Building This Store While Building a Life — My Real Behind-the-Scenes Story
- Nov 25, 2025
- 3 min read
If you’ve made it here, welcome. This space — this blog, this shop, this little corner of the internet — has been a dream of mine for a long time. But getting it here took work, heart, vulnerability, and more late nights than I can count.
I want to start this blog with honesty. Because the truth is: I’m not just a creator. I’m a full-time therapist, a full-time mom, a wife, a daughter, a friend, a caregiver… and someone doing her best to keep all the spinning plates from crashing to the floor.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that, I built this shop — quirky, calming, expressive, and unapologetically “me.”
The Therapist Behind the Designs
Therapy is my first full-time job — the one that fills my days with stories, emotions, healing, and vulnerability. I love what I do deeply, but it’s also heavy. Carrying the emotional weight of others means I needed a creative outlet of my own — something that brought laughter, softness, and a different kind of energy into my world.
That’s how creating designs started: little reminders, soothing phrases, funny neurospicy jokes, and quirky lines that sounded like something my brain would whisper at 2 a.m.
I wasn’t trying to make a product. I was trying to make sense of myself.
The more I created, the more I realized that so many of us feel this way — people who feel deeply, who laugh through stress, who live in chaos and compassion at the same time. People who want comfort and honesty in equal measure.
So I thought, “What if I shared this? What if someone else out there needs this too?”
And that’s how this shop began to take shape.
The Mom Behind the Business
I’m a mom to three incredible kids:
• a teenager (16),
• a six-year-old,
• and a four-year-old.
Parenting across those stages at the same time is… a lot. It’s busy, messy, and loud. It’s chaotic and unbelievably full of love.
Most nights, the only time I could work on designs was after they were asleep — which meant many nights fading straight into mornings. But when you care about what you’re building, you make time for it, even when there’s no time.
The Daughter Caregiver Behind the Scenes
One of the hardest parts of my life right now is supporting my dad, who was recently diagnosed with dementia. It’s heartbreaking. It’s confusing. And it’s all from 5.5 hours away.
I’m juggling long-distance caregiving, endless phone calls, mountains of paperwork, numerous appointments, and the emotional rollercoaster of watching someone you love transform into a different version of themselves.
Balancing this with being a mom, a therapist, and a creator has not been easy — but it’s real, and it’s part of this story.
Why I’m Building This Shop
At the core, my goals are simple and deeply personal:
1. To spend more time with my family
To have more slow mornings, flexible evenings, and days where I can be present without burning out.
2. To share my unique, quirky, weird creations
Because honestly? They are weird. They’re punny, neurospicy, calming, chaotic, soft, and silly. Which describes me perfectly.
I love blending humor with mental health, softness with honesty, and chaos with comfort. I love creating things that make people feel seen — or make them laugh on a hard day.
This shop is my place to do that.
The Effort Behind “Easy-Looking” Designs
People see the final product — the mug, the tumbler, the sweatshirt — but they don’t see the hours behind it:
learning software
creating mockups
rewriting captions
building a website
designing collections
doing SEO
photographing products
testing colors
running a business
posting every day
editing listings
dealing with tech glitches
and trying to stay sane in between
It takes commitment, patience, trial and error, and a lot of heart. And I’m proud of every step.
What This Blog Will Be
This isn’t just a storefront blog. It’s a place where I’ll share:
• mental health support• neurospicy humor• cozy lifestyle tips• behind-the-scenes updates• product stories• relatable struggles• affirmations• and the messy truth of juggling everything I do
I want this space to feel like a warm hug with a side of sarcasm. Equal parts comfort and chaos. Just like me.
Thank You for Being Here
Truly — thank you.
Every visit, every comment, every purchase, every tiny heart icon… it all means more to me than you know. You are helping me build something that allows me to support my family, express myself, and offer comfort to others through my designs.
If you’d like to follow along, make sure you’re connected with me on:
• Etsy
• My newsletter (for updates + new launches) ***** COMING SOOOON!****
This is just the beginning. 💙
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