August 2026 Newsletter - A quieter summer

More emails, more social media posts, more ads, more contact.

That’s what I was told I needed to do to successfully market an online course.

This summer, I did almost the complete opposite.

It certainly wasn’t a quiet summer. I moved from Washington State to Hawai‘i and started a new life on the Big Island—with packing, dumping, goodbyes, unpacking, hellos, unexpected medical appointments, weddings, and simply learning how to live in the jungle.

And, of course, a hurricane that came uncomfortably close and knocked out power across the island for days.

But my work became quiet.

I didn’t publish the YouTube videos I had planned.

And social media? What was that again?

After a long stretch of being very productive—building, writing, filming, editing, launching, improving—doing less was surprisingly uncomfortable.

So I decided to accept the discomfort and see what rose out of it.

And as summer begins to wind down, two thoughts keep returning:

Focus on the main thing.

Do you.

We live in a time of astonishing access to information. There is always another answer, another video, another email, another person telling us what we should know or do.

But more information doesn’t necessarily bring more clarity.

Sometimes it brings more confusion, urgency, and overwhelm.

Maybe the challenge now isn’t simply what information we give or receive.

It’s how it’s given. How it’s paced. And whether we actually need it right now.

Come to think of it, that’s a lot like teaching piano.

A good teacher doesn’t teach everything they know.

A good teacher figures out what the student needs now—and gives them enough space to actually learn it.

That’s something I want to carry into the fall, both as a teacher and as a creator.

I’ll be making videos and sharing with you again. But I want to do it thoughtfully—at a pace that gives all of us a little more room to breathe, think, learn, and play.

So as summer begins to wind down, I’ll leave you with a question:

What are you carrying with you into the fall—and what might you be ready to leave behind?

Warmly,

Kristina