Why I Built This

I've been mistreated in the systems that claim to offer care and support, but often miss the mark. I went undiagnosed with ADHD until I was 33, years without the understanding I needed. Meanwhile, Black boys get over-diagnosed, and Black girls like me get overlooked entirely. What this let me know, is that I spent years over functioning without the support that I needed, even though support was around me, and available to others who were seen as in need of it. I needed it, and I was ignored and overlooked because I was a little Black girl.

As an adult, I've been misdiagnosed, minimized, and labeled simply for being a Black woman with emotions, vision, and depth. I was told I had behavioral problems when I was advocating for myself, even though I was being professional, precise, pristine in my communication. I was called manic when I was in creative flow. That's not care, that's control, and it's dangerous.

So I built something different, with my own hands. Every page, every word, every offering. Not because I wanted to do it alone, but because I had to. I didn't have money to pay someone else, so I became the someone who could do it all. For months, I spent 10-16 hour days on my computer, barely eating, making everything you see before you, so that I could live fully in who I am.

And I don't just have ideas, I execute them over and over. People in my life have watched me bring things to life from nothing, and my drive shows them that they can do it too. I breathe energy into other people's visions, and inspire them. For the first time, I'm seeing myself the way they've always seen me. This is the manifestation of that belief in myself.

I used to think I was lazy because I was told that by people who couldn't see my value. They wanted me to operate in a way that benefitted them and what they were building and when I didn’t, I was criticized for not being a version of myself that couldn’t exist in that environment. The truth is, I was just uninspired by what was around me. When I care, I go all in. I don't just participate, I build worlds and ecosystems.

I built this practice to be the exact opposite of what failed me. I don't need to pathologize you to help you. I don't need to reduce you to a checklist to support you. I see people because I've lived what most of them are surviving.

This is why I do this work. Why I stay up late creating, refining, offering something real. Because I know how much it matters to be understood, believed, heard. I've created something that doesn't exist, I know because I spent over 15 years in mental health services and only found a version of it once.

If you need this, you’ll know. I look forward to this journey, and hope to see you along the way.