Yikes, I am officially thirty, and in this special episode, I share life lesson's I learned the hard way. Being jealous of others adventures, cutting off toxic people, and addressing the elephant in the room. Let me save you some heartache, and be a little cliche: "do as I say, not as I do."

Integrating back into college life without disrupting the stability of my family, and more has truly been a balancing act. Toss in the added weight of parental guilt, and toppling off this "chase your dreams" tight rope, feels inevitable. Can you truly chase your dreams as a parent without risking your own child's success?

I knew I was ready to go back to school so that I could pursue my degree in psychology, but how many classes could I handle, and which course should I take first? Fresh out of a religious cult, and straight into a college class about sexuality, what's the worst that could happen?

Who am I, and why am I enrolled in college this "late" in life? I'm Amanda, mother of 3, and to know where my desire to earn my degree in psychology, and one day become a licensed professional that helps victims of abuse, came from, you'll have to understand my back story. In this episode of "30 Something Mom in College," I discuss how spending ten years in a religious cult impacted my life.