I explore, experiment, make mistakes, learn, and share what I discover.
The Truth As I Know It is where those discoveries become books, practical tools, stories, videos, and whatever helps me keep moving forward.
Follow My Rabbit HolesDifferent lanes. Same roundabout.
Meet the person behind itNew chapter · Back to nursing
Six years after getting sick, I’m preparing to return to nursing and pursue psych NP school. Two books, a business run from bed, and a wagon full of side quests are coming with me.
Books
Some thoughts needed more than a caption.
· Trading
A practical guide for new traders who want to read charts, manage risk, and survive the market.
No magic indicators. No Lamborghini promises. Just a clearer explanation of what price is doing, why traders get trapped, and how to manage risk.
Explore the book & companion tools
· Cannabis
The Cannabis Toolbox Approach for Pain, Sleep, Stress & Everyday Wellness.
A practical, beginner-friendly system for moving beyond strain names and internet opinions so you can learn what fits your goals, your body, and your real life.
Explore the book & reader bonuses
Tools & Resources
Books become published. Guesswork becomes a process. These are the tools I built while figuring it out myself.
Free starting point
Finish the book, understand the steps, and launch it without pretending you already know the secret handshake.
Free starting point
Understand labels, track your experience, and build a cannabis toolbox that works for your actual body and life.
Free starting point
Read the chart, calculate the risk, record the decision, and keep the human pressing the buttons in the plan.
Latest Writing
I write across Create & Publish, Trading, Cannabis, and Elsewhere in My Brain. Explore practical guides, firsthand experiments, and stories from wherever life takes me next.
Writing, publishing, book launches, and the creative systems behind making something real.
MediumAmazon KDP Pricing and Royalties: What Should Your Book Cost?How to compare eBook royalties, printing costs, Kindle Unlimited, and distribution without doing emotional math.
SubstackI Turned My Publishing Confusion Into the Guide I Wish I’d HadWhat happened after I finished the manuscript—and why I built a plain-English publishing path for first-time authors.Markets, charts, risk, and the lessons that cost less when someone else explains them first.
Methods, products, symptoms, intention, and the ongoing experiment of learning your own body.
Stories, humor, nostalgia, travel, food, gardening, and whatever else has captured my attention.
MediumI Got My Nursing License Back. Apparently I’m Not Done Yet.Six years after getting sick, I have my nursing license back—and plans for psych NP school. The books, businesses, and side quests are coming with me.
SubstackHi. I’m Glad You’re Here. Let Me Explain Before This Gets Weird.A little introduction to the person behind the projects, the experiments, and all the rabbit holes.Watch, Listen & Wander
Sometimes the truth is easier to hear with rain in the background.
The corner where I make the world a little quieter.
Forest, rain, rivers, cafés, and peaceful spaces created for relaxation, focus, sleep, and escape.
A little structure for a busy brain.
Visual timers for focus, work sessions, studying, breaks, workouts, and the moments when you need a little structure.
Learning the market without pretending it is simple.
Beginner-friendly chart lessons, market education, and the trading concepts I wish someone had explained sooner.
The stories and characters that somehow became part of us.
Nostalgia, television, unforgettable characters, and the pop culture moments we still talk about.
The collection of everything that caught my attention.
Travel, food, gardening, humor, beauty, stock stories, arcade nostalgia, and whatever rabbit hole caught my attention this week.
About Kelly
I’m Kelly Ausiello, the creator of The Truth As I Know It—a writer, educator, registered nurse, trader, creator, and mother. I’m married to my best friend, and I’m a chronic question-asker and collector of useful lessons from real life. My work spans books, trading and cannabis education, publishing guidance, videos, creative projects, and the lessons that come from living through things before writing about them.
After six years of navigating long COVID, I’ve regained my nursing license and am preparing to return to nursing. I’m applying for jobs and exploring graduate-school plans, with the goal of pursuing a master’s to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Psych and hospice are where my passions lie. Those next steps are still in progress; meanwhile, I’m continuing to write, create, experiment, and share what I learn.
I write about the things I’ve lived, studied, tested, survived, laughed at, argued with, and occasionally had to learn twice. That might mean explaining what a stock chart is actually doing, helping someone use cannabis more intentionally, walking a new author through publishing a book, or sharing a beautiful place that made the world feel quieter for a while.
The Truth As I Know It is where all of those pieces meet—without pretending there is only one perfect answer.
