About Diane Ho Buxton
Hi, I'm Diane.
I am a thinker, writer, healer, and I love exploring solutions for our inner obstacles. Currently, I write about the intersection between creativity and healing--examining my obstacles to creativity, understanding creative flow, and recognizing how creativity and self-acceptance are intertwined. It's been a very fulfilling journey.
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 an artificial school setting didn't make me happy. As I became an adult, I struggled with boredom, social anxiety, and dissatisfaction in my relationships. Even though I studied writing in school and always aimed to be a writer, I gave up on the idea due to the lack of options for traditional work.
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, 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 my friends here and there. But returning to creative work made me face my lifelong fears of being criticized and other inner obstacles that kept me from working in more creative fields. These challenges launched me into several years of learning about inspiration and creative flow, a way of living centered around following our natural tendencies rather than imposed expectations. So that's what I write about today.
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 vegetable gardening and playing story-focused video games.
Some fun facts about me:
I moved to Seattle, Washington in 2008 because I felt like L.A. wasn’t my place anymore, and I chose the Pacific Northwest because I liked the rain and the trees.
I’ve been an avid gamer on and off throughout my life and love the interactive storytelling video games are capable of. It’s also one of my favorite ways to spend time with friends over long distances.
My husband Tex is 30 years older than me — we met in a spiritual group, and it was pretty much love a first sight (okay maybe second).
I am originally from Taiwan, the land of semiconductors, night markets, and stinky tofu.
I moved to Los Angeles when I was 11 years old and only started learning English then. I don’t have an accent because I’ve always been an accurate listener and can copy what I hear.
I actually have a degree in English/creative writing and wanted to be a novelist throughout my teens. I lost interest toward the second half of college and hadn’t written anything for about 15 years.