I created this space for the ones who are doing it all — working long shifts, raising kids, carrying the invisible weight of anxiety/mental illness, navigating the storm of perimenopause, and healing from a past that still echoes. If you’ve ever felt alone balancing motherhood, a demanding career, and your own mental health… you’re not. You’re seen. You’re not broken. You’re becoming.This is your space to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover yourself — one honest moment at a time.

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Ok so I’m a wife, mother, and nurse, but what makes me qualified to hand out advice? Well, nothing. Except life experience. I’m a busy working mom, ER nurse, and woman in her 40s who knows what it’s like to feel completely stretched thin. I know there are so many of us busy, working, moms trying to juggle this life, and it’s not easy. They say it takes a village. Some of us didn’t come with a built in village, so we create our own. So consider this part of your village if you don’t have one.

So who am I? I live in North Carolina with my husband, two boys, and little dog. I work full time as a ER nurse. I was raised by my grandparents from the time I was a newborn, and they are the ones I consider my true “parents.” I remained very close with them until they passed (my grandmother “Meemaw” in 2013″ and my “Peepaw” in 2024). The few years I did live with my biological mother were very turbulent and traumatic and I am currently no-contact with her.

I went to nursing school later in life, graduated in 2017. I initially started my career in pediatrics, NICU, and dabbled a little in postpartum. Now I work in the ER and I LOVE it! A lot of it has to do with my coworkers – I work with the best.

I have been married to my husband, Matt, since 2018, we’ve been together since late 2015. We have a little boy, Logan, born April Fools Day of 2020 – a covid baby. He’s a firecracker full of spice and charm. He had some severe medical issues early in life and has been diagnosed with ADHD/ASD, so I talk a lot about our struggles and how we manage that. Logan is a little sweetheart, my little helper, and my little cuddler. I also have an older son, Blake, from my first marriage. Blake is my sweet, compassionate, respectful, goody-goody, smarty pants, responsible boy – quickly growing into a young man. I have an extremely amicable relationship with his dad, Sean. We have what some consider a “weird” divorce because we get along so well. He spends Christmas with us like one big happy family, and other various holidays.

I have struggled with my mental health for the majority of my adult life. I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and experienced panic attacks and social anxiety. In the last year or so, I feel like I have really turned a corner on how I manage my mental health. Since January 2025, I’ve actually been able to reduce my dose of daily medications, to now being completely off anxiety/depression medications and I have found more natural solutions and other ways to improve my mental health. I look forward to sharing those for anyone else it may help.

On this site, you’ll find honest stories from my own journey — the messy, beautiful, healing kind — along with practical resources for navigating life as a busy mom, nurse, and woman in her 40s. Whether you’re looking for support with anxiety, hormone shifts, boundaries, or simply trying to make it through another shift without losing yourself, you’re in the right place. This space was made with you in mind.

Let’s heal, grow, and thrive — together