About yours truly—

I’m Anna— a millennial mama, writer, RN and Coach living in Santa Barbara, CA.

What is la bella vita?

💌La Bella Vita is where I put my growing body of work. It means ‘the beautiful life’, but it has a personal meaning for me as I named my firstborn daughter Vita, and she has been my most powerful muse and teacher.

I’m writing myself back to authenticity, over and over again.

✨I write because it requires noticing. Noticing breeds aliveness, and aliveness is what I’m ultimately after. I write to be understood, and I’m realizing, to understand— myself, my community, our world.

✨I write because if I didn’t, the endless thoughts and feelings and opinions would be swallowed and stifled until they ate me alive and trickled into all of my relationships.

So voilà, we’re here.

✨I write about the shameful indiscretions, the assaults that have been blurred by time and substances. I write about healing, desire and the pleasure and woes in life. I write about the ways I’m evolving (or not), and I share words and art that has inspired me and the tools and frameworks that have helped me transform my life, relationships, body and Self.

If you’re an imperfect motherer, healer, or extra-feeler, you’re in good company.

I’d love to connect and expand my community. If you message or comment, I will absolutely read.

Thank you for being here.

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