The Ending I Had to Make with My Hands
How I finally completed Rowan’s fairytale—not by writing its missing chapters, but by transforming its lessons into a hand-bound book I could hold.
A Note from the Crone: What Rowan Has Taught Me in the Quiet
Part of the continuing Rowan fairytale, this reflective pause lets the Crone consider what the story has revealed—and why Rowan’s remaining journey must return to the quiet.
Rowan at Eighteen—The Beautiful Hill and the Quiet Mist
Rowan leaves home for a beautiful theatre academy, finds her gifts at a noisy summer camp and returns to a familiar Hearth-house on unfamiliar ground.
Rowan at Seventeen—The Barn, the Veil and the Locked Cupboard
Rowan’s story continues through four episodes of creativity, recognition and struggle, as she learns to value her gifts while Spider and Vale shape new patterns around love, desire and control.
Rowan at Sixteen—The Bright School and the Road Away
In these next three episodes of my IQ Sphere fairytale, Rowan enters her sixteenth year, finding artistic recognition, complicated friendship and new freedom before choosing between the bright school that sees her and the family she cannot leave.
Episode Three—The Board Turns Back
In this continuation of Rowan’s story, the living board turns backward to reveal a stolen dog, lost belonging, her father’s exile, and Spider’s growing fear that standing out can endanger the whole family.
The Girl with Two Lights in One Heart
Written during a depressive episode, this Gene Key 41 fairytale emerged from my reflections on bipolar illness. Through Mara’s journey with two opposing lights, it explores healing, withdrawal, longing, and the possibility of making room for every part of ourselves.
The Silver Thread – A Fairytale Journey Through the IQ Sphere
A gentle, episodic fairytale exploring my teenage years through the Gene Keys, where Rowan follows a silver thread into hidden patterns of belonging, fear, family, magic and healing.
The Tea Girl, the Rain Queen, and the Crown That Would Not Sit Still
A mild tea-maker, a rain queen, and a crown with opinions walk into a fairytale about power, tenderness, and belonging. What begins with weak tea and village hierarchy becomes a story of softness, sovereignty, and the kind of crown no one can wear for anyone else.
Getting Playful with Our Inner Work
Getting playful with our Gene Keys, we both wrote children’s stories to illustrate one of keys in our charts. Meghan chose GK 36, Lizzie chose GK 48.