My Story
it’s all about living life healed and free
I am currently living the best life I have ever lived in my 34 years here on earth. It has been a journey full of every emotion you can think of, but I have been radically set free from the hurdles of sexual abuse, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, extreme grief, fear, postpartum depression, sex addiction, ptsd, domestic violence and more.
This freedom feels like a treasure that I want to share with everyone, so I have become passionately obsessed with empowering women like you to walk in complete healing from the burdens of your current realities and your past. Let’s live free together!
If it’s possible for me, it’s possible for you. Be encouraged by my story below.
Let's start at the beginning...
My early years….
As a little girl, I longed for a daddy—someone to love and protect me. But my daddy didn't keep me safe. He did the complete opposite, physically and sexually abusing me from infant to toddler years and then abandoning me. His exit was God's protection, but growing up it left a deep wound of insecurities. My mother worked a lot to provide for us, so I stayed at my grandma's beautiful beach house on Henderson Bay.
My grandma became my protector. I could be a kid in her presence and experience safety and joy. But unfortunately, my grandma was plagued with cancer. I spent every moment by her side, with one exception: the night she passed away. The following morning I was crushed; I had lost my best friend, the only security I knew. SHAME became anchored in my soul for the next 27 years and fear was second nature to me. I began experiencing severe anxiety attacks, depression, ptsd and food addiction, codependency, and sex addiciton by age 7.
My Adolescent years…
I had an empty cup in my soul I desperately needed filled with LOVE, I went from thing to thing. My grades filled it, and then it took a dangerous turn. High school boyfriends and parties filled it, drinking and food filled it, shopping and drugs and tattoos and sex filled it. And then, nothing could fill it. I was on a desperate search to replenish my empty cup, when truth be told, it was never filled in the first place.
The Dangerous Years…
Completely self destructive...running from every pain and trauma I had experienced in life….creating an ecosystem of chaos that took me to rock bottom. Addicted to partying, sex, drugs, alcohol, spending, lying, manipulating, and encompassed with grief I contemplated taking my own life. I sat on my bed one night before a party with enough strength to try one more thing, before ending it all. I called out to God and said if you’re real, I need you to show up. He met me right there and showed up in radical ways (full story in free mini course First Steps to Freedom)… This was the beginning of my healing from it all & how I met my real father Abba.
I knew I was meant for more…
Suddenly I had the courage to take baby steps into my journey of healing. It has been 9 years since that first step and I celebrate here with you Alive & Free. I pursued healing for myself, but not by myself, Jesus walked me each step of the way. I now live FREE. I have a family. I live my day to day without PTSD, Addiction, Codependency, Fear or any of the things that daunted me before. I am free….and living a life I couldn’t have dreamed.
Now it’s YOUR TURN.
My Mission
After being set free myself from the constant heaviness that comes along with sexual abuse, addiction, postpartum depression, grief, fear, abandonment, disease, financial burden, anxiety, depression, and PTSD I become obsessed with helping women break free from the daily grind of past traumas, hurts, and addictions. I have been epically released from it all - so much so that I quit my career working in Professional Sports, because I want everyone to experience the freedom that I have been gifted.
I believe in YOUR healing, and I have passionately poured everything I have learned into creating courses that won’t just teach you, but will guide you through each area and give you a solid foundation to build a new life upon. To redeem the life that was stolen from you due to sexual abuse and trauma. You will love life again, finding joy when life is hard. I live life out loud, share intimate details and stay transparent with you throughout each course. I also am not just a voice or face behind an automated teaching, but a friend you can reach out to in real time for prayer and encouragement. I remember taking the first step towards healing and trying to decide if it was worth it, if it was real, if it was for me? If I had to choose again I would take that baby step in a blink. But the thing is...you don't have to decide, because being here reading this is far past that first baby step! Congratulations friend!
My friend it’s time!
Ready to start your journey?
A Note From Me…
Friend, looking back I remember how hard it was deciding to start my journey of healing. I felt hopeless, embarrassed, lost, mad, sad, in denial all at once. These feelings drove me time and time again to question if healing was for me? The feelings were like bad friends convincing me to figure this all out on my own. I believed reason after reason why different programs and courses wouldn’t work for me.
Thankfully I became more afraid of regret than failure, so I risked everything and jumped in with both feet, which was incredibly scary for someone with major trust issues. I just couldn’t imagine waking up in 5 years and being STUCK in the same spot or even worst. So I entered a season of consistency through the uncomfortable.
I love this quote “ We must never wait until the imperfections (shadows) flee. Now is the time to ARISE and run with Jesus, running out of the shadows and into his glorious life” ~Brian Simmons
I stopped telling myself I had no time and decided to make time, healing was necessary for me, because no matter where I tried to escape to the hurt was still there. On the other side of the fear, consistency and vulnerabilty…...was FREEDOM! Complete healing and freedom! I can say that it’s been 5 years and I am waking up daily to live completely FREE and I want that for you too!
ARISE gives you the tools to create the most epic life you have hardly dared to dream of. Many women have been set free and are now living lives free of anxiety, depression, insomnia, intimacy issues and much more! Friend, it’s your time!
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