About Diane Ho Buxton

Hi, I'm Diane.

I am a thinker, writer, and healer who explores resolutions to my inner obstacles. Currently, I write about the intersection between creativity and healing--examining my obstacles to creativity, understanding inspiration and creative flow, and recognizing how creativity and self-acceptance are intertwined. It's been a long and fulfilling journey.

I don't claim to be an expert in any of the things I write about--I am a generalist through and through. But I am an expert in myself, and sometimes people resonate with what I write if they've had similar experiences and challenges. What I share is not conclusive truth, just what I understand up to this moment communicated as clearly as I can. As a student of different worldviews, I know there are always more layers to be discovered. So everything I write could always be improved and will remain unfinished, but I have to stop somewhere and call it good.

My Story

Born and raised in Taiwan until age 11, I was a sensitive and shy kid with a creative drive who was taught that all I had to do was follow the rules and make A's in school. But success in the school setting didn't make me happy. As I became an adult, I struggled with boredom, social anxiety, and dissatisfaction in my work. Even though I studied writing in school and had aimed to be a writer, I gave up on the idea due to the lack of job options.

In my twenties, after a breakup of a long-term relationship, I l dove into emotional healing and found a fascination with metaphysics and psychology. I loved the results of this work so much that I never stopped, always trying to resolve my internal and external conflicts and understand their dynamics better.

Over the years, I realized that I constantly study the systems I'm part of and consider ways of optimizing them for health and efficiency. The systems I've learned include physical health and nutrition, emotional health and healing, money management, business, and creative flow.

I returned to writing when I felt the need to share what I'd been studying. It was not enough to use it to help myself and a few friends. But returning to writing smacked me head-first into the fear of judgment, perfectionism, and self-criticism that had kept me from working in creative fields. But at this point, I'd had enough unsatisfying jobs to know I'd never be happy if I didn't try to overcome them. That determination launched me into several years of understanding creativity, accepting myself, and finding my voice. So that's what I write about at the moment.

I currently live in Seattle, Washington, with my husband Tex, who shows up in my writing from time to time. In my spare time, I enjoy watercolor painting, playing the piano, vegetable gardening, and video games.