*This episode includes mentions my experience of alcohol use, drug use, and postpartum mental health. Listener discretion advised, and please avoid listening around children.* In this episode, I’m sharing why I built The Coming Home Collective - and the moment I realised I couldn’t keep living the way I was. For a long time, my life looked fine on the outside. I was a teacher and leader in wellbeing, a mum, a high-functioning woman who could hold a lot. But inside, something felt deeply off. ...
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*This episode includes mentions my experience of alcohol use, drug use, and postpartum mental health. Listener discretion advised, and please avoid listening around children.* In this episode, I’m sharing why I built The Coming Home Collective - and the moment I realised I couldn’t keep living the way I was. For a long time, my life looked fine on the outside. I was a teacher and leader in wellbeing, a mum, a high-functioning woman who could hold a lot. But inside, something felt deeply off. ...
In this part 2 episode of our relationship, I’m taking you into the honest, messy, beautiful side of growth inside a long-term relationship - the part most people never speak about. When I started doing the inner work two and a half years ago, it cracked my entire world open. The way I saw myself, the way I parented, the way I communicated… everything shifted. And the truth? It shook our relationship. Hard! Lach hadn’t done this kind of work before. He didn’t understand why I was suddenly que...
This episode is an honest look at the parts of motherhood and relationships that most people keep quiet or make a joke out of as it 'its just the way it is'... The resentment, the pressure, the identity shift, the unspoken needs, and the moments you love your family deeply but still feel like you’re falling apart inside. I share parts of our story - the early days with Eden, the sleep deprivation, the breastfeeding struggles, the anxiety, the strain on communication, and the resentment that b...
No one really talks about the part that comes after you walk away - the quiet unraveling of who you thought you were, the moments you question if you’ve made a mistake, and the deep remembering that follows. In this episode, I share what life looked like after I left the classroom - the emotional and nervous system recalibration that came with slowing down, unlearning the rules I’d lived by, and redefining what motherhood and success mean to me now. If you’ve ever made a big decision in pursu...
In this episode, I’m opening up about the decision that changed everything - walking away from my stable teaching career to live a life that actually feels aligned. I share the honest truth about what led me to leave education, how I realised I was living out of alignment with my values, and what I’ve learned since choosing authenticity over security. We dive into what’s really happening in our school systems, the impact of peer influence on our kids, and why I chose to homeschool my daught...
In this first episode, I open up about the messy, beautiful path that led me here - from climbing the career ladder and chasing “success,” to losing myself completely in the early days of motherhood, responsibility, and everyone else’s expectations. I share the turning points that cracked me open - navigating my sister’s heartbreaking pregnancy journey, my own mental health battles, and the moment I finally realised I couldn’t keep living disconnected from who I truly was. This is the story...
*This episode includes mentions my experience of alcohol use, drug use, and postpartum mental health. Listener discretion advised, and please avoid listening around children.* In this episode, I’m sharing why I built The Coming Home Collective - and the moment I realised I couldn’t keep living the way I was. For a long time, my life looked fine on the outside. I was a teacher and leader in wellbeing, a mum, a high-functioning woman who could hold a lot. But inside, something felt deeply off. ...
