I'm just a girl who thought life would go according to plan.

I believed that if I worked hard enough, loved deeply enough, and prepared carefully enough, I could build a life that felt safe and predictable. Maybe you thought that too.

Then life happened.

Over the years, I've walked through some of the same challenges many women face but rarely talk about openly. I experienced the heartbreak of watching a child struggle while feeling powerless to fix it. I spent years wondering what was wrong with me, only to discover that many of the changes I was experiencing were connected to menopause. And in 2024, my husband suffered a devastating stroke that changed our lives overnight.

For years, I searched for answers. I found them in books, therapy offices, honest conversations with people who had walked similar roads, and through a faith that remained steady even when I felt lost. More often than not, I learned through experience—one day, one lesson, and sometimes one mistake at a time.

What I've learned is that some of life's hardest experiences aren't things we simply get over. We learn to carry them. We learn to make room for them. We learn to build meaningful lives alongside them.

That's why I created Change We Didn't Ask For.

Not because I have all the answers, but because I've spent years living the questions.

If you've found yourself navigating caregiving, grief, loss, menopause, family struggles, identity shifts, or a life that looks nothing like the one you imagined, I want you to know that you're not alone. There is still life here. There is still purpose here. And there is still a meaningful next chapter waiting to be written.

My Journey

I'm a wife, mother, grandmother, leader, writer, and caregiver. More importantly, I'm someone who understands what it feels like when life doesn't go according to plan.

For more than three decades, I have spent my personal and professional life helping people navigate challenges, solve problems, and move forward through difficult seasons.

My studies in Psychology and Christian Counseling through Liberty University, grief coach training, leadership experience, and personal journey through caregiving and loss have all shaped the work I do today.

My experience is both professional and deeply personal. I understand change not only from training and coursework, but from living it every day.

Through coaching, writing, and the Change We Didn't Ask For podcast, my goal is simple: to help women move from simply surviving life's unexpected changes to creating a meaningful next chapter.