Surrendering into the flow can feel like not knowing how to swim and being thrown into the ocean. Panic sets in immediately. The body stiffens. The mind starts racing. But the truth is, the body is dense. It will float. Survival is already built in. It is the brain that creates the fear. The brain does not know the difference between real danger and perceived danger. When fear shows up, it reacts as if there is a bear standing right in front of you. Even when there is no wild

The pain in the chest makes it hard to get up some days. It makes it hard to look at the kids without feeling overwhelmed. It comes in waves. Like a movie. Like the Titanic. Like something is slowly sinking, and there is no clear way out. At first, there is no understanding of what is happening. Only the feeling that this might be the end. Not the dramatic kind, but the quiet kind. The kind where the weight becomes so heavy that existing feels unbearable. The kind where stayi

Dear Parents Who Didn’t Heal This is not an attack. This is not judgment. This is truth. When parents do not heal, it does not just affect them. It spills into the lives of their children in ways that last far beyond childhood. Unhealed wounds do not stay contained. They show up in parenting, in silence, in absence, in neglect, and in what gets normalized behind closed doors. Children do not have the language to say something is wrong. They adapt. They survive environments th

The Breakup That Shook Everything Girl… I’ve been single for almost three years now. And honestly?It’s been the most confusing, healing, funny, humbling, soul-snatching experience of my life. When I first separated from my kids’ dad, I thought I was stepping into my grown woman era.But looking back… I was really just a 17-year-old girl in a grown body with two kids and a breaking heart. Truthfully?I thought we were going to be high school sweethearts forever. Don’t ask me why

When I first started the Baby Mama Club, I was looking for friends… mom friends… support… help… resources… and honestly, myself. I wrote down my plan while working at McClellan VA Outpatient Clinic, literally going through a mental breakdown. Life felt heavy, overwhelming, and uncertain. I stormed out, never went back, and moved home. That’s when my life truly changed. I found out my son has autism. I left my baby daddy. And I’ve been healing ever since. Three Years Later Her