The Journey That Built The Peace & Power Collective
Hi, I’m Sarah — founder of The Peace & Power Collective.
But more than that, I’m a mother, a cycle breaker, a woman who’s learning what it means to feel safe inside her own life.
I didn’t grow up knowing what safety, emotional regulation, or unconditional love looked like. I was raised by a narcissistic mother and an absent father — a childhood shaped by silence, volatility, and the unspoken rule that my feelings weren’t allowed to take up space.
From a very young age, I was expected to meet the emotional needs of the adult who birthed me.
When I couldn’t — or wouldn’t — I was punished. Not always with words. Sometimes with icy silence. Sometimes with overwhelming rage.
And I don’t have many memories of my childhood — which, I now know, is one of trauma’s most consistent footprints.
I wasn't protected.
I was invisible.
And I learned early that love had to be earned.
🌒 Realization & Reckoning
It wasn’t until college that I began to realize something wasn’t right.
But it wasn’t until my second marriage ended in my 30s that I understood:
The pain wasn’t just about what happened to me. It was about what I believed because of it.
That I was unlovable.
That I had to perform to be chosen.
That relationships had to feel hard to be real.
I struggled to maintain healthy relationships — not because I didn’t want them, but because I had never been given a blueprint for how to have them. I’d walk away. Others would too. Emotional connection was unfamiliar terrain.
🌱 Healing, Slowly
Now, I’m in a much healthier season of life.
I’m remarried. I’m a mother of two. I co-parent across different dynamics — one peaceful, one not so much. And I’ve built a career in accounting while nurturing a creative, purpose-led business born from my own healing.
But let me be honest: healing isn’t linear.
It’s not always inspiring or beautiful.
It’s messy. It's daily. It’s not something I’ve achieved — it’s something I commit to.
There are days I still fall back. Days I parent from fear instead of peace.
But I come back to the work. I come back to myself.
✍🏽 Why I Created This Space
The Peace & Power Collective isn’t just a brand.
It’s a home for anyone who grew up without one.
It’s a place for the daughters of dysfunction. The mothers who were never mothered. The women who are trying to raise children while healing the child inside themselves.
My journals and resources were created not from theory — but from my lived experience. From my own nights at the kitchen table, pen in hand, trying to untangle the past so I could be more present for my future.
🕊️ What I Want You to Know
If you didn’t grow up with the right blueprint, it’s going to take longer.
It’s going to hurt sometimes.
But you are not broken — you’re just learning.
And the first part of healing is taking radical responsibility for your story… and rewriting it.
I want you to know:
🖤 You are not a victim.
🖤 You are powerful.
🖤 And you can overcome anything.
This is your space too.
Let’s heal the cycle — not repeat it.
With love,
Sarah
Founder, The Peace & Power Collective