Broken, Bare, and Rising: The No-BS Blog
This blog isn’t about sugarcoating life. There’s no “everything happens for a reason” here, no fluffy affirmations, no pretending I’ve got it all figured out. This is my no BS space to lay it all out my mess, my chaos, my survival. The days when my body won’t cooperate, my mind won’t stop racing, and the world feels like it’s moving forward without me.
This is where I get real about chronic illness, mental health struggles, trauma, and the uphill battle of just existing. It’s messy, it’s raw, and it’s honest the kind of honesty most people avoid.
Here, inspiration meets reality. Education meets raw truth. Awareness meets healing. And yeah… it’s basically my virtual diary, documenting the unfiltered truth of navigating a life that doesn’t come with an instruction manual.
You’ll read about the hard stuff the heartbreak, the isolation, the setbacks no one warns you about but also the wins, the small wins, and the unexpected moments of clarity that remind you: you can survive this, and you can rise from it stronger than you thought possible.
Topics include:
Domestic Violence and Healing – the ugly, the painful, the survival
Health and Wellness – what actually works when your body fights you
Living With Chronic Illness and Pain – the days that feel impossible and the victories that keep you going
Reflections – raw thoughts, uncomfortable truths, and insights from the trenches
Blog Series on Various Topics – deep dives into specific struggles, challenges, and growth areas so you can really learn, relate, and reflect
This space is for anyone who’s tired of pretending. For anyone who’s felt unseen, stuck, or defeated. Your pain doesn’t define you, your courage to rise does. Step in. Read, reflect, and claim your power.
Following the Calling
Sometimes the spaces that call us the loudest are the ones that scare us the most.
Why I Started a Women's Group
Blooming Babes Collective Women's group online and offline
I know what it feels like to survive things you never thought you’d survive.
To lose yourself while trying to keep everyone else together.
Blog Series - I stopped Being Afraid to Ask Questions
Blog Series - A meaningful life with chronic illness may look different from the one you once imagined.
Blog Series - Fighting to Be Heard When Your Body Is Screaming
Blog Series - A meaningful life with chronic illness may look different from the one you once imagined.
It’s Just a Bad Day, Not a Bad Life
Because life isn't about creating perfect days. it's about learning how to find meaning in the imperfect ones.
August Reflection
August honestly, I feel like this month has been about living in my own little world.
Blog Series - They Made Me Question My Own Body
Blog Series - A meaningful life with chronic illness may look different from the one you once imagined.
Blog Series - Becoming Your Own Advocate
Blog Series - A meaningful life with chronic illness may look different from the one you once imagined.
Every Monday - Choose Your Word
Every Monday, choose one word to carry with you into the week.
A word that represents what you need, what you’re calling in, or how you want to feel.
Your word doesn’t have to define your whole week.
It can simply be your reminder:
Every Monday - Choose Your Word
Every Monday, choose one word to carry with you into the week.
A word that represents what you need, what you’re calling in, or how you want to feel.
Your word doesn’t have to define your whole week.
It can simply be your reminder:
Blog Series - How Years of Survival Affected Your Body
Sometimes we understand our story long before we understand what survival did to our body
Why I Keep Doing The Work.
These courses are part of my recovery.
They’re part of my therapy.
They’re part of how I keep learning about myself.
Blog Series - Learning to Live in My Body Again
For a long time, I thought trauma was something that lived in my memories.
Blog Series - Trauma Didn’t End When I Left
I thought once I walked away from the environment, the people, the fear and the constant survival mode, I would finally feel free.
Blog Series - Chronic Illness Edition
A meaningful life with chronic illness may look different from the one you once imagined.
Blog Series - Creating a Different, But Still Meaningful Life
There is a moment in healing where you realise you are no longer trying to get back to the person you were before.
Blog Series - Learning to Let Go and Begin Again
There is a quiet kind of grief that comes when the dreams you once held close no longer fit the life you are living.
Blog Series - The Dreams That Changed
When Your Body Changes the Story chronic illness has a way of teaching lessons you never signed up for. It doesn't just affect your health. It affects your identity.
July Reflection
If I had to describe July in three words, they would be new beginnings, new spaces, and new energy.
Blog Series - Grieving the Life You Thought you would Have
The grief that comes when your life doesn't unfold the way you imagined. When your body changes the plan. When trauma rewrites your story. When chronic illness, loss, heartbreak, or circumstances force you to let go of the future you spent years dreaming about.