This wasn’t supposed to be a blog.
It started as a place to spill things I couldn’t keep dragging around — thoughts that didn’t fit in captions, moods that didn’t resolve in a single post. Somewhere along the way, it became a place to notice what was actually happening in my life.
I’m Karla Bravo. I’m a writer, former martial arts instructor, creative human, twice an immigrant, and grown-ass woman who’s lived through some things and is still processing others. I moved to Spain in midlife. I walked away from a career I’d built for decades. I’ve started over more than once — sometimes by choice, sometimes by fire.
It’s Fine, I’m Fine, Everything’s Fine is not a personal brand or a recovery plan. It’s a chronicle of the in-between — where reinvention doesn’t look like a glow-up, and where “fine” means everything from barely-holding-it-together to weirdly-okay-for-now.
This is where I write about:
- Trying to write a book (Undaunted) while trying to stay upright
- The logistical and emotional chaos of moving to another country
- Career unravelings, starting-from-scratch moments, and the slow rebuild
- Midlife, memory, grief, doubt, clarity — sometimes all in one post
About Me
I’ve lived many lives:
- Sensei and studio manager
- Founder of Out of Harm’s Way
- Entrepreneur and content creator
- Coach, mentor, occasional digital fixer
- And now — a woman writing her way forward, without apology
Some days I’m writing from a place of sharpness, other days it’s a soft spiral. Either way, I’m not curating an image. I’m documenting a life — in motion, in tension, in transition.
If you’re also figuring it out (or not figuring it out), you might find something here that makes you feel a little less alone. Or at least mildly understood.
Welcome to the dispatch.
Come as you are. Stay if it helps.
It's Fine, I'm Fine, Everything's Fine 