Unchained

What happens when the person who stood by you in your darkest moment… is no longer aligned with who you’re becoming? In this episode, I talk about a 33-year friendship, shared motherhood, loyalty, prison letters, and...

For 25 years… I asked for my baby books. Every time I saw him, I asked. And every time… there was an excuse. What was taken from me wasn’t just a book. It was proof that I was there… proof that I loved my kids… proof...

Episode 13: Building From the Breakdown For the first time, I’m not sitting here alone. In this episode, I’m joined by my first guest—someone whose story stopped me in my tracks. At just 24, she’s lived through abusive...

What happens when your past doesn’t stay in the past… and moves in right down the street? In this episode, I share what it felt like to come face-to-face with the man who hurt me as a child—and the truth that changed...

For 20 years, I drove without a license. Not proud of it. Not hiding it either. This episode isn’t just about DWIs, arrests, or driving illegal—it’s about what happens when you learn how to survive inside a life you...

For most of my life, love felt like something I had to fight for. Something I had to prove myself for. In this episode, I talk about what happens when you finally experience a love that’s safe… and learning how to...

Sometimes the people who hurt us the most are the ones we grew up with. This episode was one of the hardest ones I’ve recorded. For years, I protected people in my story. Today, I stopped protecting the silence. In this...

For years I believed I was the problem. In this episode I talk about trauma, survival, addiction, and the moment I realized I was never broken — I was just trying to survive things I didn’t deserve. If you’ve ever felt...

Sobriety wasn’t a straight line for me. I’ve had more Day Ones than I can count — and every relapse came with so much shame that I stayed stuck longer than I had to. In this episode, I talk about the cycle no one posts...

My loneliness didn’t start in prison. It didn’t start with drugs. It didn’t start with alcohol. It started when I was three years old. In this episode, I talk about witnessing my mother being shot — and how that moment...

Lonely wasn’t something I felt for the first time in prison. It was something I learned as a child. In this episode of Unchained, I talk about growing up in chaos, my mom’s marriages, the boyfriend who did very bad...

Twelve hours. Handcuffed to a chair. “Just tell the truth.” In this episode of Unchained, I share what happened during the interrogation that led to my confession — and how quickly the tone changed once they got what...

Rehab wasn’t just about addiction. It was my escape plan. I share what it felt like to be so tangled in a toxic relationship that treatment became the only way out. I wasn’t just fighting drugs. I was fighting...

You ever look back at your life and think… “What in the actual chaos was I doing?” This episode is about the man was with before prison — aka my Olympic-level attempt at ignoring every red flag in existence. We’re...

This wasn’t a Netflix script. It was my real life. In this first episode, I take you back to the day the doors locked behind me — my first day in prison. The fear. The humiliation. The awkward moments no one prepares...