ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carol Jacobson has been a hairstylist for many years, which means she has heard everything. And she means everything.
If there is a story about joy, heartbreak, reinvention, chaos, or the moment you realize your life needs to change—someone has told it to her while she held a blow dryer.
Which is probably why she writes the way she does:
a little funny, a little dark, always deeply human.
Carol is the author of Dancing on the Edge… Clearly I Have Issues (poems from the tightrope we all walk), Silent Nights, Twisted Tales (holiday stories with a shadow leaning just right), and The Fright Files, a middle-grade spooky series currently in progress—being typed, retyped, rewritten, and occasionally muttered to.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest, and is both a mother and a newly-minted grandmother—a role that has deepened her sense of legacy, wonder, and the stories we pass forward.
Carol is also the creator of The Easy Button Project, a home for practical courage, real-world self-leadership, and taking the next indicated step instead of burning your life down in a blaze of “I’ve had it.”
She believes in the long game, the quiet miracle of small daily actions, and the power of a story told at the exact right moment.
Also, she makes excellent cookies. This feels relevant
ABOUT THE AUTHOR — CHAOTIC WISE WOMAN EDITION
About the Author
Carol Jacobson has lived several lives already, and she is only halfway through this one.
She married her high school sweetheart… twice.
(The sequel was, surprisingly, better than the original.)
She has, at various points in her journey:
- Begun businesses with nothing but stubbornness and caffeine,
- Swum with sharks in Hawaii on purpose,
- Run a parasailing company on a lake that absolutely did not need that much adrenaline,
- Painted in oils with her fingers because brushes felt too emotionally distant,
- And purchased a sewing machine with monthly payments larger than her first car payment because it had a feature she absolutely needed. (Don’t worry, she’s learning. Eventually.)
She has also been hospitalized for “mental evaluation” three times, and if you ask her, it was clearly a misdiagnosis—she simply feels things enthusiastically.
Carol is the author of Dancing on the Edge… Clearly I Have Issues, a poetry collection written during one of those “life is burning but the flames are pretty” phases; Silent Nights, Twisted Tales, where the holidays get a little strange; and The Fright Files, a middle-grade spooky series currently in progress and occasionally wrestled with.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest, drinks coffee like it’s a sacrament, is a mother and now a grandmother, and is building The Easy Button Project—a place for real talk, practical courage, and figuring life out without pretending it’s always adorable.
She has learned that:
- We don’t start over. We spiral upward.
- The next indicated thing is almost always small.
- And every story we survive becomes a chapter someone else needed.
Also, she has literally walked across fire. Barefoot. On purpose. Which tells you everything you need to know about her approach to life: if there is something to learn on the other side of fear, she’s already taking off her shoes.
Also, she makes excellent cookies.
Because no matter how much life happens, cookies remain holy.