Some years just hit harder, teach you more and change you. 2023 was just that for me. Right up there with one of the most pivotal and transformative years for me. And not to mention one of my biggest growth years, both professionally and personally.  

Launching my 2nd book, The Messy Truth, was definitely a shining highlight of my year but it took a minute for me to get on board with that. The cold, sober truth, was that the book was so much about my entrepreneurial path but also an ode to love and to Adrian. He had been by my side while I wrote this book and so once my marriage abruptly fell apart (what felt like over night), I did not want to promote my book one iota. I was so, so sad and could barely get out bed, how in the world was I going to slap a smile on my face and go talk about this beautiful book? Ironically all about pushing through your limits, good ole hard work and making a difference in your own unique way. Pfff. Fuck that. I just wanted to stay on the floor licking my wounds. I told my team, my friends & family, and anyone who would listen that I just didn’t want to go out, show my face, do any signings, and just generally didn’t want to promote this book.  I didn’t even want it to be published (we delayed to add the Afterword). Everyone around me was incredibly supportive (what a gift!) and gave me the space I needed to heal. There wasn’t one part of me that cared about this part of my story anymore. Something that I had put so much love, time, energy, and excitement into was gone in an instance. I was flattened and uninspired.