Momma Drama and Trauma

After heartbreak, I stopped trusting myself. I questioned my decisions, replayed conversations and wondered how I had missed the signs. In this episode, I'm taking you back to a white desk, a car dealership, a quiet food court and a few ordinary moments that slowly helped me find my way back to myself. This isn't a story about suddenly becoming confident. It's about discovering that tr...

Three years ago, I stood in my laundry room wondering what had happened to me. I had spent so many years taking care of everyone else that somewhere along the way, I stopped knowing who Jenny was. I thought I was searching for purpose, but I had no idea life was quietly preparing me for a journey I never would've chosen. In this episode, I'm taking you back to the ordinary places that beca...

For a long time, I thought the hardest part of healing would be surviving the pain. What I didn't expect was how strange it would feel when life started getting better. In this episode, I'm sharing the moments that caught me off guard as happiness slowly started finding its way back into my life. From watching my boys become more independent to late nights on the porch with friends and rea...

For a long time, I thought I had simply gotten busy. And maybe that's exactly what happened. Between raising three boys, helping run a business, managing a household and carrying the responsibilities of everyday life, I slowly stopped paying attention to the things I enjoyed. Not because I was unhappy. Not because I didn't love my life. Life just got full. In this episode, I'm sharing...

When my marriage fell apart, I didn't want support. I wanted nobody to know. I was embarrassed, ashamed and trying to hold everything together while my world felt like it was falling apart. In this episode, I'm sharing the story of the people who carried me when I couldn't carry myself. From my mom and sister to my sister-in-laws, counselors, friends, neighbors and even an unexpected f...

For a long time, I thought finding joy again meant reaching a point where the pain no longer existed. What I eventually learned was that healing doesn't work that way. In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, I share what it was like learning to navigate life as a family of four after the end of my 22 year marriage. I talk about the traditions I thought we'd always have, the holidays t...

In this episode of Momma Drama and Trauma, I'm sharing the story of my youngest son, Carson. If you've ever met Carson, you've probably felt it immediately. The energy. The laughter. The imagination. The joy. From his loud footsteps and endless stories to his fearless personality and ability to make people laugh when they need it most, Carson has always been the spark in our family. He...

This week on Momma Drama & Trauma, I’m talking about my son Derek, the quiet protector of our family and the one who guarded my heart during some of the hardest moments of my life. Derek has always been an old soul. He notices everything, remembers everything and feels things deeply even when he doesn’t always say them out loud. In this episode, I share stories about his love for family, his l...

Sometimes the child who looks the strongest is the one carrying the most. In this episode, I’m sharing the story of my oldest son, Ryan, the one who stepped into responsibility early, the one who tried to hold things together, and the one who has always had a heart that feels deeply and loves hard. From the little boy who wanted to be the one to help to the young man who figured things out on his...

There is a part of motherhood no one really prepares you for. Not the chaos. Not the exhaustion. The silence. In this episode, I am sharing what it felt like to go from a loud busy house full of boys to a quiet home that no longer sounded like the life I once knew. From little feet running across the kitchen floor to wrestling matches in the living room to bedtime routines, sports schedules and ev...

Sometimes healing is not about getting back to who you were. Sometimes it is about grieving the version of you that existed before everything changed. The woman who felt safe. The woman who believed in forever. The woman who thought she knew how her story would go. In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, I’m talking about the grief that comes with becoming someone new. Because healing is not...

Some of the hardest parts of healing are the ones no one ever sees. The quiet moments. The breakdowns behind closed doors. The days where you’re falling apart but still showing up for your kids, your responsibilities and your life. In this episode, I’m sharing what healing really looked like for me during that season. Not the highlight version. Not the strong version. The real version. The nights...

Forgiveness is something we hear about all the time, but no one really talks about what it looks like when you are actually living through it. In this episode, I share what forgiveness looked like for me in the beginning, when I thought it meant fixing everything and keeping my family together. And how that slowly changed. This is not surface level forgiveness. This is the kind that comes without...

I didn’t just lose my marriage, I lost the life I thought I was going to have. What do you do when you are not just grieving a relationship but the entire life you believed in? In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, I share what it really feels like to grieve your future. Not just losing your partner, but losing the plans, the stability, the identity and the life you thought was secure. I ta...

Setting boundaries can protect your peace, but what happens when relationships change because of it? The distance. The silence. The realization that some relationships don’t feel the same anymore. And the part no one really talks about, is the grief that comes with choosing yourself. What happens after you set boundaries? We hear a lot about how boundaries protect your peace and help you grow, but...

In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma , I’m talking about something I didn’t fully understand until recently: boundaries with myself. For a long time, I thought boundaries were something I needed to set with other people. What I’ve come to realize is that some of the most important boundaries I’ve ever had to learn are the ones I set within myself. This episode is a real and honest reflectio...

There comes a point in healing where you realize… you can’t keep explaining yourself to people who aren’t really listening. In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, Jenny talks about what it actually looks like to protect your peace in real life. Not in a surface level way, but in the quiet, sometimes uncomfortable moments where you choose not to engage, not to defend yourself and not to carry...

In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma , Jenny shares the boundaries she had to learn while co-parenting after divorce and navigating life after betrayal. At first, the instinct was to fix everything. To protect her kids, smooth over difficult moments and try to manage the relationship between her children and their dad. But over time, Jenny realized she was carrying emotional responsibility...

Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling emotionally drained and not fully sure why? Sometimes the exhaustion we feel in relationships comes from carrying emotional weight that was never ours to carry. This episode is about learning to care for people without abandoning yourself. This week on Momma Drama & Trauma , we’re talking about emotional boundaries. Not the kind that push p...

In this episode, I’m sharing something a little different than I originally planned. I had a practical episode ready to release earlier this week, but it didn’t sit right with me. I never want to show up here sounding like I have life all figured out when I don’t. So instead, I’m talking honestly about what I hope my kids learn about love and what I wish I had understood when I was younger. This c...

There is a kind of grief that does not come from losing a person but from losing the future you thought you were going to have. In this week’s episode, I share what it means to love your kids deeply while grieving the family you once imagined. Not the marriage but the family. The picture of togetherness you carried in your heart long before life changed. This episode is an honest reflection on mot...

If you are doing your best but still feel worn down, this episode is for you. We are talking about what self-love actually looks like when you are exhausted, depleted and running on empty, and why taking care of yourself does not have to feel like another thing on your to-do list. This is not about doing more or fixing yourself. It is about softening your expectations, choosing small moments of ca...

Love changes after betrayal. Not just how you love someone else, but how you love yourself. In this episode, I’m talking honestly about what love looks like now after betrayal, why love feels so confusing, how trust shifts and what it means to choose yourself when everything you believed about love falls apart. We explore the push and pull of missing someone you no longer trust, the loss of identi...

For a long time, I thought survival mode lived in my thoughts. In this episode, I talk about how survival actually lives in the body. In our breath, our tension, our reactions and the way we stay braced even when life has quieted down. I share how I began noticing this in myself, how it showed up in my nervous system and in my home and what it has looked like to gently begin teaching my body that...

For a long time, I lived in survival mode without realizing how deeply it was living in my body. In this episode, I share a quiet, honest reflection on what it means to stop living braced and start teaching your nervous system what safety feels like again. We talk about breath, reactivity, motherhood, emotional regulation and the small moments where calm becomes a choice. This is not about perfect...