In this episode of Brave & Bloom, I’m sharing how writing a letter to my younger self became one of the most powerful tools in healing depression, anxiety, and emotional wounds. We talk about why healing doesn’t mean living in the past, how inner child work helps release patterns that keep us stuck, and how our triggers in motherhood can point us to what needs healing. I walk you through exactly how to do this exercise, including visualization and using your non-dominant hand to access deeper emotions. 

Healing depression means healing my past, not reliving it.I don’t go back to the past to stay stuck or play the victim. I use it as a healing tool to release patterns rooted in anxiety, depression, and emotional pain so I can move forward with clarity and freedom.

Writing a letter to my younger self is a powerful healing tool. When I write to the version of me that was hurt, scared, or abandoned, I give her a voice and the love she didn’t receive. This creates safety in the body and begins real emotional healing.

My triggers in motherhood point to what needs healing, not what’s wrong with me.When I feel reactive, overwhelmed, or overstimulated, it’s often connected to unmet needs from my own childhood. My emotions are signals, not my identity, and healing the root changes how I show up as a mother.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or disconnected from the version of yourself you want to be, this episode is an invitation to begin healing with compassion, safety, and love.

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In this episode of Brave & Bloom, I’m talking about mom guilt and why it feels so heavy, especially when we’re doing our best. I share how guilt is often tied to past experiences, emotional patterns, and our inner child, not a reflection of our worth or love as mothers. We explore what it looks like to calm the nervous system, release guilt that doesn’t belong to us, and trust that our children are safe, loved, and supported even when we’re not doing everything ourselves.

Mom guilt is not who I am. It’s an emotion I’m carrying.Mom guilt is often an interpretation of someone else’s emotions or a past version of myself. When I feel guilt, I’m usually carrying feelings that don’t actually belong to me in the present moment.

Healing mom guilt starts with calming my inner child.To release guilt, I have to go inward, soothe the younger part of me, and remind my body that I am safe, loved, and enough. Regulating my nervous system allows guilt to soften instead of spiral.

I can love my child deeply without carrying everything alone.My baby is safe, loved, and supported even when I’m not physically present. Allowing others to love my child doesn’t replace me. It strengthens our village and relieves unnecessary guilt.

If mom guilt has been weighing on your heart, this episode is a gentle reminder that you are enough and you don’t have to carry it all alone.

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Have you ever felt broken in motherhood and wondered if you’ll ever feel whole again? In this episode of Brave & Bloom, I reframe brokenness through the lens of healing, using the art of kintsugi to show how our pain can be restored with compassion and purpose and turning it into beautiful and valuable. 

This conversation explores why anxiety and depression are not failures but signals, how past experiences shape our present struggles, and why true healing takes time, courage, and grace. If you’re longing to feel whole again, this episode is a reminder that you are not broken, you are becoming.

You are not broken. You are becoming whole.Healing is not about fixing what’s wrong with you. Like kintsugi, wholeness is formed by gently repairing what has been broken with self-worth, compassion, and value.

Symptoms are signals, not failures.Anxiety, depression, anger, and intrusive thoughts did not appear out of nowhere. They are responses to past pain and unmet needs, often rooted in early experiences, asking to be seen and healed.

True healing takes time and courage.Becoming whole requires facing what has been avoided, allowing the pieces to be restored slowly, and giving yourself grace through the process. The version of you on the other side will be stronger and more grounded than before.

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Where do you start healing when you no longer feel like yourself in motherhood? In this episode of Brave & Bloom, I share where healing truly begins and why postpartum anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts are not failures, but signals from the body seeking safety. This conversation explores how mind, body, and soul work together to restore peace, presence, and self trust, and offers gentle, practical guidance for beginning your healing journey right where you are.

Healing starts with the body.Postpartum anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts are not your fault. They are messages from a nervous system trying to protect you. Regulating the body comes before changing the mind.

True healing requires mind, body, and soul alignment.You cannot heal one without the others. When the body feels safe, the mind can make sense of the experience, and the soul becomes accessible again.

You are not broken. You are becoming.Even in survival mode, you are worthy, capable, and already enough. Healing begins with compassion, presence, and grace, not perfection.

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• Why Brave & Bloom exists: This episode shares the heart behind the podcast rebrand and business evolution. The name may be new, but the mission remains rooted in deep healing, growth, and support for families, expanding beyond postpartum into marriage and parenthood.

• Healing impacts more than just one person: What begins with supporting a mother often extends to marriages, fathers, and entire family systems. True healing is relational, and when one person does the work, the ripple effects are powerful and lasting.

• Bravery is choosing healing and growth, even when the path changes: Brave & Bloom was born from lived experience. Motherhood, military life, solo-parenting seasons, and personal healing. This podcast invites parents to be brave enough to care for themselves, heal deeply, and create generational change.

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You have a thousand things on your to-do list and your body is feeling it.

This proven system is what I teach all my clients to support their bodies and to come out of the fight or flight response to actually feel calm and to get a full night of restorative sleep that helps them heal, and have the energy to show up as a better mom, partner, etc.

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Do you find yourself having joy around the holidays, along with a feeling of grief? Or maybe you struggle being around certain family members or friends?

In this episode we we talk about:

1) Emotions around the Holidays and how its okay to feel two emotions at once

2) How to feel like yourself while you're healing or after your healing journey with your friends and family

3) Setting boundaries isn't pushing people away, it allows yourself to be a better mom.

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You start your healing journey because you are struggling with your own emotions, but when you begin healing – you end up healing generations.

When you heal your own wounds...

you are healing the wounds that were put on you from your grandparents, parents, and now onto you. You heal generations before you and after you, including being the 'cycle breaker' for your own children.

All your emotions aren't yours, and were never yours to carry, but today you are the cycle breaker....pain will not be passed down to your children.

Tune in to learn more about generational healing and how brave it is that you are choosing to do this work.

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It's easy to get stuck in your negative thoughts when the heaviness of your emotions take over your body, but as you begin your healing journey you are trying to figure out your triggers and the root cause of those emotions.

While the focus of those triggers are important, you can't forget to see the good, or the abundance that is already in front or has been in front of you all along...

That's when the shift happens, when your hope reappears.

Tune in to find out:

1. The importance of seeing the good.

2. What abundance looks and feels like.

3. How this changes your perspective and betters yourself in mother/fatherhood

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Contention with your baby or child isn't to make you angry or rageful, it is your child seeking connection.

Using the mantra: "Contention = Connection" when your baby is crying inconsolably (even after your fed, changed their diaper, and comforted them) and when your toddler or older child is throwing a tantrum or having some big emotions, remember to say this to yourself. ^

Introspectively, you will start seeing this within yourself as you start your own healing journey. Seeing your own emotions as messages, that you too are desiring connection in some way when you feel contentious.

TUNE IN to learn more....

Remember you will find yourself in motherhood!

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