Hi, I'm Somer! (they/them) 

I am an unapologetically Queer, non-binary writer, creator, and witch. I am also an animist, an activist, an avid nature lover, and a certified yoga teacher. I am a white settler currently living on the ancestral lands the Ni Okaska (Osage Nation), Niuachi (Missouria), and Illiniwek (Illini Confederacy), and many other Indigenous peoples, sometimes called St. Louis, Missouri.

My writing explores the topics of queerness, neurodiversity, mental health, and life as a big-feeling human. As someone who was "late-blooming" to coming out as Queer and receiving an AuDHD diagnosis, I wholeheartedly believe it's never too late to come back home to self. In my newsletter, I share resources for others navigating later-in-life transitions.

Some of my lived experiences include living with C-PTSD, PMDD, and dysautonomia. I am in active recovery from an eating disorder that consumed close to two decades of my life. I identify as a parentified eldest child and as a highly sensitive person. Previously, I tried to hide that sensitivity but now see it as one of my greatest strengths.

Born and raised in Southern Illinois, I am tragically Midwestern and a homebody who loves to spend time with my pug and two orange cats. I am a Taurus Sun, Capricorn Moon, and Gemini Rising, with a very prominent Venus in Pisces. In human design, I am a life path 4/1 generator. In numerology, I am a life path 3: the communicator. I feel I was placed on this earth to create and connect.

I was born with an anti-authority attitude and natural distaste for capitalism that has been both one of my biggest challenges and biggest blessings. It has caused me to forge my own path and now I love working with others who are doing the same.