Built from the Mess

Co-parenting isn’t always the picture-perfect version people talk about online. In this episode of Built From the Mess, I get real about the complicated side of raising teenagers in a blended family. From juggling work schedules and coordinating households to navigating the emotional side of parenting with an ex, this conversation dives into the challenges that come with trying to do what’s best f...

I thought leaving my hometown meant I was growing. Turns out, I had a lot more growing to do. In this episode, I share what it was like to move away with the wrong partner, build a life that didn’t feel right, and then make the hard decision to come back home. Not because I failed — but because I finally chose myself. This is about divorce, humility, healing, and how sometimes the place you ran fr...

What happens when the people meant to protect you start disappearing right in front of you? In this episode, I take you into the beginning of my parents’ drug use — when things shifted from unstable to unpredictable. The late nights. The tension you could feel before you could explain it. The quiet ways a child learns to read a room just to survive it. We talk about what it’s like to move over and...

I didn’t grow up with crowds, convenience, or a clear path. I grew up in an oil field camp, surrounded by distance and silence. In this episode, I talk about how isolation didn’t limit my future — it prepared me for it. A success story that didn’t start in comfort, but in resilience.

Most of us are building our lives in the middle of uncertainty — not after we’ve “made it.” In this first episode, I explain why Built From the Mess exists, who it’s meant for, and what kind of conversations I want to have here. This podcast isn’t about perfect paths — it’s about real ones.