
09/18/2025
I wasn’t going to share this, but Nicole gave me permission to tell her story.
8:21 PM. Mom of two under 5. Solo parenting for 2 weeks at a time.
First time sitting down all day (maybe all week). “I just see black,” she texted me.
That moment when she grabbed a black pen and just started making marks - no plan, no pretty, just letting her complete saturation have a voice on paper.
What happened next was exactly what I see when moms are ready to honor their feelings instead of fixing them.
She wrote six words that came up. Turned each word into a sentence.
Suddenly her overwhelm transformed from crushing weight into words.
This works because sometimes our feelings don’t need intellectualizing - they need to be expressed.
What color would your overwhelm be today? Tell me 👇
Read Nicole’s full story - link in bio for “When All You See is Black” blog