Why I Do This Work
For a long time, my life looked functional on the outside. I was showing up, meeting expectations, and doing what I thought I was supposed to do. Inside, I was unraveling. I was disconnected from myself, exhausted, and deeply lost beneath the roles I was trying to hold.
What eventually happened was not a gentle awakening or a moment of clarity. It was desperation.
My addiction had progressed to the point where my body was shutting down. I was not okay. I was dying. I reached a moment where continuing as I was simply wasn’t possible, and the consequences were devastating. I had to leave my children for treatment. I was separated from my life for sixty days. I had to move states to survive.
That period was the darkest and most disturbing time of my life. It was a true dark night of the soul. Everything I thought I was, everything I had built my identity around, fell apart. There was no performing, no managing, no pretending left. Only the reality of what was happening and the choice to live or not.
I chose to live.
The path back was not quick or pretty. It required humility, accountability, and a willingness to face patterns I had spent years avoiding. It meant rebuilding my life slowly, with support, honesty, and a level of self-responsibility I had never known before.
That experience fundamentally changed how I understand healing, resilience, and change.
How This Shapes My Work
I do this work because I know what it is like to lose yourself completely and to have to rebuild from the ground up. I know what it means to sit in fear, shame, and uncertainty and still take the next right step.
My work is not rooted in theory or inspiration alone. It is shaped by lived experience, professional training, and years of learning how real change actually happens when people are at the edge of what they can carry.
I believe people deserve support that is honest, steady, and grounded in reality. Support that does not minimize pain or rush the process. Support that helps people rebuild their lives in ways that are sustainable, meaningful, and true.
