I’m not asking for a fairytale… but can I please get a break? 🫠

This year has been a whole emotional beatdown—and I’m still expected to rise like I’m not running on fumes.

In this episode, I get honest (like voice note honest) about:

✨ Soul-level exhaustion

💔 Feeling abandoned in your darkest moments

🧠 Living in survival mode so long it became your identity

😶‍🌫️ What it’s like to be misunderstood, overextended, and still showing up

This one’s for anybody out there whispering: Can this part be over already?

🎙️ You’re not alone. You’re not crazy. And you deserve more than just “getting through it.”

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This one’s tender. 💔 Last night, I sat down with my son—my brave, wise, beautifully honest 11-year-old—and we talked about what it’s like growing up in a house where emotions sometimes run deep, loud, and complicated. 😔🧠💬

We opened up about grief, mental health, and what it means to live in a space where love is real, but so is the weight of navigating a bipolar parent. 💡 He shared his heart, I shared mine, and somewhere in the middle—we found healing. 🫂💭

It’s not a perfect conversation. But it’s a real one. And it reminded me that our children are watching, feeling, and forming their own understanding of the world—even when we’re just trying to survive it. 🌍💞

Press play ▶️ you’re a parent, a child, or someone who’s ever had to find peace in a storm. 🌧️☀️

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🖤 Episode Summary:

Grief doesn’t ask for permission, and it definitely doesn’t care if your Wi-Fi is still connected. In this raw and reflective episode, I open up about the recent loss of my father—and what it means to grieve in real-time while still showing up for life, motherhood, marriage, and the million tabs open in my brain.

We talk about how grief doesn’t just knock you down—it tries to live with you. I share what it’s been like navigating pain in a world that never pauses, and the strange tension between needing stillness and having notifications that just keep coming.

If you’ve ever had to keep moving while your heart was breaking, this one’s for you.

✨ In this episode:

• The shock of losing someone while life keeps scrolling

• Parenting through pain

• The guilt of logging off when everyone else is still logged on

• Why grief doesn’t have a timeline (and neither should healing)

• Permission to fall apart—even if only in airplane mode

🧠 Therapy Thought:

You can be high-functioning and heartbroken. Let both be true.

💬 Let’s Talk About It:

Has grief ever hit you when you didn’t have time to process it?

DM me or leave a comment—let’s create space for honest stories.

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