Calm Before The Storm
In Episode 23 of After the Quiet, I reflect on a season that felt peaceful—moving into a new home, enjoying summer outdoors, rebuilding routine, and believing life had finally stabilized. With two you...
11 Feb 7min
Uprooted Again
In Episode 22 of After the Quiet, I share the chapter where life was uprooted once again. While still walking on eggshells and trying to keep peace at home, the decision was made to move—despite final...
9 Feb 8min
Silenced By Shame
In Episode 21 of After the Quiet, I share a moment I kept secret for years out of shame and fear. On the night before Halloween, while exhausted, overwhelmed, and caring for two young children, a frus...
6 Feb 12min
Learning To Survive On Empty
In Episode 20 of After the Quiet, I share the birth of my second child and the exhausting postpartum season that followed. From a traumatic labor where the epidural failed and pain consumed my body, t...
4 Feb 8min
Pretending Things Were Fine
In Episode 19 of After the Quiet, I share the chapter where my body spoke before I could. During my seventh month of pregnancy, after returning home following a frightening escalation, I experienced m...
2 Feb 9min
When Control Turns Dangerous: The Moment The Quiet Shattered
In Episode 18 of After the Quiet, I share the moment coercive control escalated into something I could no longer explain away. During my second pregnancy, while caring for a toddler and battling sever...
30 Jan 12min
The Second Shift
In Episode 17 of After the Quiet, I share what it was like returning to work as a new mom while still living inside a coercive controlling relationship. As I went back to teaching just before my son’s...
26 Jan 12min
The Calm That Still Had Conditions
In Episode 16 of After the Quiet, I share what the year after my son was born really looked like inside a coercive controlling relationship. On the surface, things felt calmer — we had a routine, a be...
26 Jan 17min
