Doing Well Starts with Being Well
the Conscious Change doc
Survival is My Responsibility. Healing is My Mission.
I know what it feels like to be trapped in a cycle of trauma, to suffer in silence, to question whether a better life is even possible. My journey into behavioral health and social impact work isn’t just professional—it’s personal. It’s a calling that runs deep, woven into the fabric of who I am.
I grew up in the shadows of complex trauma—domestic violence, substance abuse, molestation, and abandonment. By the time I was a teenager, I was running away from home, searching for a sense of belonging that I never truly felt. The generational cycles I inherited—survival tactics passed down as coping mechanisms—stayed with me well into adulthood. Food became my drug of choice, masking became my armor, and people-pleasing became my currency for self-worth. I struggled with my identity, my value, and I held a deep-seated belief that I was ever enough and would likely never be enough.
Then, I faced the moment that changed everything.
Doing My Part
I was beaten, strangled, and left alone—dehumanized, humiliated, and stripped of the identity I had carefully built. The reality of who I had become clashed violently with the image I had projected to the world.
I was a six-figure corporate executive, a leader, a professional. In my mind, I wasn’t one of those people. I wasn’t a “victim.” I wasn’t “weak.”
But the truth was undeniable—I was a survivor. A survivor of many things that I didn't want to even admit to myself, let alone anyone else. More than anything, I was terrified that I would never recover.
That night, in the midst of my assault, I prayed the most desperate prayer of my life: "God, if You let me survive this, I promise I will do something with the time You give me back."
God did His part. I survived. But survival alone was never enough.
Breaking the Cycles
Doing my part meant doing the work, facing he ugly truths, and becoming intentional about understanding how ended up in that mirror and more importantly discovering what it was going to take to make sure it never happened to me again.
There's profound power in conscious decision making. The truth I discovered was that I had mastered the art of appearances and professional success at the cost of my personal well-being. Despite excelling in boardrooms, I was crumbling within until I made an intentional decision to stop running and face my truth. By becoming committed to changing my life and and circumstances forever, I learned that authentic change demands both courage and intentionality.
This journey of conscious rebuilding evolved into a divine mandate to stand in the gap for others. What began with founding Nine Seconds Corporation to support survivors has grown into a larger mission of conscious change leadership—creating cultures where doing well and being well coexist, where intentional transformation touches not just individual lives, but entire communities.