My Story

Hi, I’m Katie. I’m a dog & cat mom, a sister, an aunt, an advocate for animal rights,

and a Coach for women seeking healing and empowerment.

I’ve also been face-planted.

After discovery, I gave my partner the choice: get inpatient help, or leave our home.

He didn’t just leave — he ran.

I was shattered. I often found myself on the floor, wishing I could melt into the cold, hard surface beneath me.

The pain was like nothing I had ever felt, and my mind became a torture chamber, endlessly ruminating.

How could the person I had spent twelve years building a life, a family, and a business with suddenly disappear?

I later learned he was running away in shame. I had uncovered too much of his secret life, and he could not face me—or the reality of who he had become. I just wanted us to "fix it" so we could return to the life I thought we had.

But the painful truth was that the man running away from me had become a stranger.

The man I missed only existed in my head.

In the aftermath, I faced the heartbreaking task of untangling everything I thought I knew about my life.

Grief, fear, shame, and anger became constant companions.

With the help of my group and therapist, I realized the only way forward was to focus on my own recovery.

We each had to do our own work, and I had to accept that I could not control whether my partner would acknowledge his addiction, choose to heal, or recognize the harm he caused.

But I could reclaim my power, set boundaries, and rebuild my life on my own terms.

Eighteen months after discovery, I was walking my dog on the beach when I stumbled across

an upside-down Barbie—face-planted in the sand and grass.

It felt like a perfect reflection of where betrayal had left me: face-planted.

But something had changed. I realized I was no longer face-planted by the pain. It was still there, but I could carry it now.

I had tools to guide myself through it when it surfaced. What remains—and still surfaces sometimes—is grief.

But now I meet those feelings with compassion instead of shame.

Today, three years later, I walk alongside others navigating betrayal, discovery, and the long road toward clarity and healing. While I never would have chosen this path, I am deeply grateful to be this version of myself—

and to know each of YOU brave souls.

Whether you choose to stay or go, you do not have to navigate this journey alone.

I will walk beside you and help you find the path that feels right for you.

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