11/15/2025
DAY 1: The Backstory — My 5-Year Journey
Five years ago today, I took a leap of faith — and my little business was born. 🌱
But the truth is… this journey started long before then.
When I began massage school, I swore, “I’m going to change the way you think about massage.” Not the fluffy, treat-yo-self kind… but real, functional, healing work. I knew firsthand what chronic pain felt like, and I knew how much massage could truly help.
I graduated in 2014, and by 2016, I was already burned out.
Massage is known as the “seven-year career,” and I was barely two years in. I knew what I could do, but not many believed in it yet. So I hung up my hat after my son was born.
From 2016–2020, I worked job after job… bartending/serving late nights, getting let go over & over, wondering, “God, what are you doing with me?”
I loved the time I had with my babies — time I’ll cherish forever — but I felt myself disappearing.
What about my dreams? What about me?
In 2019, a friend pushed me to return to massage. Her faith in me was the spark I needed. That spark led me to a new friendship in 2020 that changed everything. These women saw something in me I had forgotten — and they refused to let me fail.
Then came the offer to rent a space from Dr. Longie.
A clinical setting.
A blank slate.
A chance to finally do it my way.
I told my husband over our anniversary dinner, “I know it’s scary… but this feels right.”
The world was literally shutting down, but somehow, opening a business felt like the move I was meant to take.
He had his doubts (because… 2020 😂), but his faith in me never wavered.
My biggest fear?
That it would be like before — a couple clients, then nothing.
But this time… it was different.
You came back.
Then you told your friends.
Before I knew it, I was booked out weeks… then months… then six months at a time.
You showed up BIG.
And you changed my life. ♥️✨
Since then, I’ve chased the best education I could find:
myoskeletal alignment, fascial release, craniosacral, Thai, cupping + gua sha, physiokinetix, neuromuscular therapy…
I wasn’t just helping my everyday clients — I began helping athletes again, too.
Ive moved locations & created my dream studio. My own little ‘Secret Garden’ of wellness. ✨ I’ve worked with my husband’s football players, learning from friends in the NFL and beyond. Because if my athletes dream of playing at that level… what makes them less deserving of the same care?
This journey has taken me everywhere — from peewee fields to the NFL to Olympic-bound athletes. I’ve held some of you through your tears, met country greats & Hollywood walk-of-famers, watched families grow, mourned losses, and yes… I’ve even been stood up by Travis Barker. 😂
And somehow, through all of that, here we are — five years later.
I set impossible goals in school, and all it took was one person telling me I couldn’t to light a fire I still have today.
But nothing in my life compares to the family I swore I’d never have — the ones who push me, cheer me on, and only complain a little when work takes us on the road. 😉♥️
Jeremiah, Kennedy, Sawyer, and my tootsie love…thank you.
For being my biggest cheerleaders, for your endless support, grace during my long days, and always picking me back up when the ground shifts. I love you more than you’ll ever know!!
What these five years have meant to me?
The grace. ✨
For the days my own chronic pain wins.
The support. ✨
Through an economy that’s thrown us all around.
The love. ♥️
That fills my space every single day.
The trust. ✨
The vulnerable, sacred part of this work that I never take for granted.
And the friendships.
Ohhh, the friendships. ♥️
You’ve loved on me, my space, my kids, my husband…
We’ve hugged, cried, laughed, and lived life together.
We love you all so big. I’m so grateful for every single one of you.
Thank you for five incredible years of trust, healing, and growth.
I wouldn’t be here without you. ♥️✨
Stay tuned all week — we’re just getting started with our celebrations!
