She's Not Broken

Amanda and I explore the relationships we're meant to outgrow—and the ones waiting for us on the other side. This is a conversation about community, vulnerability, divine timing, and finding your people in places you never expected. We talk about her experience co-leading women's retreats designed to help women reconnect with themselves, what she learned from bringing women together in dee...

This episode is a conversation with my friend Glenna. We met on Peanut and built a friendship that’s become really meaningful — even though we don’t share the same beliefs or see everything the same way. We talk about what it actually looks like to build a deep, safe friendship in this season of life, and how ours grew by choosing to go beyond surface-level connection. Instead of keeping things as...

Motherhood changes almost every relationship in our lives—including our friendships. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Abbie to talk about the unexpected ways friendship shifts after becoming a mom. We explore the loneliness many women experience in this season, why friendships can naturally drift, and how marriage, motherhood, and the demands of everyday life can make connection feel har...

In this episode, I sit down with Katie from Missoula Mama Circle to talk about something so many moms are craving—real, tangible support in motherhood. Katie shares the heart behind why she created Missoula Mama Circle—a space designed to help moms connect, show up as they are, and build real, lasting relationships. Because while motherhood can be deeply fulfilling, it can also feel surprisingly i...

This episode opens a new season on connection. We’re starting with friendship — not just being around people, but the kind of connection where you can actually relax, be yourself, and feel safe. I talk about why that can feel so hard, especially for women and mothers… how we were shaped to stay controlled, composed, and guarded, and how that shows up in our friendships now. I share parts of my own...

What if the thing keeping you stuck isn't a lack of healing… but the constant search for more of it? In this season finale, I sit down with Nina De Francisco (MindbodyNina) for a conversation that deeply challenged the way I think about healing, self-awareness, and growth. Together, we explore the subtle ways many of us turn healing into another thing to achieve, another way to evaluate oursel...

What do you do when you believe God heals… but healing doesn’t look the same for everyone? In this episode, I’m sharing a deeper, more vulnerable look into my experience walking through cancer—not from a place of having answers, but from the place of wrestling with questions I couldn’t ignore. Questions about God’s sovereignty, the body’s ability to heal, and what it actually looks like to trust w...

This episode is a story. A recalling of a night during my cancer journey where everything felt uncertain, and I had to sit with what I couldn’t control. It was the scariest thing I had ever been up against. And somehow, in the middle of that night, God brought a kind of peace into my heart that I can’t fully explain — a peace that allowed me to actually let go… and fully surrender to the journey I...

You’re learning. You’re growing. You’re doing the work. So why does it still feel like it’s not enough? In this episode, I share the subtle pattern of constantly evaluating yourself—how even healing and self-awareness can become another way to feel like you’re falling short. We’ll explore the “tiny box” we create for ourselves and why chasing a better version of you can leave you feeling more exha...

If you’ve ever felt like peace is just out of reach… like if you could just get a little more healed, a little more regulated, a little more “together”… then you’d finally feel it—this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m sharing a very personal part of my story, walking through cancer and the deeper shift it created in how I understood peace, control, and faith. We talk about the subtle ways...

I’m pregnant again after cancer… and thinking about postpartum in a very different way. In this episode, I share the real fears and questions that are coming up as I prepare for another postpartum season — and why this time, I’m looking at support and the “village” differently. We talk about why it’s so hard to actually ask for help, even when people genuinely care. The difference between “I’m her...

If you’ve ever told yourself, “I’ll feel better when everything is done”… this might be the lie that’s keeping you exhausted. In this episode, I sit down with Glenna, a single mom carrying the full weight of motherhood, to talk about the constant cycle of doing, fixing, and pushing through — and why it never actually brings the peace we think it will. We talk about over functioning as a coping mec...

What does it actually look like to work full-time from home while raising kids… without a village? In this episode, I sit down with my friend Kiley, a full-time work-from-home mom, to talk honestly about the weight of doing it all in one space. We get into the pressure, the constant demand, and what it feels like to be stuck in a rhythm that doesn’t really allow you to slow down — even when your b...

If parenting has been feeling tense, heavy, or like everything turns into a struggle… this episode is for you. We’re talking about play — not as entertainment, but as a way to shift hard moments, soften reactivity, and reconnect with your child (and yourself). I share how playful redirection can turn everyday struggles into moments of connection in a way that actually works in real life. If you wa...

If you feel like you keep losing it on your kids, this episode is for you. We’re talking about what’s actually happening in those moments — and why it’s not about willpower or trying harder. It’s about your nervous system. In this episode, we get into: what regulation actually is why motherhood is so dysregulating the difference between reacting and responding how coping mechanisms form (and why t...

In this episode, Shelby sits down with Sarah Grenfell for a thoughtful conversation about the postpartum experience through the lens of the nervous system . Together they explore how birth and early motherhood can be deeply impactful events for the body, mind, and nervous system — often in ways that many women are never taught to understand. Sarah shares her personal birth story and the ways postp...

In this episode of She Is Not Broken , I sit down with my sister to talk about the postpartum seasons that changed her life. Motherhood can bring immense love and beauty, but it can also expose parts of ourselves we didn’t know were still there — pain, exhaustion, identity shifts, and moments that feel darker than we expected. In this conversation, she shares her journey through postpartum with he...

Motherhood can feel heavier than expected, leaving many women quietly wondering if something is wrong with them. In this opening episode, we name that question and explore why it’s so common. This conversation looks at how isolation, exhaustion, and the loss of shared life shape the modern experience of motherhood — not as personal failure, but as the result of cultural and structural patterns tha...

In this episode, I share my personal story — a journey shaped by self-reliance, motherhood, illness, and an eventual return to faith rooted in surrender rather than striving. This conversation reflects on how motherhood, loss, and suffering exposed the places where control replaced trust — and how letting go opened the way for a deeper, steadier relationship with God. This is not a guide or a prom...

Many mothers reach a point where motherhood feels heavier, more overwhelming, and more disorienting than they expected — even when everything looks “normal” on the outside. In this episode, we explore how motherhood functions as a full-body nervous system event, and why chronic stress, isolation, and lack of support can push women into survival mode. We talk about hypervigilance, emotional reactiv...

She Is Not Broken is a gentle place to explore the parts of motherhood that feel messy, lonely, or confusing, without shame or pressure to “do better.” This is for the mom who wants to feel safe in her body again, connected to herself, and rooted in truth. Come as you are. Nothing about you needs fixing.