about

I wasn’t always someone known for speaking up. I used to squash my voice down and bite my tongue when it came to sharing how I really felt because I had convinced myself that my thoughts didn’t matter. I hid behind my professional titles and academic achievements in hopes that my resume would speak for itself so that I wouldn’t have to. But it wasn’t long before I realized my silence was holding me hostage: a deep yearning for community began to stir within me, but I couldn’t find the words to connect.

By the time I had Milo, my first child, in April 2017, I had long since stopped valuing who I was. And I realized I wasn’t living the kind of life that I wanted my son to use as an example. So, I started writing about early motherhood as a way to process my experience. Then, a $600 investment in starting a service-driven business with the mission of getting safer products into the hands of everyone revived my sense of community. All of a sudden, I found myself leading safer self-care workshops with mothers of all ages and stages. The most common feedback I heard:

“We NEED to be having more honest conversations of what it’s really like to be a mother, a wife and a homemaker. We NEED to understand that we are not alone in our experiences.”

I should have known that the soon-to-be first time mother who pleaded with the veteran mamas at her baby shower to share what I should really know about the motherhood journey ahead would be cultivating a welcoming space for women around the world to speak honestly about their experiences. These days you can find me growing up alongside my son and empowering women to give voice to their trials and tribulations. Unnerved by the unspoken, I celebrate the mundane glory of child rearing and life living. Here, you’ll find a community that’s relieved to find that finally, someone’s sharing about all those things they wish they would have known.