Hey Reader, Let’s be real — Halloween hits different when you live with chronic illness. Our “tricks” look more like:👻 Trying to rest while our body still feels haunted by fatigue.💀 Saying “boo” to overdoing it (even when FOMO creeps in).🕯️ Dodging sugar crashes, loud parties, and fluorescent lighting. But here’s the good part — we still get treats.The cozy kind. The soul kind. The ones we actually need. This year, I’m skipping the spooky chaos and making space for a softer kind of magic:...

Hey Reader, Over the last week, I have been trying to put my thoughts and feelings into words. The news of Charlie Kirk's assasination, the death of Iryna Zarutska, and the most recent school shooting, has not only been heartbreaking but has shown us how sharp the divide in this world has become. The world right now feels dark, scary, and unsafe. But we believe in a God who sees and who knows. A God who doesn't call us to hatred and retaliation, but to faith, hope, and love. Love is...

Weekly Newsletter Let’s talk honestly about life, faith, and chronic illness. Hey Reader, Anyone else feel like summer “vacation” was anything but restful? I swear my body thinks it just ran a marathon… and all I did was survive July. If I’m being honest, I went into summer with plans. Plans for fun, connection, maybe even a little productivity. Instead, my energy was like a toddler with scissors — unpredictable, messy, and a little dangerous to my sanity. Now here we are, staring at the...

Today I am sending a different email because I wanted to make you aware of a great summit starting tomorrow for those of you who run an online business or are influencers. The Creator Business Summit from Kit.com Every week brings new platform updates, algorithm changes, and “revolutionary” growth tactics. The noise is exhausting—and expensive if you chase every trend. But successful creators know something trend-chasers don’t: the fundamentals of building a sustainable creator business...

Hey Reader, Mother’s Day can stir up a lot—joy, grief, longing, gratitude, heartbreak. Sometimes all at once. So today, I want to speak straight to your heart. Whether you are: A mama raising littles, grown kids, or fur babies A stepmom, a godmother, a foster mom, an honorary mom A woman who has longed for a child, lost a child, or had to make an impossible choice A mother whose relationship with your children is strained or silent A daughter grieving the mother you lost—or the mother you...

Hey Reader, If you’re feeling like life is throwing way too much at you lately… just know you’re not the only one sitting under that avalanche. Right now, my body is basically doing the medical version of, “How many problems can we stack before she loses it?” (Spoiler: It’s a lot.) Between degenerative discs, spinal stenosis (hi, random pain shooting down my left leg), kidney issues that have gotten a little too cozy with the phrase “kidney failure,” a million (give or take) blood draws, and...

Well. It’s happening. IT’S HAPPENING. cue happy tears and awkward dancing while wrapped in a heating pad The Invisible Illness Club Podcast is officially LIVE! 🎉 This little dream has been living in my heart for a long time, and today it finally gets to live in the real world (or at least on Apple Podcasts and Spotify). This podcast is for every woman who’s ever felt unseen in the doctor’s office, misunderstood by her friends, or just completely worn out from pretending to be “fine.” It’s...

Hello Reader, You ever make one tiny change and then wonder why you didn’t do it sooner? Yeah, me too. For the longest time, I was dragging myself through the mornings, running on fumes and sheer willpower (which, let’s be honest, is not a renewable resource). I told myself, This is just how it is with chronic illness. But then—almost on accident—I started doing something different. Instead of forcing myself to wake up at a “reasonable” time, I let myself sleep until my body naturally woke up...

Hey Reader, I used to think saying “no” wasn’t enough. That I had to soften the blow with a long-winded explanation, justifying why I couldn’t do something. But here’s the truth: “No” is a complete sentence. I learned this the hard way when I finally set a boundary that felt so uncomfortable but so necessary. Someone asked me for a favor—one that I absolutely couldn’t take on without wrecking myself. And for the first time, instead of over-explaining, I just said, “I can’t.” No excuses. No...