Unmasking The Heart For Change

12/15/2025

🎙️ New Episode | Unmasking What Really Matters

Today’s episode is a little softer than usual.

As we move into these final weeks of the year, I felt called to pause… to quiet the noise… and to reflect on what truly matters beneath the hustle of the holidays.

This week reminded me that the heart of this season has never been about what we buy — it’s about how we spend our time.
About presence, not presents.
About moments that can’t be wrapped or replaced.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or caught in the pressure to do it all, this episode is your permission slip to slow down and simply be.

🎧 Listen Today @ 11AM CST

12/09/2025

Our hearts are with the Manila families as their teens continue to fight. One thing I love about our community is how we show up for one another — and TrueLove Designs is honored to do the same.

We’ve created a Manila Strong – We Are One ornament, and 100% of the profit will be donated to a close family friend who is helping disperse funds directly to the families.

Community matters. Compassion matters. And standing with families in hard seasons matters even more. 🖤💛

🖤💛 Manila Strong We Are One - Ornament Fundraiser🖤💛

Over the last few days, I’ve witnessed something incredibly powerful — our community wrapping its arms around the Manila families whose teens are still fighting after last Friday’s accident. In moments like this, you truly see how much love lives here in Mississippi County.

So many have asked how they can help… and today, I’m grateful to share one more way to support.

After reaching out to a close family friend who is directly connected to the families, we’ve decided that 100% of the profit from these “Manila Strong — We Are One” ornaments will be donated and given directly to them to disperse where it’s needed most.

🖤💛 These ornaments are more than décor — they’re a symbol of unity, hope, and standing beside these families as they navigate the unimaginable.

If you’d like to purchase one and support the fundraiser, click here:
👉 https://www.truelovedesignsshop.com/products/manila-strong-we-are-one-ornament-community-support-fundraiser-2025?_pos=3&_sid=3cbec1c68&_ss=r&variant=47685135794331

Our community is stronger when we move together.
Our hearts are fuller when we give together.
And right now, Manila needs all of us.

Thank you for showing up, praying, giving, and supporting.
We are one — today and every day.

🖤💛

12/08/2025

Today we're talking about one simple question I had to ask myself... What if the “imposter” you keep fighting isn’t an imposter at all… but the real you finally trying to break through?

For years, I called it imposter syndrome.
But the truth was harder to admit —
I wasn’t pretending to be someone better.
I was pretending to be someone smaller.

And so many of us do the same thing.

We shrink to stay safe.
We perform to stay accepted.
We carry the weight of other people’s words… even though their opinions were never ours to hold.

So let’s normalize this:
You don’t have to let someone else’s words take root in your identity.
And you don’t have to heal from lies you decide not to believe.

My newest episode dives deeper into this idea —
that imposter syndrome is often an identity awakening in disguise.

🎧 Today 11AM CST: Unmasking Imposter Syndrome — Or Is It Something Else?

You were never the imposter.
You were the unmasked version of yourself waiting to come forward.

12/08/2025

✨ NEW EPISODE TODAY 11AM CSt ✨

Today, we’re talking about something so many of us carry quietly:
imposter syndrome.

But I’m not coming to you as an expert.
I’m coming as someone who has lived it, studied it, and slowly learned that what I thought was imposter syndrome… might actually be something else.

In this episode, I share:

💭 What imposter syndrome traditionally looks like
💖 The lesser-talked-about version that shows up as identity unmasking
🎭 How masks, resilience, humor, and “being the strong one” can hide our exhaustion
✨ The steps I’m taking to stop shrinking, stop abandoning myself, and start choosing my authentic identity

If that hit something inside you, this episode is for you.

🎧 Episode 27: “Unmasking Imposter Syndrome, Or Is It Something Else?”
🔗 https://www.unmaskingchange.com/

12/08/2025

We don’t put the mask on overnight.

We learn to read the room before we read ourselves.
We learn to regulate everyone else’s emotions before we ever learn how to sit with our own.
We learn to be the “strong one” long before we learn how to rest.

And after years of that, actually being seen can feel… scary.

Tomorrow on the podcast, I’m sharing my own story with imposter syndrome — and the version of it I’ve come to identify with: the one that shows up when the real you is finally trying to come forward.

If you’ve ever laughed through your pain, over-functioned through your exhaustion, or felt like you had to perform your way into belonging… this episode might feel like a deep exhale.

🎧 New episode Monday 11AM CST: “Unmasking Imposter Syndrome, Or Is It Something Else?”

12/07/2025

Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected by the tragic accident yesterday outside of Lake City. 💛🖤🙏🏼

In moments like this, everything feels heavier, quieter, and a little harder to make sense of… yet there is something deeply moving about watching our community and our county come together with tenderness, generosity, and love. When one heart hurts, we all feel it — and the way people are showing up for these families is a reminder that no one is walking through this alone.

If you know of any fundraisers or ways to support the families, please share them in the comments so others can help in whatever way they can.

12/07/2025

I used to think my struggle was imposter syndrome.

But as I’ve unmasked layer after layer, I realized something humbling:
I wasn’t pretending to be someone better.
I was pretending to be someone smaller.

I became the strong one, the funny one, the one who held everything together… and somewhere along the way, I stopped asking:

“What do I actually want?”
“What makes me come alive?”

Monday’s episode is a heart-to-heart about what happens when imposter syndrome isn’t really about competence at all… it’s about finally meeting the version of yourself you were never taught to prioritize.

🎧 Coming Monday 11AM CST: “Unmasking Imposter Syndrome, Or Is It Something Else?”

Tag a friend who’s in a season of unmasking who they really are. 💕

12/05/2025

Sometimes what we label as “imposter syndrome” is really something else entirely.

It’s not always “I’m not good enough.”
Sometimes it’s:
“What if I finally show who I really am… and it changes everything?”

In Monday’s episode, I’m sharing what I’ve learned about imposter syndrome, and why for many of us, it’s actually an identity shift trying to happen underneath the surface.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re faking it on the outside while something real is stirring on the inside, this one is for you.

🎧 Episode drops Monday 11AM CST: “Unmasking Imposter Syndrome, Or Is It Something Else?”

Save this so you don’t forget to listen on Monday. 💖

12/01/2025

12/01/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE TODAY 🚨

Today, we’re unmasking the hard stuff — the darker months, the pressure to “hold it all together,” and the emotional weight we carry in silence.

If you’ve been feeling the heaviness of this season… I want you to know you’re not alone.

This episode is tender, honest, and one of the most important conversations we’ve ever had on this podcast.

🎧 Unmasking Why Taking the Mask Off Is Essential for Our Mental Health
Listen 11AM CST