At some point…
You realize you can keep chasing what the world says matters… or you can start asking what God is actually calling you to.
Sometimes you choose that shift. Other times, God lovingly redirects you there.
My Story
I’ve experienced many subtle God-nudges throughout my life—but in 2017, they became impossible to ignore. What followed felt like a divine domino effect—moments that didn’t invite small shifts, but required life-altering, trust-stretching surrender.
It brought me to tears, stripped away what was familiar and rebuilt me—stronger in God’s grace than ever before… though not without a few stubborn moments of resisting change.
The life I had carefully constructed no longer fit. What once felt stable became uncertain. But in that unraveling, I began to see what I had missed before: God wasn’t removing me from my life—He was realigning me within it.
What the world saw and what I lived weren’t always the same.
- A career-halting layoff became sacred ground for deep God conversations.
- A season of striving to succeed became an identity struggle that nearly broke me but God used it for His good.
- Health challenges stripped away my comfort—so God could reveal who I was created to be.
Somewhere in the middle of it all, something shifted.
I stopped trying to hold everything together—and started asking who God was shaping me to be. And slowly, I began to understand: I wasn’t being undone. I was being rebuilt.
This is who I am now.
A woman rooted in faith, shaped by experience and committed to building God’s Kingdom. I don’t have it all figured out—but I know where I’m anchored. And I know the life I’m called to live isn’t built on achievement, but on obedience.
I’m an image bearer of my Creator.
A creative daughter of His.
Choosing, every single day, to live life in full color—and on His purpose.
God has met me in every season—each shaping how I live today.
How Writing Began
I didn’t grow up dreaming of writing a book. I loved to read, but becoming an author was never part of my plan. But in the middle of pregnancy insomnia and the weight of a demanding life season, God kept drawing me back to a blinking cursor on a blank page.
What started as a way to process life with Him became something more—a rhythm of obedience, reflection and creative prayer. What I thought was simply me working through hard moments with God was actually Him writing a much bigger story.
Those late-night words became the foundation for a book—and the beginning of a calling I never saw coming.
How Painting Began
One call can change everything, and for me, it did. In the middle of an exhausting health journey, I received a call to schedule a biopsy for a cancer scare. Already barely keeping my head above water, in that moment, I felt like I was sinking. But as I drove, with my kids in the car and fear pressing in, God prompting me to turn into a Hobby Lobby. To buy watercolors.
Painting had never been my go-to form of creativity. But I listened. In the middle of sleepless nights, instead of spiraling in worry, I painted. What started as a simple act of obedience became something sacred—a new way to sit with God, to process, to pray.
I didn’t understand it at the time. But He did. Because a year later, those paintings helped fund a long journey to the Mayo Clinic in search of answers—and became part of my daily rhythm of connection with Him. Now, creating isn’t just something I do. It’s something we do—together.
How Broken & Beautiful Began
In the middle of a successful season of entrepreneurship, COVID disrupted everything—including an author retreat I had planned in a space I was about to cancel. Just before sending the cancellation email, though, I felt a clear prompting from the Holy Spirit to call a new friend and fellow Christian author with an unexpected idea: What if we hosted a women’s retreat in that very space? I expected hesitation. Instead, through prayer, we both said yes.
That single obedient step became something neither of us could have orchestrated. What began as a one-time retreat revealed a deeper need in women’s lives—and a shared calling we couldn’t ignore. Broken & Beautiful Retreats was born from that moment of obedience.
What started as one gathering has now grown into a ministry reaching hundreds of women who are longing for rest, healing and deep relationship with God.
These days, my life looks a little different than I once imagined—and a lot more aligned than I ever expected.
I’m a Christian speaker, author and artist… but I’m also a wife, a mom, a fitness instructor, a plant lover and someone who finds a lot of joy in the simple, everyday moments.
Some days look like speaking on stages or creating in my studio. Other days look like teaching a virtual workout class—usually with a cat photo-bombing in the background—watering the ever-growing collection of plants in our home, or simply being present in the life right in front of me.
And honestly? That’s the beauty of it. It’s not perfect. It’s not always easy. But it’s rooted, intentional and centered on God—and that changes everything.
God doesn’t waste anything—and everything I’ve walked through now shapes how I serve, create and lead.
This is why I share my story—and why I do what I do. And because I’ve walked my own journey, I know this truth: where you are right now isn’t the end of your story—there is always a next step forward.
Consider this your invitation to live with intention, deepen your faith and walk in the purpose you were created for. And wherever you find yourself right now, I’d love to walk with you as you take that next step.
