There was a time when I was proudly a military spouse — deeply committed to service, family, and showing up for everyone else. I respected the role. I honored the mission. I told myself that whatever I was feeling was simply part of what I had signed up for.

And yet — even with every resource available — I felt profoundly isolated, lonely, and disconnected from myself.

At the same time, beyond my work in community and behavioral health, I spent years partnering with nonprofits and serving military communities — supporting service members, veterans, and military spouses navigating transition, identity shifts, and rebuilding their lives. I was deeply moved by their resilience — and also by how many struggled silently with clarity, confidence, and direction once the uniform came off or the role changed.

I began to see a pattern.

The issue wasn’t ability.
It wasn’t intelligence.
It wasn’t work ethic.

It was language.

My public health background trained me to look at systems — community, behavior, environment. But my lived experience and my work alongside military families showed me something deeper: identity is health. Clarity is health. Connection is health.

That realization changed everything.

It set me on the path to rebuilding my identity through my strengths — not my résumé, not my relationship status, not my circumstances.

Through CliftonStrengths and intentional reflection, I found what I didn’t know I was missing: clarity.

Clarity about how I think.
Clarity about how I lead.
Clarity about how I am wired to contribute.

And from that clarity came HelloStrengths!