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 …
The Survivor’s Resume Workshop: Turning Survival Into Strength
Registration Closed This workshop is being offered online to 10 women in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. When you’ve lived through domestic violence, it can feel like all that …
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 …