Momma Drama and Trauma

Have you ever looked back at an old memory and realized how differently you see things now? While looking through old photos for Carson's senior yearbook, I came across a video of my three boys carving pumpkins when they were little. Hearing their little voices again brought back so many memories. But hearing myself in the background made me realize just how much I've changed over the year...

For years, I thought courage meant being strong enough to handle whatever life threw my way. Raising three boys while their dad worked out of town for months at a time, keeping our home running and making sure everybody had what they needed. I was used to figuring things out because that's what life required of me. But these last three years have shown me a different kind of courage. Staying i...

What happens when you're ready for a fresh start, but you're scared of everything that comes with it? As I get closer to selling the house where my boys grew up, there's a lot about my future I don't have figured out. I don't know where we'll live next, what it will feel like to eventually live alone or exactly how the things I'm building will support me financially. An...

I was never someone who was afraid to speak my mind, but somewhere along the way, I started questioning whether the way I communicated and processed my emotions was wrong. In this episode, I'm sharing how I slowly became more agreeable, why asking for help felt so difficult and what I learned about myself when my marriage ended. From the everyday conversations I avoided to finding the courage...

Selling my house means more than packing boxes and finding somewhere new to live. It means leaving behind a home filled with my boys growing up, family traditions, ordinary moments I didn’t know I’d miss and some of the hardest years of my life. This time, I’m facing the move without the person who used to reassure me that everything would be okay. I’m still scared, I still want a plan and I still...

For most of my adult life, I had a pretty good idea of what came next. I was raising my boys, managing schedules, building a life and planning for a future I thought I could see. Now, for the first time in a long time, I don’t really know what the next chapter looks like. I don’t know exactly where I’ll live. I don’t know what the business I’m building will become. I don’t know who might eventuall...

September 22, 2026 would have been my 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty-five years ago, I married the person I believed I'd grow old with. I pictured kids, a life together and someday sitting beside each other on a porch watching life go by. Even one week before discovering his affair, I was still imagining our future together. But life didn't turn out the way I thought it would. In this ep...

For most of my life, I knew who I was. I was a wife. I was a mom. My family was the center of everything, and honestly, that was the life I had always wanted. But now, as I’m approaching 50, my kids are growing up, my marriage is over and for the first time, I’m having to ask myself a question I’m not sure I’ve ever really had to answer before: Who is Jenny when nobody needs anything from her? In...

What happens when the life you spent years planning no longer feels like the life you want? In this episode, I’m looking back at the dreams I had as a little girl, the life I eventually built and the future I thought I had all figured out. Some of those dreams have changed, some are still very much mine and I’m learning that maybe I don’t need to know exactly what comes next to start creating a li...

Somewhere along the way, I stopped making much room for myself. It didn’t happen all at once. Life got busy. My kids needed me. There was a house, a business, a marriage and all the things that needed to be taken care of. Little by little, the things that were mine became easier to let go. In this episode, I’m looking back at the woman I was before my marriage ended and realizing how much differen...

Three summers ago, I went to sleep on my couch thinking I knew what the rest of my life was going to look like. I was raising three teenage boys, running everyone where they needed to go, keeping up with the house and business and sending my husband listings for pieces of land where I thought we might someday build a home and grow old together. I had no idea how much my life was about to change. I...

What happens when you start keeping the promises you make to yourself? In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma , I’m sharing some of the small moments that helped me begin trusting myself again. From finally letting go of the need to know what my former husband was doing, to continuing to show up for this podcast when life felt heavy, to taking back a closet that once held someone else’s life...

Have you ever realized you were waiting for someone else to tell you it was okay to begin? In this episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, we're talking about the quiet ways we put parts of our lives on hold while we wait for the right time, more confidence or someone else's approval. I'm sharing a few ordinary moments from my own life that didn't seem very important while I was livin...

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to trust everyone else's opinion... but struggle to trust your own? Somewhere along the way, many of us stop listening to that quiet voice inside ourselves. We ask for reassurance. We second guess our instincts. We wait for someone else to tell us we're making the right decision. In this episode, I'm sharing four personal stories about the slow, qui...

When I first thought about freedom, I imagined it would feel like a finish line. I thought it would come after everything was over. Instead, I discovered something completely different. In this episode, I'm sharing four ordinary moments that quietly changed my life. A conversation on my back porch, a realization in my office, a moment alone on my couch and rediscovering the little girl who lov...

When was the last time you noticed yourself? For years, my life revolved around taking care of everyone else. My mornings were filled with making breakfasts, packing lunches, driving kids to school and making sure everyone had what they needed before I ever stopped to think about what I needed. Then, little by little, life began to change. In this episode, I'm sharing four ordinary stories tha...

Sometimes the biggest promises we make aren't the ones we make to other people. They're the quiet promises we make to ourselves. In this episode, I take you back to the early days of Momma Drama & Trauma, from recording my first episodes to the night a YouTube Live turned into a complete dumpster fire. Looking back now, I realize none of those moments were really about getting everythi...

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...