Choose Me Differently: My Story & the Start of Conversations That Heal

In this episode of Conversations That Heal, I’m taking you back to the beginning, not just the beginning of this podcast, but pieces of the story that shaped the woman behind the microphone.

On the day before my 49th birthday, I find myself reflecting on my life with an overwhelming sense of gratitude.

I share pieces of my childhood growing up in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and some of the experiences that shaped me, growing up with drug-addicted parents, experiencing abandonment, molestation, abuse, and negative words that followed me long after childhood ended.

But this episode isn't only about what happened to me.

It's about who I became.

I talk about becoming an author and writing Praying Your Way Through IVF and Finding the Courage to Heal. I share how travel became an unexpected part of my healing journey and eventually led me to create Grateful Wanderer Travel, giving women the opportunity to simply show up, breathe, experience the world, and allow someone else to take care of the details.

As a trauma coach, I have spent years helping others change the way they see what they've survived. I believe deeply in the power of a renewed perspective, faith, resilience, and honest conversations.

But now, at 49, God is teaching me something else:

I can show up for myself too.

This next chapter of my life is about choosing me differently—not selfishly, but intentionally.

And I'm inviting 1,000 women to join me.

For the next 365 days, what would happen if we intentionally chose ourselves? What if we stopped waiting until everyone else was okay before giving ourselves permission to live, heal, rest, dream, explore, and become?

If you're ready to take this journey with me, comment:

“I CHOOSE ME.” 💙

Together, we'll spend the next year learning what it looks like to choose ourselves differently through weekly challenges, reflection, encouragement, self-care, solo dates, and affirmations.

And, as always, we close our conversation in prayer.

Continue the Journey With Me 💙

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