My Story

Alexandra Taber grew up planning to be the first female President of the United States. She studied Government at Georgetown University and went to law school at Boston College Law School toward that end. Over time, she discovered that politics wasn’t actually for her, and she stopped practicing law shortly before she had her first child. She still planned to have a “big career,” however. She began a PhD program in Sociology and planned to teach gender studies. 

When her daughter Gabby was seventeen months old, Ali discovered that her daughter was behind in every metric that Early Intervention tested for. At that point, Ali began accompanying her daughter to daily therapies (speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and many others) in an effort to help Gabby “catch up” with her peers. She also began going to slews of doctors to try to get to the bottom of what might be causing Gabby’s delays. 

Ali also leaned in to the study of meditation (which she had begun as a teenager), Eastern religion, spirituality, feminist and womanist theology, as she struggled to make sense of the turns her life had taken and how she might rebuild her life in a way that made sense given her daughter’s challenges.

As she raised her two children, Ali wrote about parenting (on a website she founded called ConsciousMoms, where she wrote and edited the work of ten writers), life, and fashion (on a website called In Jackie’s Shoes, where she also wrote about books, lifestyle topics, and took fashion photographs). 

In 2019, Ali took a class in Mindful Self Compassion that changed her life. In 2020, on the day that lockdown began in California as a result of the coronavirus, Ali began leading daily meditations online. She went on to teach children, adults, teachers, and the employees of non-profit organizations the meditation and mindfulness techniques she had learned throughout her lifetime of study of meditation. 

Ali lives in Northern California with her two children and two dogs, and some plants she has recently learned to keep alive. 

What will you do with your one wild and precious life?

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  • Alexandra has a way of drawing me in through her meditations. The way she combines poetry with guided practice helps me drop into a deep place of rest and groundedness. I highly recommend her courses.

    Kelly Inselmann, LCSW, Yoga Therapist, JoyBoots for Cancer Survivors

  • Mixing the grounded self-compassion of meditation with the languid phrasing of poet, Alexandra Taber, served a diverse and inclusive gathering of writers online as we looked to renew and rejuvenate, during an online New Year's retreat. In both live and recorded sessions, she took the writers deeper into themselves and answered questions about creating a practice, seeking joy in the everyday and more. With humor and grace, Alexandra herself is magic.

    Bethany Hegedus, Author, Creative Director and Founder of The Writing Barn.

  • Being a stay-at-home mother of two, the everyday can feel monotonous at times. This year was particularly challenging for many reasons. Alexandra helped me to find light and joy in the small things when I needed it the most. Whether it was a new book, inspiring podcast, or offering ideas on how she finds joy in her daily life, she constantly challenged me to look at things a different way.

    Sandra C.