’s circuitry so that it resists fear and anxiety instead of creating it?!

❓What anxieties/fears are YOU looking to rewire? (Psssst, I shared first annnnd awareness and sharing is a first step to rewiring!)

12/04/2020

MY FIRST NEGATIVE COMMENT!

My mom always told me: "When people judge you, it is not about YOU, it is about THEM.

Which as a teenager, I was like, "yeah yeah, you're my mom, you have to say that." -Her profession as a psychologist meant absolute diddly-squat to me at that age.

But THEN. IT. HAPPENED. My first "confrontation" in high school.

It was a strange day at school. Every class period, I had someone come up to me and tell me about this girl talking behind my back, telling people how much she didn't like me.

First off, OUCH. I am in high school and have NO idea what "secure in myself" means. And TWO, I thought this was BEYOND peculiar as I couldn't recall a single one-on-one conversation with this girl. All-day, I wondered, How did you decide you didn't like me if you had never talked to me?

Fate chimed in. After school, I stayed late to work on the newspaper, and I had to P*E LIKE A RACEHORSE. I headed out to find a bathroom PRONTO and THERE SHE WAS! We were the only two people in the ENTIRE hallway.

As we passed each other (UNQUESTIONABLY avoiding ALL eye contact), I experienced an unusual explosion of confidence. Despite the wrench of terror in my stomach, I took a deep breath, turned around, and CHASED her down the hall (as all cool kids do), and stopped RIGHT in front of her.

"I heard that you don't like me… And while you have every right not like me (although I am a little confused on your logic to that particular conclusion), why tell everyone you don't like me?

Then as any cliché "daughter of a psychologist" would, I used the "I FEEL formula."

I anxiously stammered: "I feel hurt when you talk about me behind my back."

She stood there. She looked like a ghost; A very, VERY scared ghost. She looked so nervous I wanted to reach out and hug her. After a seemly ENDLESS awkward silence, she finally sighed and replied: "I'm really sorry."

That was it!

We walked to the bathroom together in deep conversation about WHY she was talking about me. And, dagnabbit, my mom WAS right... It turns out it was NOT. ABOUT. ME. (Spoiler: we became close friends.)

SEE COMMENTS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. ❤️

12/04/2020

I have been working on setting up my video recording studio ALL day!

I have fallen DEEP into the rabbit hole of “the art of lighting”— and let me tell you- it is an ART + SCIENCE.

My top “learning by living tip” thus far:
DO NOT paint the walls anything but MATTE. The light reflects E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E. ….Unless you just REEEEEALLY enjoy painting walls and feel like painting twice (if this describes you— I would like to be friends).

So far today I have conquered a 3-way lighting set-up (which I didn’t even know existed prior to my rabbit hole) and I am on to SPICING UP THE SCENE! Apparently (from my obsessive amount of research), the “set” should communicate your BRAND.

As a with a a tropical-glam style, this has posed quite an entertaining challenge… in a basement… with no natural lighting…at the start of winter.

One day, I will be filming from a beach (that is of course if we can get our sh*t together re: global warming).

What are you fav INDOOR vloggers (

12/02/2020

There will never be anyone else quite like you in the world.
No one will ever see the world like you do.
No one will ever be able to do exactly what you do.

We all have SOMETHING special within us- it might just be hiding.

Tips to discover your talents:
1. Think about the you were good at in childhood. What did you enjoy? Were you the “jungle gym queen?” or the “kitten tamer?”
2. Go and try new things! Get uncomfortable (MY FAV THING EVERRRRRR).
3. Think about the times you were EXCITED this past year. What were you doing? Cooking? Singing? Sightseeing? Watching Netflix?
4. What “wild” dreams have you had (even just a flash of a dream) Dolphin trainer? Dog food taster? Rental boyfriend?

You are great at SOMETHING, whether you know it or not. Now the key is to let it EMERGE for the world to see.

My talent: Identifying other’s talents.

Find the courage and boldness to design your life to be free from everything— expectations, boundaries, deadlines— anything that stops you from flying high.

No matter what it is for you, promise yourself that you will do something small every single day, starting right now, to do something about it.

11/26/2020

TOMORROW IS TURKEY DAY! DON'T BE STUPID- BE SAFE!
And YES people CAN tell when you’re NOT smiling under your mask. (1st photo: SMILE | 2nd photo NO SMILE)  
If you don't happen to be a conversational marvel and you're wondering what to talk about at Thanksgiving…
I HAVE GOT YOUR BACK!

The Harris Poll® conducted a survey of 2,225 U.S. adults asking what TRADITIONAL Thanksgiving dish they most look forward to:  
39% voted for TURKEY
23% voted for STUFFING
12% voted for PUMPKIN PIE
9% voted for MASHED POTATOES
6% voted for SWEET POTATOES
3% voted for CRANBERRY SAUCE

MY VOTE: Mashed Potatoes.
??? What's YOUR vote???

Not a statistics fiend? Well, how about being the family's Thanksgiving trivia buff?

FACT (to share as every eats their turkey)
* The turkeys most of us eat can no longer breed naturally.
* For the last century, breeders have selected for the largest turkeys with the most meat.
* After decades of selection, the male turkeys (which are the ones we eat), are so large that they cannot safely mount a female to breed naturally.
* A "ready to breed" male turkey can weigh up to 80lbs, so nearly all commercial turkeys must be artificially inseminated!

11/24/2020

I am STARTING A NEW THING…NEURO-TIP TUESDAY!!!

As a psychometrician specializing in neuropsychology- I am ALL. ABOUT. THE. BRAIN.  
One of my FAVORITE conversations to have? How WE can OPTIMIZE those BEAUtiful 3lb masses, we house in our skulls.

Today's TIP: HABIT STACK!
Are you trying to adopt a new behavior/develop a new habit? (Of course you are, we ALL are!…okay, well, at least I always am)

HOW IT WORKS
Your current habits are already wired into your BRAIN (& you've strengthened these connections over time). By LINKING your NEW habit to a CURRENT habit, it exponentially increases the probability you will SUCCESSFULLY adopt your NEW habit.  
The secret FORMULA:
After/Before [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT]. 
Example Formulas:
After I lay down in bed at night, I will say one thing I am grateful for that day.

MY PERSONAL goal this week:
After I pour my morning tea, I will do 5 minutes of light stretching while it cools.

11/12/2020

—I woke up (after pushing “snooze” 6 times), rolled over, grabbed my phone, and as if I was on auto-pilot, opened Apple News. After reading about Trump replacing Pentagon officials and glimpsing over “life-changing closet organization hacks (that I will probably never implement),” I curiously found myself a tad prickly as I wandered down the stairs.

In my oh-so-cheery state, I decided to SCREW my 26-day caffeine detox streak and make COFFEE… and then proceeded to spill freshly GROUND coffee beans all. over. the. effing. counter.

By the time I sat down to work, I was peeved at the sun for shining too bright.

So tomorrow it begins—a new shiny day. I am officially REINSTATING my morning routine (I am not a routine-creature by nature, so it takes some serious effort to keep me on track).

My Morning Rules to be a semi-friendly human:
1. NO NEWS IN BED
2. Meditate- JUST DO IT
3. Drink tea (THE WHOLE CUP, NOT JUST A SIP AND FORGET ABOUT IT)
4. Work out if it is Monday, Wednesday, or Friday (Tuesdays and Thursdays are my creativity days (“brain workouts”)
5. Step Outside (Exceptions: torrential rain & polar vortexes)
How do you typically start your day?

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