Letters from the Joyful Rebellion
Honest, embodied reflections on trust, somatic integrity, and staying human in a collapsing world
Every Tuesday and Saturday, I send a letter that weaves together the personal and the political—because they've never been separate.
I write about what it means to come home to yourself when the systems around you are collapsing. About trust as the foundation for everything else. About joy and creativity as rebellion, not escape.
These aren't polished think pieces. They're honest, embodied reflections from someone living this work—navigating expat life, building a business, staying queer and whole in a world that would rather I fragment.
If you're tired of toxic positivity and corporate speak, if you want writing that's as sharp as it is warm, if you're looking for permission to be real—this is for you.
This Writing is for You If…
Most leadership training stays in the head. My work moves into the body. Using somatic practices and regenerative principles, we don’t just talk about trust—we build the nervous system capacity to sustain it.
About the Writer
I’m Heather McDaniel—a queer expat living between Spain and Italy, former athlete, and someone who’s spent 20+ years guiding people through transformation.
I write these letters because I need them. Because the questions I’m asking—about trust, about staying whole, about building something regenerative while everything else burns—are the same questions so many of us are asking.
I don’t write from the other side. I’m in it with you.
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