Oksana Skidan

06/09/2026

Not chasing the next thing today. Just enjoying this one. What are you letting yourself enjoy today?

06/02/2026

I was listening to a speaker today, and it really upset me because of the techniques she was using. I’ve been planning to write about this for a while, but today I finally did.

Check out my new blog on my website—link in bio.

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06/02/2026

A few moments from this evening.

Acrylic on paper.

05/27/2026

A few thoughts from this exact moment.

I keep realizing how much of life passes through us before we pause long enough to notice it.

What thoughts are moving through you right now?

05/14/2026

My shopping trip had a message for me.

I went looking for summer, for color, for a different feeling.

And almost immediately, I reached for the same black linen pants.

That was the moment.

Because it was never about the pants. It was about pattern.

We say we want change. A new season. More joy. More life.
And then, so often, we choose from the same self.

This week’s Create Letter is about that quiet midlife truth:
wanting different and choosing different are not the same thing.

The issue is called The Black Pants.

Link in bio.

05/12/2026

A first look inside The Courage to Know.

The book is now available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback, and it is beginning its life with readers.

A book changes the moment it leaves the writer’s hands.

Now it begins to meet its readers.

Link in bio.

05/07/2026

This week’s letter is a very personal one.

My first book came out on Amazon on May 5, and I wrote about what it feels like to finally finish a dream, hold it in your hands, and begin living into a completely new identity. Read below:

First book published on Amazon. Debut memoir about music, resilience, self-discovery, and becoming a published author after finishing a lifelong dream

05/06/2026

It has been 24 hours since I welcomed a new identity into my life.

Published author.

My first book, The Courage to Know: What a Life on Stage Taught Me About Becoming Yourself, Resilience, and Self-Discovery, is now available on Amazon.

This book began as a return to my life in music — to the discipline, the stages, the silence, the pressure, the beauty, and everything a life in classical performance teaches a person.

But as I wrote it, I realized it was also about something more universal.

It was about the courage it takes to understand your own life.

We often live through entire chapters before we truly know what they gave us, what they asked of us, and who they shaped us to become.

The Courage to Know is my reflection on that kind of knowing.

It is for readers who love memoir, music, personal growth, resilience, and the deeper work of becoming yourself.

Available now on Amazon:

The Courage to Know: What a Life on Stage Taught Me About Becoming Yourself, Resilience, and Self-Discovery

04/17/2026

Life is built out of moments.
Some we see.
Some we miss.

These are a few of mine.

03/27/2026

At some point in midlife, a woman does not need more advice. She needs a place where life can finally land.

That is what I wrote about in my new piece, What Silence Gives Back.

At some point, a woman needs a place where life can finally land