Author, Life Coach, Keynote Speaker

My name is Katie…

and I am so glad you are here. I started this blog in 2016 because I had spent so many years feeling alone, isolated and guilty and I wasn’t sure what to do, or how to handle things. I tell you this so you know I understand. I have been there. I am still here! I know your pain, your constant fear, your struggle to get out of bed some days.

I finally decided to change the way I looked at my life and not feel guilty.  I needed a support system of other moms to help me feel a little less crazy and what happened from there, was a movement that can’t be stopped.

With this blog, I share some very raw and personal stories of my own 10-year journey with my beautiful daughter Brittany.  But it is MORE than that…

It’s about coming together to empower each other to become the best that we can be.

It’s about creating a judge free space where we can cry one minute, and laugh like crazy the next.

It’s about healing as a woman, and as a family.

I invite you to join me on this journey.

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READ KATIE’S STORY

A Mother’s Journey with her Daughter’s Addiction

My Daughter the Addict
My Daughter the AddictA Suburban Mom’s Nightmare.
I was the PTO mom, the carpool mom, the Brownie leader. We ate family dinners at the table, taught our children manners and took family vacations. My husband and I were blessed to have very good jobs.
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Money Magazine Feature
Money Magazine FeatureParents of the Opioid Epidemic
Katie says her 27-year-old daughter started taking pills as a teenager, which led to snorting and eventually injecting heroin. For years, her daughter’s life revolved around drugs. And for years, Katie’s life revolved around her daughter .
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Macomb Township Mother
Macomb Township MotherWhere Were the Parents
I see the comment so often when it comes to addiction. “Where were the parents?”. That REALLY infuriates me. It adds to the stigma that is already present and a big reason why so many families keep the struggle to themselves.
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 Families Against Narcotics dinner. Katie & husband John
Families Against Narcotics dinner. Katie & husband John
Katie, Brittany and former NHL star Todd Bertuzzi
Katie, Brittany and former NHL star Todd Bertuzzi
Katie and former MLB star Daryl Strawberry.
Katie and former MLB star Daryl Strawberry.
Katie and former NFL star Vance Johnson.
Katie and former NFL star Vance Johnson.