Every child wants their mother—even when the relationship is complicated. I Got It From My Momma explores the Mother Wound, inherited patterns, grief, and self-reclamation. Through personal reflection, psychological insight, and compassionate truth-telling, this essay examines how family legacies shape us and how healing begins when we choose what to carry forward—and what ends with us.

We rise together—or we fracture separately. This essay explores how family, early experiences, and unhealed wounds shape our mental health and the lives we build. As part of the May series, it introduces the concept of “The Mother Within,” inviting readers into the work of reparenting, self-awareness, and healing. This is not about blame—it’s about truth, responsibility, and the path toward becoming whole.

Self-trust is not about certainty or perfection—it’s about rebuilding a relationship with your own inner knowing. In this Live Well Live Whole™ reflection, we explore how honoring yourself, practicing consistent care, and listening to your inner voice helps restore the trust many of us lost through disappointment, betrayal, or self-abandonment. Self-trust grows when you become someone your own heart can rely on again.

If you’re exhausted from being the one who anticipates needs, smooths problems, carries emotions, and solves life for other grown people—this is your invitation to stand down. Not because you don’t care. Not because you’ve stopped loving. But because somewhere along the way, “helping” became overfunctioning—and overfunctioning became the price of connection and belonging. For many of us, fixing isn’t a personality trait. It’s a survival skill we learned early: keeping the p

We talk a lot about grieving death, but very little about grieving the life we thought we’d have: the loving parents, the safe relationships, the reciprocated effort, the dream that never materialized. This article names those invisible losses—family betrayal, self-sacrifice, emotional lifting—and offers a trauma-informed path toward self-trust, untethering, and gratitude. It’s an invitation to stop abandoning yourself for others, and to begin honoring the life that is still

For those who wonder if they’ve missed their turn — and are ready to trust the wisdom of their own path. “It’s your life—the path is wide...