

Hi, friend.
My name is Paula. I’m a human with an unending curiosity about who I am, why I’m here, and how to do me with as much conscious, loving, and soulful awareness as possible.
Heart Driven Life is the place where I weave my heart and soul’s learnings into a tapestry of words. It’s my art, and it’s my gift to you.
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” – Emerson
Read the latest insights on the journey…
All the Feels of a Year Well Lived
Happy New Year! We are officially finished with 2020. It was a particularly intense year for everyone. And, even if the pandemic had never occurred, it was an otherwise intense year for me. Immense changes. Buckets of grief. Deep love. Several weeks ago I asked myself...
6 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Christmas
Many moons ago (approximately three years ago) I wrote this piece you’re about to read. It was in that winter several Christmas’ ago that I decided it was time I knew the truth about the holiday. I’d known for some time that it wasn’t at all what I thought it was but...
The New Adventure of a Private Life
In my 30 years of living, privacy has never been an overt concern for me. In fact, I’ve often driven myself in the opposite direction in my attempts at making connections and building relationships (hello, relational insecurity). But in the last six months after...