Over the past few months, I’ve been supporting three friends — quietly, voluntarily — as they navigated painful, familiar terrain. Abuse. Trauma. Recovery. Healing.

It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t formal. But it came so naturally.

And in those quiet conversations, those moments of empathy, reflection, and understanding, something within me clicked back into place.

This is what I’m meant to do.
It’s what I’ve always been meant to do.

Helping others make sense of their pain, reclaim their identity, and rewrite their story is not just something I can do — it’s something I was born to do.

🧭 Supporting Others Kept Me Anchored

Volunteering my time to support others while walking my own healing path has been both grounding and enlightening. It’s kept me accountable. It’s been a mirror, reflecting back the growth I didn’t always see in myself. It’s reminded me of how far I’ve come, and why the work matters.

Sometimes, walking alongside others becomes the very thing that reawakens your own sense of purpose.

📖 Looking Back to Move Forward

This week, I opened up my clinical notes from the past few years — old client reflections, success stories, breakthroughs I had the privilege of witnessing. It moved me to tears.

Because I remembered who I am.

Not the broken version someone once tried to convince me I was.
Not the silenced, doubted version that lived in survival mode for far too long.

But the woman who built her life on compassion, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and lived experience.

The woman clients trusted.
The woman who held space with strength and softness.
The woman who helped others rise — and who is now rising herself.

🌟 It’s Time to Come Back

Not out of pressure. Not out of desperation. But out of alignment.

After months of recalibrating, healing, and restoring my nervous system, I’m ready to return to the work that sets my soul on fire.

Trauma therapy isn’t just a job. It’s my path.
One I first stepped onto 25 years ago, and one I’m proud to walk again — this time, from a place of clarity, peace, and deep inner knowing.

🫶 If You’re on Your Healing Path Too…

Please know: sometimes, we have to pause before we re-engage. Sometimes, we need to heal before we help. But your purpose is still within you. Your skills are still valid. And your story might just be the very thing that brings someone else through theirs.

I’m coming back.
With more empathy.
More wisdom.
More resilience than ever before.

And I can’t wait to walk beside those who are ready to heal, too.

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