Journalist. Community builder. Debut novelist.

 

Science → story → community. And now, Home Planet.  

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I’m a journalist and community builder working at the intersection of women’s health, longevity, and science. I believe good communication is a form of care, and I bring that mindset, along with a decade of evidence-based storytelling and community strategy, to every project I take on.

My writing appears in National Geographic and Business Insider. I lead community and membership at Livelong Media, where I’ve helped build a space for 70,000+ women navigating health and longevity on their own terms. And I just finished my debut sci-fi novel, Home Planet.

I’m based in Denver, CO, where I spend my days herding cats, children, and words on the page. Not necessarily in that order.

 

 

 

 

✍️ Journalist & Writer

Reported features, content strategy, and science storytelling for National Geographic, Business Insider, Her Agenda, and more. I specialize in health, longevity, and the stories hiding inside complex research. I’ve spent 6+ years building Letters from Ladyhawk into an independent editorial voice.

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🌍 Community Builder

VP of Community & Membership at Livelong Media, where I help build a space for 70,000+ women navigating health and longevity on their own terms. I’ve also led community at Yelp and The Mom Project, and I know that a healthy community isn’t an accident. It’s built with intention.

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🪐 Debut Novelist

My first novel, Home Planet, follows astronaut Bryn on a solo mission to find humanity’s last hope, carrying a secret that could cost her everything. Propulsive, intimate, and full of wonder. Coming soon.

Meet Home Planet →

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Ways we can work together

Looking for someone who can transform your best ideas into engaging content?

With experience spanning neuroscience, construction tech, healthcare, and more, I distill intricate topics into clear, compelling content that informs, connects, and converts readers into customers.

Need help driving engagement numbers (subscribers, likes, clicks, shares, comments, downloads, and more) with tailored content?

I’ve successfully turned casual readers into superfans for brands like Yelp, The Midst, Miro, and Trusted Health. We can also create content that helps drive group membership or event attendance (not just RSVPs who no-show.)

Want to boost AEO ranking or streamline content production?

I have experience doing both for The Mom Project, Stream Modular, and other brands. If you want increase your content potential, let’s talk!

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My process, at a glance:

🔎 Discovery: We align on goals, audience, and voice.

🧐 Research: I dig into the topic and your tone.

👩🏻‍💻 First Draft: Clean, strategic, and usually close to final.

🎧 Feedback: Edits are collaborative and clear.

🚚 Delivery: You get ready-to-publish work that performs.

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If you need a translator of big ideas, a strategic thinker, and a reliable partner whose experience lives at the intersection of crafting content and building community for brands and editorial teams in science, tech, health and wellness, send me an email at tiffany@theladyhawk.com and we can get the conversation started.

 

Why work with me?

Thanks to decades of experience across multiple industries I bring a wide variety of skills to the table. Here are just a few of them.

🎤 Journalistic Interviewing and Reporting

Knowing how to ask the right questions, spot the quote that matters, and structure a story that keeps readers hooked is an integral part of telling a good story.

🗝️ AEO Strategy and Keyword Integration

Researching smart, aligned keywords with intent and structuring content for both humans and algorithms, without killing the vibe takes skills I’ve developed over years of writing.

🧪 Simplifying Science, Health, and Tech Communication

Explaining complex ideas without dumbing them down, making topics like neuroscience, nutrition, or AI digestible and engaging are all part of my process.

🗣️ Brand Voice Adaptability

Slipping seamlessly into any voice—from a founder’s thought leadership tone to a playful DTC wellness brand is a natural talent of mine coupled with adaptability gained from truly understand you and your brand.

✏️ Long-Form Content Craftsmanship

Deep-dive content that educates and converts, while holding attention through pacing, flow, and narrative is dependent on the structure. You need a partner who understands what that should look like. 🙋‍♀️

🧐 Content Strategy Thinking

You aren’t looking for just a writer. You need someone who understands how a piece fits into the larger marketing and brand puzzle. I got you. 

Writing & Marketing Services

 

Together, we’ll combine SEO strategy and and AEO-centric content optimized for AI with editorial quality so you get content that ranks well in search and AI. And still sounds like it was written by a real human.

When you partner with me, we’ll work to build your audience’s trust through authentic content. My deep research and empathy-driven voice helps your brand stand out clearly in a noisy world. Types of projects I can help with include:

📍Reported articles/journalism 📍Webinar Scripts and Decks
📍Blog posts 📍Infographics
📍Downloadable Resources 📍Pillar pages and resource hubs
📍Social Media Marketing/Posts 📍Thought leadership
📍Newsletters 📍Website copy
📍Creating style guides 📍Email campaigns
📍White papers 📍Case studies
📍Creating or managing editorial calendars 📍Brand Messaging/Identity/Strategy
📍Quarterly, Annual, or Special Reports 📍Guides

 

Specialties

 

◇ Science ◇ Neuroscience
◇ Health and Wellness ◇ Wearables
◇ Longevity ◇ Startups
◇ Women’s health ◇ Travel (Family and Solo)
◇ Technology ◇ AI
◇ Kid tech ◇ Parenting
◇ Food and Hospitality ◇ Food Science
◇ Education/Ed Tech ◇ Personal Essays

Brand storytelling and messaging

Clarify your purpose and connect with your audience.

AEO/SEO-informed content

Research-backed articles that educate and engage readers.

Thought leadership ghostwriting

Voice-driven thought leadership that builds trust.

Why I do this work

It took me two years to figure out what was happening with my own body. Two years of symptoms, dead ends, and doctors who weren’t asking the right questions, until I realized the research they were drawing from often wasn’t designed with women’s physiology in mind at all.

So I started digging. Into perimenopause. Into how hormonal fluctuations change everything from how we fast to how we sweat to how we sleep. Into why so much longevity research defaults to male biology. Into the gap between what women are living and what the science actually says about us.

That’s what drives everything I write and every community I build. I believe good communication is a form of care, and I bring that mindset, along with evidence-based rigor and emotional intelligence, to every story I shape and every community I build.

Women deserve a health conversation built for them. One that takes our biology seriously and gives us somewhere to gather with people asking the same questions we are. That’s the work.

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Coming Soon

Home Planet

Her mission was to find humanity a future. Instead, she may have to decide whether humanity deserves one.

A debut sci-fi novel about identity, motherhood, and one woman’s fight to protect the people, and planets, she loves.

By Tiffany Nieslanik

Featured Journalism

From The Livelong Woman

Every week I write about women’s health, longevity, and the science behind aging well for an audience of 70,000+ readers.

A partner who brings clarity, not chaos to your words, and your world.

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With a background in editorial leadership and a foundation in science, parenting, and wellness writing, I bridge story and strategy to create meaningful, search-smart, audience-first content. If you want more than “just content” and are looking for messaging that works hard to educate, earn trust, and connect your brand with your best audience, drop me an email: tiffany@theladyhawk.com.

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