March 7, 2026 This workshop is being offered online to 10 women survivors only. When you’ve lived through domestic violence, it can feel like all that remains is the pain, …
Why I Make My Memoir Free (And Why I Wrote It in the First Place)
There’s power in stories. They connect us, challenge us, and make us feel seen. That’s why I wrote my memoir—to be a voice in the silence, to say the words …
Build Your Survivor’s Resume — A 2-Part Workshop to Reframe Your Story
The Survivor’s Resume Workshop with HardBeauty.life She had a gap in her resume. Not the kind HR notices, but the kind no one talks about. Years missing. Titles she couldn’t …
Story Time: How it Started | How it’s Going
-April 24, 2021. Updated April 25, 2025 HOW IT STARTED 1993 Though I fell in love with writing and photography — and had some comfort and enjoyment with public speaking …
Free to Print: Something Wrong
A handful of years ago, I said the following words while talking to my amazing group of writing friends. They stopped me and told me to write them down. There’s …
On Rising Again…Again
These days my biggest battle is with my mind every time I have a physical setback or illness within my body. The minute I have to reschedule or cancel something, …
When it hurts to write
Three hundred words. In just under an hour, I only manage to write 300 new words on my book. I should be annoyed. But instead, I hit save and close …
Why I Make My Memoir Free
(And Why I Wrote It in the First Place) There’s power in stories. They connect us, challenge us, and make us feel seen. That’s why I wrote my memoir—to be …
Flashback: December 7, 1997
“He’s here. Hide.” Steve pushed me toward the back of the trailer. I swooped up my giggling baby girl and ran through the trailer to their bedroom. I stopped right …
Flashback: December 6, 1997
A few hours into my shift, sure as I expected him, Dewayne walked in looking and smelling like 1988. He sat in my section, and I was torn between ignoring …