Sometimes life changes you in ways you never expected.

In this episode, I’m talking about the version of me that existed before loss, addiction, illness, and grief — and how those experiences reshape who we become.

Because sometimes the hardest part of surviving something isn’t just what you lost… it’s realizing you’re not the same person anymore.

People warn you about grief.

They warn you about illness.

They warn you about addiction and loss.

But nobody warns you about the loneliness that comes with surviving it.

In this episode, I’m talking about the quiet isolation that happens when your life changes in ways other people don’t understand — when friends disappear, conversations feel different, and your world suddenly feels smaller.

This is an honest conversation about the loneliness that comes with surviving hard things.

Sometimes the worse thing you can give someone struggling is...ADVICE

In this episode I am talking about the phrases people love to throw around when life falls apart.

Like the "Everything Happens For A Reason"

The words people thinking are comforting but sometimes just make it worse.

This is a raw conversation about grief, illness, recovery and the uncomfortable truth that some pain doesn't need advice

Its 3Am

No script.

Just me talking about the weight of being the strong one -- the one who holds it all together, shows up and doesnt get to fall apart.

Strength looks admirable.

But it can be lonely.

If you are the strong one too...this one is for you.

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We talk about death without whispering.

We talk about the fear without pretending we are fearless.

We talk about addiction without glamorizing it.

This is where the uncomfortable stuff lives---the late night thoughts, the grief that lingers, the truth most people would rather scroll past.

If you want honesty with teeth press PLAY.

This isn't an inspirational illness story.

This is the reality of living with Cirrhosis and ling failure caused by addiction.

I am 37.

I am a widow.

I am a single mom.

Sobriety didn't magically fix my life. It gave me the clarity and strength to face what addiction left behind.

No sugar coating. Just truth.

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Grief doesn' t pause when you are a parent.

In this episode I am talking about the reality of raising kids while your own world is falling apart. The exhaustion, the guilt, the impossible balance between carrying your pain and showing up for those young humans who need us the most.

Children grieve differently, Parents grieve quietly. And somewhere in the middle you are just trying to survive another day.

If you are navagting loss while trying to be strong for your kids--this episode is for you.

And if you love someone who is, this may help you understand what they are carrying behind the scenes.

Because parenting while grieving isn't weakness.

Its one of the hardest forms of strength there is.

Grief doesn't arrive quietly.

Trauma doesn't disappear just because we try to silence it.

In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the pain that shaped my addictions, the traumas I carried for years and the devastating loss that changed everything.

I talk honestly about becoming a widow, navigating the grief and the reality of getting sober when life gives you every reason not to.

This is a conversation about trauma, addictions, loss and what it means to break the cycle instead of being consumed by it.

Some wounds can't be numbed.

Some pain demands to be faced.

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XO,

Justine