What I didn’t know then was that it wasn’t me who was broken.
It was the version of motherhood I’d been handed.

I had absorbed a fantasy — a patriarchal, punishing ideal — that said a good mother must be small, selfless, and silent.
And because that never felt true in my bones, I believed something must be wrong with me.

That belief made me sick.

I lived for six years with postnatal depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms — all while smiling on the outside.
No one saw it. Not even me.

I kept going, thinking: This is just how it is. I have to deal with it.
But deep down, something in me was refusing to go numb.

That something… was fire.

It started as anger. Rage, even.
A burning discomfort with the life I had contorted myself into.
And that fire — the very thing I had been taught to hide — became the light that led me home.

Through IFS therapy, deep journaling, and soul-level inner work, I began to listen to the parts of me I’d silenced.
The wild ones. The tired ones. The furious, shamed, sacred ones.

And instead of trying to fix them…
I sat with them.
I held them.
I loved them.

Bit by bit, I stopped performing.
I stopped disappearing.
I stopped shaming my fire — and started tending it.

Now, I’ve created a version of motherhood — and womanhood — that feels expansive, honest, and fully mine.

And I want to help you do the same.

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I created Walk With Lisa for mothers who feel like they’re about

to burst or disappear — and who are ready to stop shrinking and

start listening to the wisdom inside their emotions.

This is where we unlearn the performance.
Where we let the fire speak.
Where we meet ourselves with radical tenderness, even in the hard places.

This is your invitation to reclaim motherhood on your terms —

with your fire intact, and your heart wide open.

 

Are you ready?