About Nish Happens
I started writing and posting about my life online during the mommy-blog boom in the late aughts. Needless to say, I’ve been writing on the internet for a long time, but my writing has taken twists and turns since I started in earnest all those years ago. Another bend in the road starts here.
This newsletter is focused on the intersection of life, death, spiritual formation, and societal commentary. What does our spiritual health look like in the context of the world we live in? How do things like politics, tech, social media, and pop culture influence our spiritual formation? How do we handle and talk about death? What are the everyday moments, books, shows, and relationships in our lives that bring us meaning? If these topics take up space in your mind, Nish Happens is for you.
You’ll hear from me regularly — some things will read like an old fashioned blog post (three cheers for nostalgia!), some will read like a political op-ed (I’ll try to steer clear of the hot takes), some will read like a meaningful spiritual reflection or prompt for you to consider. At the end of the day, I want to surface good questions for all of us to consider, including and especially me.
I’ll let you know what I’m reading, listening to, and watching from time to time. I’ll share interviews with interesting people, and point you to what I consider good resources that will guide you to deeper discernment and open-hearted living in a volatile world. Maybe I’ll even make you laugh!
My Official Bio awkwardly written in the 3rd person:
Nish Weiseth (CSD) is a spiritual director and the founder of Formation Northwest — an ecumenical spiritual direction ministry. She studied Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and completed Spiritual Direction training through Sustainable Faith. She is a member in good standing with Spiritual Directors International (SDI), Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association (ESDA), and is a recommended OIS Spiritual Director. She adheres to the Codes of Ethics for both SDI and ESDA and is in regular supervision.
She is also a hospice and pediatric hospice chaplain.
Nish previously worked as an editor, a political columnist for Cosmopolitan Magazine, and a fact-checker for multliple national news publications. Her writing has been featured in Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, Deseret News, the Idaho Statesman, and Sojourners. She's been quoted in publications like the Washington Post, NPR, POLITICO, The Guardian, The Verge, Pacific Standard, and The Daily Beast. She has also sat on a political panel for The BBC.
She does a lot of things, but her favorite roles will always be wife to her best friend, Erik, and mom to Rowan & Scout. Nish and her family live in the rural mountains of Idaho.
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