WELCOME TO MY LIFE UNSCRIPTED
all the nitty gritty behind the scenes of my big little life
Hi Readers! wtf are we doing here?
Welcome to the behind the curtain of Heather. 👋🏼 If you know me personally, then you likely know a little about my journey and my life… but do you really? Or do you just know what I’ve wanted you to know up until this point? 🥸 Social media and water-cooler talk has an amazing way of allowing us to share the highlights of our lives; our wins, victories, fun adventures, and most exciting memories. My Instagram bio says something like “digital nomad, traveler, adventurer, body mover, founder”. And generally, those are the only things I share about - Traveling, wild adventures, exercise, my business. But there’s so much you don’t know, and so much I want to share. 👀
Why this, why now?
I’ve always had this massive urge to share my story with the world and never knew how. I’ve considered starting a podcast, writing a book, and other creative ways to get it out. And I landed on starting a business where I can use my story and experience to help other women on their journey through transformation. ∞
But what I’ve realized a couple months in, is that because I’m now so laser-focused on other women’s beautiful and unique journeys to self-discovery and growth, I still have this unrelenting tug to share my story. What life is really like outside of the pretty pictures and inspirational quotes.
All of my biggest transformations have come from a place of destruction. 🌪️
You’ve only ever seen the ‘afters’… but there are so many ‘befores’.
I’ve always promised myself that my work + life in general would always come from a place of REAL-ness: authenticity, intention, vulnerability, + power. And I want need a space dedicated to honoring my life outside of just being a coach and business owner and the highlight reels of traveling and CrossFit and friends and sun and smiles. And voila, welcome to my Substack 🤓
So, what are we going to be talking about here?
I want to share it ALL.
Y’all, I’ve had the honor of living 32 years (and counting!) chalked full of love + loss, celebrations + grief, trauma + healing. I have lived so many lives only a few decades in that most people don’t know about. I have felt every single emotion I have the vocabulary for & I want to finally share with the world all of the things I’ve been harboring and using as fuel to dedicate my life to constant growth, change, and inspiration. ✨
I want to share everything about my life: growing up in a chaotic dysfunctional household, getting married to a man I didn’t love, all of the relationships I’ve had before & since then, my journey from being an obese smoker in my 20’s to being a 30-something athlete, how & why I left the U.S. three years ago to travel the world (& what I was really running from), my intimate struggles with depression + anxiety, my ever-changing relationship to religion + alcohol, a plethora of random funny stories and run-ins with fate, how I healed my relationship w/ my mother, my on-going journey of finding my place in the world, my battles with self-sabotage + anxious attachment, how I managed to support myself for a year being unemployed, how TF I ended up living in South Africa, what burning everything I’ve ever known to the ground was really like, daily revelations, and the list goes on and on…and on.
We’re gonna get INTO it. Deep. Intimate. No-holds-barred.
The real stuff.What can you expect?
I’m new to blogging, writing, and being so brutally and vulnerably open. So we’re going to learn together what this space looks like and evolves into. But I can promise that regardless of the content, it will be R.E.A.L.
It will be 100% raw and vulnerable truth, heartfelt moments, and gutting realities. Everyone is nosey, and my Substack is here to feed your curiosity 🤓
Chose the plan that feels right for you!
Like I said, all of my writing is going to be honest, true, and vulnerable. But there is going to be content that only paid subscribers get access to. The paywall provides a sense of safety sharing the most vulnerable pieces of my being while still feeling supported and encouraged to do so.
Free Subscribers
Access to General Posts: Free subscribers can read some blog posts that provide general insights and stories, tips & tricks.
Community Interaction: Free subscribers can like and leave comments on posts and interact with the community.
Paid Subscribers
Exclusive Content: Paid subscribers will get access to all of the most raw and detailed blog posts. These will include deep personal revelations, the stories that have been buried under rocks for decades, and how the journey of life is actually going for me.
Alternative Formats: Paid subscribers will get access to any & all video & audio posts 🎥
Early Access: Paid subscribers can receive content before it’s available to free subscribers.
Access to Archives: You’ll get access to the full archive of posts regardless of when you join! (Only 2 weeks of content is available to free subscribers).
Interactive Features: Depending on the response received from the community, I’ll hold Q&A sessions if there’s something we want to get more info on.