Not My Timeline

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses domestic abuse, alcoholism, suicide, and grief. If you or someone you know needs help, please contact suicide prevention here and domestic violence here.This is the hardest part of my story to tell.I’m sharing the truth about my marriage to Michael: the love that existed alongside domestic abuse and alcoholism, the boundaries I had to set, his decision to get sober, and ultimately, the day he took his life.I walk through that day, the impossible conversation of telling our children their dad was gone, and what the first two years of grief actually looked like.But this episode is also about what came after. Learning to carry complicated grief, raise my children through their own loss, find myself again, and eventually learn how to love the person I became on the other side of it.

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We are jumping in with two feet and covering real timelines. Today we will talk about the numbers and budget transparency of a real $1.25 million wedding budget for 215 guests, a Northern California resort, and every dollar accounted for. I walk through where the money actually went: $300K on florals, $124K on entertainment, six-figure photo and video teams, and why I tell couples to triple their food and beverage estimate post-COVID. If you're planning a high-end event (or just love seeing the real numbers behind the magic), this one's for you.

This is a Media Socialites Production.

I've spent my career designing perfect timelines for other people's biggest days. But nothing prepared me for the day my own timeline shattered when I became a solo parent to my two young children after my husband died by suicide.

In this debut episode, I pull back the curtain on the parts of my story I used to hide behind a smile: a marriage marked by domestic violence and alcoholism, the exhausting pursuit of a "perfect" life, and the moment I had to explain my husband's death to my kids. I open up about grieving while showing up for my children, returning to work in an industry built on celebration while carrying my own loss, and how letting go of perfection helped me find something better: authenticity.

This is the start of Not My Timeline, a space for honest, unscripted conversations about weddings, grief, solo parenting, and dating. No polish. No perfect bow. Just the truth