Category: Notes to Self
Life hacks, boundaries, short pep talks, advice you wish someone gave you sooner.
✅ Use for: quick reads, mental health tips, boundaries, lists, reminders.
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Faith in the Fire: How to Lead When Life Breaks You
You can lead and still hurt. You can break and still build. True leadership isn’t about perfection. It’s about faith, honesty, and showing up anyway. Read more
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Finding Safe Love After Abuse: My Story
Ten years is a long time to be alone especially after surviving something that almost destroyed you. When I left my abusive marriage, I didn’t walk away whole. I walked away shattered. And while I was technically single for only six months before I thought I was ready to date again… I quickly realized I Read more
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Why Having a Title Doesn’t Make You a Leader
Leadership isn’t about having a title. It’s about responsibility, humility, and the courage to serve others even when it’s hard. In this blog, I share the real, raw truth about what leadership means to me, and why it has nothing to do with standing above others and everything to do with standing beside them. Read more
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Perspective in the Middle of Frustration
Today I am frustrated with my kids. I’m frustrated that the doors are left wide open, that the floor somehow still isn’t swept, that my schedule, so carefully planned, is treated like an afterthought. I’m tired. I’m busy. I’m responsible for so many moving pieces, and sometimes it feels like no one else even notices. Read more
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What if Raising Good Humans is the Love Story?
Some mornings I wake up and feel the weight of my own bed. Empty on the other side, quiet in a way that’s not peaceful, just… lonely. Dating hasn’t been great. Swiping, small talk, and constant letdowns. And in that silence, I catch myself wondering if maybe I missed my chance at love. Maybe I Read more
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Unlovable? Nah. Just Too Real for the Wrong One.
There’s a particular ache that comes when someone confirms the thing you were already afraid of. The quiet whisper you’ve tried to silence. The one that says, “You’re not enough.” Or maybe worse, “You’re too much.” I’ve been single for a long time. Not because I’m unlovable but because I’ve spent years unlearning the idea Read more