Hi! I am 42 and a single mother of a 10 year old daughter. We live on the island of Kauai. When I gave birth to her at 32, I was completely unprepared for motherhood. I struggled with the loss of my old life for a long time and suffered postpartum depression. When my daughter was around 10 months old, a friend introduced me to Janet Lansbury, an expert on respectful parenting, and it resonated with me so deeply. I read every article, every book, and listened to every podcast. Janet was my guidebook through the early childhood years. It led me to more books and research by other experts, Dr. Shefali Tsabury, Brene Brown, Gabor Mate, Sadhguru, and alternative education philosophies from Montessori and Waldorf. I self-educated myself with as much parenting knowledge as I could and realized that my own healing was what I needed to work on to become a better mother. It's been a 10 year journey of inner transformation and I would love to help and support anyone with parenting struggles.