*This episode includes mentions my experience of alcohol use, drug use, and postpartum mental health. Listener discretion advised, and please avoid listening around children.*

In this episode, I’m sharing why I built The Coming Home Collective - and the moment I realised I couldn’t keep living the way I was.

For a long time, my life looked fine on the outside.
I was a teacher and leader in wellbeing, a mum, a high-functioning woman who could hold a lot. But inside, something felt deeply off.

Motherhood became the mirror I couldn’t look away from.
I was reactive, overwhelmed, and struggling to regulate my emotions - especially postpartum. Before that, I’d spent years numbing through partying, distraction, and trying to fit into systems and roles that were never meant for me.

The hardest part was the pretending.
Pretending I was okay.
Pretending this was just 'how life is'.
Pretending I wasn’t quietly suffering - alongside so many other women doing the same.

A turning point came when I stepped away from my teaching role to care for my sister. That pause forced me to be honest with myself: I didn’t want my life to keep looking like this. And I didn’t want my daughter growing up thinking this was normal.

This episode is about what actually changes everything.

Not another strategy... not more information.
But taking one step - even when it feels scary, unclear, or inconvenient.

I share why someone always has to go first.
In families.
In relationships.
In motherhood.
In creating a life that feels true.

I also talk about why I created The Coming Home Collective - the space I wish I’d had when I started this work. A space for women who are done waiting for life to change around them and are ready to come home to themselves, together.

If something in you knows it’s time - this episode is for you.

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