At first glance, this image might look like the picture of a “power mom”—nursing my second baby at the end of a race. At the time, I was building my chocolate business and caring for two young children. What the photo doesn’t show is that I was also running—from some deeper questions about whether my life was actually nourishing me. Staying busy felt easier than slowing down and listening.

Six years later, everything changed. I left my marriage and spent the next four years navigating a high-conflict divorce—through meditation, a lot of inner work, and steady commitment to my own healing. Through that process, I became a more present, grounded, and genuinely joyful woman.

The experience taught me how to listen for the quiet inner knowing that never leaves us, how to move through fear instead of being ruled by it, and how much freedom lives on the other side of surrender.