About The Calm Writer

Welcome — I’m really glad you tapped in.
I’m Leslie, and writing is like breathing for me. Not because it’s effortless (nope, absolutely not), but because it steadies me. It slows the mental static, clears the emotional fog, and helps me find that quiet center I forget I have.

The Calm Writer is my soft corner of the internet — a place where reflection feels like relief, honesty feels like oxygen, and creative expression feels like a spiritual exhale.

I write for anyone who’s ever said, “I just need a minute to think,” but never quite found the minute.

Here you’ll find:

• Gentle essays on navigating change, transition, and reinvention

• Guided practices, meditations, and breathwork to ground your nervous system

• Creative prompts and personal reflections that help you soften your inner critic

• Notes on writing as emotional protection, soul nourishment, and self-repair

• Stories from my own life — the messy, funny, human parts — that remind us we’re all figuring it out

My background is a patchwork: meditation teacher, audiobook narrator, fitness instructor, tech tools Tinkerbell (yes, I have more app free trials than is reasonable), former flight attendant, thinking tea drinker (cream and honey please), and lifelong connoisseur of calm. All of that may show up here in one way or another.

At the heart of this space is a belief I return to again and again:
Clarity comes when we slow down enough to hear ourselves again.

If that resonates with you — if you crave a calmer mind, a steadier creative voice, and a softer way of being with yourself — I’d love for you to subscribe.

So pull up a chair, sip something warm, and breathe with me.
Let’s write our way toward a little more peace. ✍🏼