UnfilteredLiving

UnfilteredLiving Mom in the middle of it all. Middle motherhood, reframing how we talk about ourselves, and breaking cycles our kids don’t have to carry.

06/12/2026

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 39, and one of the biggest surprises was realizing that what I thought was a character flaw was often just the way my brain works.

For years I assumed everyone else could sit down and relax when they had the chance. Then I started paying attention to what was happening in my own head. I can be floating in a pool with nowhere to be, nothing urgent to do, and somehow my brain is still making lists, solving problems, planning next week, replaying conversations, and reminding me of things I forgot three months ago.

I also didn’t realize how much impulse control played a role in my life. Not in dramatic ways, but in everyday ways. I’ll get an idea and immediately feel like I need to act on it. I’ll pick up my phone to check one thing and end up forty-five minutes deep into a completely unrelated rabbit hole. I’ll decide at the most inconvenient time imaginable that today is the day I need to reorganize a closet, research a new hobby, or map out an entire future project.

Looking back, I spent a lot of years wondering why life seemed easier for everyone else. Why they could stay on top of things, finish things, remember things, and rest without their brain turning it into another task. Getting diagnosed didn’t magically fix any of that, but it did help me stop assuming I was lazy, undisciplined, or simply not trying hard enough.

Now when I catch myself floating in a pool while mentally planning next Tuesday, I mostly just laugh. Because at least I finally understand what’s happening up there.

06/07/2026

•How many women tie their self-worth to productivity
•Boys struggle with body image too
•“Wellness” can become anxiety really fast
•Moms are carrying invisible mental loads constantly
•Food guilt is exhausting
•Being emotionally overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re failing
•Social media has normalized obsessing over ourselves
•Many women are trying to heal while raising kids at the same time
•Kids notice how we talk about our bodies
•Rest should not feel shameful 🤍

Which of these do you think needs to be talked about more?

Watching your child do something that scares you a little and excites them a lot is a strange kind of parenting.Every ti...
06/06/2026

Watching your child do something that scares you a little and excites them a lot is a strange kind of parenting.

Every time Enzo takes to the skies, I’m reminded that our job isn’t to keep their wings clipped.

It’s to help them learn how to use them.

✈️❤️

Let’s be real…I feel like I’ve lived a million lives today.Work.Mom life.Errands.Schedules.Thinking about tomorrow befor...
06/05/2026

Let’s be real…I feel like I’ve lived a million lives today.

Work.
Mom life.
Errands.
Schedules.
Thinking about tomorrow before today is even over.

I finally sat down to eat dinner and my daughter called to tell me she left something she needs in the morning.

So of course I got back in the car.

And somewhere between point A and point B, I found myself thinking about my mom.

I miss her.

Not just on the big days.

On the random Tuesday evenings when I’m tired and life won’t slow down long enough to catch my breath.

That’s the strange thing about grief as a mom.

People still need you.

The rides still need to happen.
The laundry still needs to be folded.
The calendar keeps moving.

And somehow you’re expected to carry a loss that changed everything while still showing up for everyone else.

Some days I think that’s why so many of us are exhausted.

Not because we’re doing life wrong.

But because we’re carrying things that can’t be crossed off a to-do list.

Anyway… if you’re missing someone tonight, I see you. 🤍

06/04/2026

Funny how a sound, a smell, or an old truck can unlock an entire version of your life.

For a few seconds, I wasn’t thinking about schedules, bills, work, parenting, or any of the things that fill my brain now.

I was just a kid riding shotgun with the windows down.

What’s something that instantly takes you back?

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06/04/2026

Can we normalize being a work in progress and showing up anyway?

Lately I’ve been thinking about how much of life we spend waiting.

Waiting until we’re more organized.
Waiting until we’re more confident.
Waiting until we’ve lost the weight.
Waiting until we’re healed.
Waiting until we finally feel “good enough.”

But what if life isn’t asking us to arrive perfectly?

What if it’s asking us to show up exactly where we are?

As a mom raising tweens, I feel this more than ever. My kids are growing. Life is moving. Seasons are changing.

And I’m realizing I don’t want to spend these years waiting for some future version of myself before I fully participate in them.

So here’s your reminder, and honestly mine too:

You are allowed to be a work in progress and still show up for your life.

The two things can exist at the same time. 🤍

You won’t always find me journaling at sunrise…or drinking celery juice…or hitting 10k steps…Sometimes healing looks lik...
05/07/2025

You won’t always find me journaling at sunrise
…or drinking celery juice…
or hitting 10k steps…

Sometimes healing looks like:

•ordering dessert any time of the day
•laughing too loud while enjoying a margarita and fajitas (with plenty of cheese dip and salsa!) with family and friends
•sitting still because my body said so

I’m not doing it perfectly — but I’m doing it.
And that’s the part no one tells you counts.

This is your permission slip:
You don’t need a “morning routine” or a Pinterest pantry to start feeling better.
You’re already enough to begin.

→ Tell me below: What’s one imperfect thing you’re letting count today?

Sometimes the plan looks messy.Sometimes the progress feels invisible.Sometimes the things that help you don’t fit the P...
05/05/2025

Sometimes the plan looks messy.
Sometimes the progress feels invisible.
Sometimes the things that help you don’t fit the Pinterest-perfect mold.

That doesn’t make it wrong.
That doesn’t make you wrong.

The goal isn’t to follow someone else’s formula.
It’s to build something that actually works for your life.

That’s the work I do with women every day—
helping them unlearn the pressure, and rebuild with compassion.

✨ This is your reminder: it counts, even if nobody else gets it.

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