A Story About Heartbreak, Healing, and Choosing More: You Can Have the YES Life!

I didn’t start building the YES Life from a place of inspiration.
I started from the floor.

Not literally. But pretty close.
It was one of those seasons—when everything felt heavy, uncertain, and gray.

The kind of season where someone walks away,
and the silence they leave behind is louder than anything you’ve ever heard.

The kind where your kids move out, the house is too quiet,
and even your most familiar routines feel strange.
The kind where you look around and wonder—
What now? Who am I now? What do I even want anymore?

I wasn’t okay.
But I wanted to be.

So I did the only thing I knew how to do:
I packed the car. I grabbed the dogs.
And I drove.

Not toward a grand plan.
Not toward a new job or a new man or a dramatic reinvention.

But toward sunlight.
Toward salty air.
Toward bike paths and books and dog walks and dive diners and the kind of freedom I hadn’t felt in a long time.

I didn’t know it at the time, but this was the beginning of The YES Life.

Not a brand. Not a project.
Just a whisper in my soul that said:
“Try again.”

I started saying YES to the tiniest things that made me feel like me again:

A sunrise photo.
A solo kayaking trip.
A journal entry instead of a text I’d never get a reply to.
A dinner out by myself.
A new trail. A new recipe. A new city.
A new thought: Maybe my story is just beginning.

And with each YES, I started to remember:

I’m not here to wait for anyone to choose me.
I’m here to choose myself.
Over and over again.

And now, I want to help you do the same.

Here’s what I want you to know:

Your story matters.
Your voice matters.
And the world is waiting for the version of you that says YES to more.

You don’t need a partner or a perfect plan.
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You just need the courage to begin.

Because your comeback is already in motion.
And your next chapter starts with a single, brave YES.

So wherever you are right now—whether you’re holding it together or falling apart—this space, this movement, this YES Life is for you.

Stick with me. Follow along. Let's create your YES Life together!!

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