Rebuilding
What I Learned About Business from Losing Everything
The lessons that only come from watching your carefully built life disappear overnight—and how they changed how I work with founders forever.
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For Founders Who've Been There
Stories, Strategies
& Support
Resources for rebuilding, growing, and thriving as a founder
from someone who understands the journey
The Complete Story
From Loss to Building Something Different
My journey from nonprofit work to business success, through betrayal and financial crisis, to discovering I'm neurodivergent and building Solace & Co. This is the unfiltered story of loss, growth, and creating something better.
Part 1
Leaving Mission Work Behind
After a decade of raising my own salary to help women and children at risk, I faced an impossible choice: mission or stability for my family.
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Finally, Proof I Belonged
Landing the career role that gave me both purpose and security—building substantial results and confidence outside the nonprofit world.
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The Day Friends Became Strangers
April 21, 2023: The parking lot betrayal that changed everything and taught me what it really means when business gets personal.
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When Everything Falls Apart
Taking a family road trip anyway, the mental health spiral, and learning that sometimes the most important investment is in what your kids remember.
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September 9th: The Day That Still Haunts Me
Losing our family home and the conversation no parent wants to have. Some days change you forever.
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The Missing Piece: Discovering My ADHD Brain
Three years into therapy, the discovery that explained everything—why the betrayal hit so hard, why recovery was difficult, and why I'm actually not broken.
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Why Traditional Business Advice Doesn't Work for ADHD Brains
Understanding how neurodivergent founders process rejection, change, and uncertainty differently—and what actually helps.
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Why Most Amazon Consultants Don't Understand Founders
The difference between someone who knows Amazon tactics and someone who understands what it's like to have everything on the line.
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Business Relationships Built on Understanding, Not Transactions
How to find and build partnerships with people who actually care about your success—and red flags to watch for.
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