I’m a mental health advocate, a counselor-in-training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, an author, and a mom. I created Guided & Growing for people who are healing while still handling life: still working, still parenting, still showing up for everybody, and quietly running on empty.

I’ve spent years in child welfare, education, and ministry, and I’ve lived through my own seasons of survival mode. What I’ve learned is that faith and mental health care don’t compete with each other. You can pray and go to therapy. You can trust God and still need rest. You can love people and still set boundaries.

Everything here is something I’ve needed myself: honest, practical, faith-rooted tools to help you slow down, tell the truth about how you’re doing, and take the next step. I’m not writing from a finish line. I’m learning and practicing alongside you.

Healing while still handling life.