Meet Louise

From the age of 14 I struggled with addictions and mental health crises for decades and finally found myself in devastation and on the verge of giving up.

At 31, I thought it was over. Death became my fantasy. I didn’t know how to live, I couldn’t pay my bills and I didn’t know how to be a single mother to my 1 year old, I couldn’t breath and I saw no way out. By the grace of God, I once again checked myself into a psychiatric in-patient facility.

Coming out of that experience I was finally and fortunately diagnosed with Bipolar 1 & Borderline Personality Disorder. In many ways that was the day my journey began.  That was the day I started questioning everything.  That was the day, I unknowingly discovered a glimmer of hope and a piece of my WHY. 

I spent the better part of that past decade scrupulously researching understanding exactly who I am so that I could take action to become the woman I am today. You see, My journey didn’t start with a goal.  My journey didn’t start with a destination. It didn’t start with a desire to get sober, a career aspiration, a weight loss goal, the perfect man or something specific. It started with a feeling. 

My journey started with a deep desire for something more. I had absolutely NO idea what I wanted or where I was going but I knew I felt empty, lost, alone, scared and broken. I knew I wanted more and I was finally willing to do the work. I just wasn’t exactly sure what that was, or what it would look like, or how I was even supposed to begin. But none of that mattered!

So I just began.  My journey started setting my alarm clock 5 MINUTES earlier than it was the night before.  It didn’t start taking a giant leap, or making a huge commitment, or understanding and defining each molecule of a big goal.  I Just started. And 5 minutes turned to 10, turned to 30 turned to 60 and fast forward Hundreds of pages of journaling, 60+ books, dozens of podcasts, hours of meditation and the destination manifested itself.   

Over time, I looked back in the rearview mirror and my entire life had transformed. I am in my 40’s now and I am sober, mentally at peace, blissfully married, a doting mother, a successful business owner and financially thriving. It is nothing short of a miracle.

There are many ways I can help you, no matter where you are on your journey.  Let’s start with my podcast, Together S.O.B.E.R.!