Before my diagnosis, I was achieving, showing up, and performing. I was functioning, but internally, something felt off. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just a quiet disconnection I learned to ignore. On the outside, it appeared I had it all together. On the inside, I felt disconnected, numb, and exhausted in a way I could not explain. So I did what I knew how to do: kept going. So I kept going, as many high-achieving women do. Until I could not ignore it anymore.
I remember sitting in my doctor's office when she said, "You are dealing with suppressed depression." I remember pausing and asking her, "What is suppressed depression? I think I just had an asthma attack." She smiled and repeated the diagnosis. And in that moment, something shifted.
The doctor prescribed me five different prescriptions to help me cope. She spoke about the prescriptions as a way to cope, and while that may be the path for some, I felt something different rise in me. Not resistance, but clarity. I knew I didn't just want to cope, I wanted to understand what was happening within me. That became the turning point. I moved from prescription... to purpose.
It felt like a divine calling.
So I made a decision. I chose to move from prescription to purpose. That path led me to become an ICF-certified transformational coach and keynote speaker. Not because I had everything figured out, but because I knew what it felt like to look like I had it all together on the outside and feel disconnected on the inside. Now I support high-achieving women who look like they have it all together, but are quietly carrying the emotional cost of success. Women who are done paying the emotional cost and are ready to reconnect with themselves. Because success should never require self-abandonment.