( Our Story )Today, Living Dvnly brings this philosophy to life through a storytelling practice that spans commissioned work, education, and original projects. Each expression explores how stories shape the way people understand themselves, communicate ideas, and create meaning. The work begins by understanding what is already true before deciding how it should be expressed.
When identity and expression are aligned, visibility becomes an extension of clarity rather than a performance of it.
Living Dvnly exists to help people live with greater intention by bringing identity, storytelling, creativity, and design into conversation with one another.
{ Long before Living Dvnly was a business, I was telling stories and building community through a blog on Tumblr. }
I'm a mother first. My son is the reason I slow down now, notice the smaller things, and build a life that feels as good to live as it looks from the outside.
I originally created my platform to discover my own voice. Those early blogs became a community and eventually led to a career I never planned, but they were rooted in the same instinct that guides my work today: paying attention to how people understand themselves and how they translate that understanding into the lives and work they create.
Fourteen years later, I still return to a version of the question I was asking then: Does this feel like you? Most of what I have learned across Fortune 500 brands, independent businesses, creative projects, and my own life comes back to that question. When someone’s identity, ideas, and outward expression no longer match, the story often becomes difficult for other people to understand.
Living Dvnly holds the different ways I explore that relationship. The Practice is where I help people and organizations develop and communicate their stories. My essays, fiction, podcast, books, and original projects allow me to examine how stories shape identity, culture, creativity, and everyday experience. The formats may change, but the intention remains the same: to understand the stories shaping how we live, create, and make meaning.
( Our Philosophy )
Clarity precedes visibility. Before a story can be expressed clearly, it must first be understood.
Living Dvnly begins by identifying what is true about the work, why it matters, and where it is headed. That understanding gives the language, structure, and creative direction a clear foundation. When the story and its expression align, communication feels more intentional because it reflects what is already there.
(Timeline)
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Corporate Beginnings, 2010
I began building my corporate career across marketing, brand development, education, and creative direction, gaining an early understanding of how organizations shape the stories people experience.
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The Tumblr Baddie, 2011 - 2012
Before I owned a business, I built an online platform to discover my voice. It became a community I never planned for and taught me how personal stories can create recognition and connection. In 2015, whoisamberjanae.com received its first award.
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Dvn Oasis, 2019 to 2020
I founded Dvn Oasis, the creative studio that would later become Living Dvnly. The business began with a guiding principle that still shapes the work today: clarity precedes visibility.
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First Luxury Client, 2020
I began working with my first independent luxury client during the same year Living Dvnly launched. That experience set the standard for the thoughtful, story-led work I wanted the practice to produce.
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Fortune 500 Work, 2021
The corporate relationships I had built throughout the previous decade expanded into brand development, product education, messaging, and creative work through Living Dvnly. I learned that questions about identity, story, and expression appear at every scale.
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The Podcast, 2023
I launched the Living Dvnly podcast to make room for conversations and ideas that didn't belong in a client deliverable. That platform would eventually evolve into Stories We Return To.
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Global Fashion Collab, 2024
A creative collaboration with Bryon Javar and a global fashion brand brought the principles guiding my independent client work to a much larger audience and resulted in a storytelling-led masterclass experience.
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A Practice Rooted In Storytelling, 2025
Living Dvnly evolved from a brand strategy studio into a storytelling practice, creating more room for narrative strategy, editorial work, books, workshops, original projects, and the stories found throughout everyday life.
