By now, you’ve probably binged watched all my YouTube videos and know my story like the back of your hand. But just in case…

 

I grew up in the projects and was raised by a single mother who started mothering at 13 when she was abandoned by her mom, forced to drop out of middle school, and left to raise six of her siblings. 

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By the time I - her eldest - came around, she was sick of parenting. A shitload of unprocessed complex traumas (including a disastrous relationship with her mom) manifested as addictions to pale lagers, caffeine, tobacco, and hating me. 

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My childhood was confusing to say the least. I was verbally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically abused for...existing.

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She made almost everything I did seem like it was the worst thing in the world and almost everything I said seem like it was a lie. As a result, I entered adulthood questioning my sanity, my character, and my salvation, and the brokenness of low self-worth led me to friendships and relationships that perpetuated my feelings of guilt, hopelessness, and fear. 

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And what made things worse was that everybody I opened up to about the challenges I was facing within our relationship (including therapists) said things like “But that's your mom,” convincing me to try harder at loving her which only caused me to become even more broken.

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That longing I once felt to be seen, heard, and understood is exactly why I’ve spent almost a decade using my clinical expertise and personal background to create platforms for women who have experienced various forms of interpersonal trauma (including mother-daughter trauma), to live in their authentic truth, break generational curses, and experience real transformation. And it's the passion behind my life-changing brands Mother-Daughter Trauma Recovery TV the International Mother-Daughter Trauma Recovery Institute (IMDTRI).

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Poke around my blog! And if you're looking for a therapist, mosey on over to the IMDTRI website, send us an email, and we'll be in touch within 24 business hours or less!