I became so focused on taking care of everyone else that somewhere along the way, I lost connection with myself.

I didn't know my purpose. I struggled with low self-esteem and self-doubt. I carried unresolved grief, trauma, pressure, and the weight of constantly trying to be strong. Eventually, I experienced severe depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.

I spent years trying to survive without realizing how little of myself was actually left on my own priority list.

I knew how to show up for everybody else.

Eventually, I realized something had to change.

In 2018, therapy became an important part of my healing, and strength training became an important part of rebuilding my relationship with myself.

The gym wasn't just somewhere I changed my body.

It became one of the places where I learned to keep promises to myself.

I learned discipline. I built confidence. I discovered strength I didn't know I had. I began rebuilding self-trust.

And as I started discovering who I was outside of everything and everyone I was responsible for, I began discovering my purpose too.

I also learned something that completely changed the way I viewed self-care:

Taking care of myself wasn't taking anything away from the people I loved.

I needed to take care of myself so I could have the energy, strength, and capacity to show up for them—and still have something left for me.

ReleaseHER isn't something I created because I read about women putting themselves last.

I was her.

The woman who took care of everybody.

The woman who thought being strong meant carrying everything.

The woman who didn't know who she was outside of what everyone needed from her.

The woman who had to learn that choosing herself wasn't selfish.

And now I help other women do the same.

Not just through workouts.

Through strength, accountability, self-care, mindset, consistency, community, and learning how to make themselves part of the life they're working so hard to take care of.