About

I didn't build this because I had the answers.
I built it because I needed this place to exist.

I'm a working mom with a two-hour daily commute, two children — both navigating PANS from tick-borne illness, possibly heightened by mold — and a decade-long passion for clean eating, slow living, and protecting my kids from a world that feels increasingly out to harm them.

Long before my children were born, I cared about what went into their bodies. I fought the noise — the well-meaning friends who said "you're so crazy, just let them eat the fruit loops" and "give them the iPad if it gives you peace." I tried to build a slower, cleaner, more intentional life even when everything around me made that feel impossible.

And then life happened anyway.

"I did so many things right — and I was still dealt two kids who got sick. That's not a reason to stop. That's a reason to find each other."

Watching my children struggle while also watching so many other children struggle — with PANS, PANDAS, ADHD, autism, sensory challenges — I kept asking myself: where do the parents go? Not for clinical advice. Not for someone to tell us what to do. But just to be with other people who get it. Who are also reading every label. Who also lie awake wondering if the air, the clothes, the cleaning products are making things worse.

If Soft Landing actually works the way I hope it does, it will be a place where women come to build each other up. To share the snack that finally worked, the swap that made a difference, the small change that brought a little more calm into the home. Real things. From real families. No perfection required.

This is bigger than a community. It's a movement.

The vision

I want a mom in Ohio and a mom in New Jersey who have never met to find each other here — and then actually meet. To get fired up together. To walk into their school board meetings and demand healthier lunches, cleaner classrooms, a better future for every kid in that room.

I want the connections made inside Soft Landing to spill out into the real world — into towns, schools, communities. I want groups of parents who found each other here to become the people making actual change where they live.

I want to be the organizer for that. The ring leader. The person who creates the space where it starts.

And honestly? I want my own children to see me build this. To grow up knowing their mom didn't just feel the weight of it — she did something about it.

What I am — and what I'm not

I am not a doctor, a therapist, or a wellness professional. I'm a parent who has done a lot of research, made a lot of changes, and is still very much in the middle of this journey alongside you.

Everything I share here comes from lived experience — what I've tried, what's helped, what hasn't, and what I wish someone had told me earlier. Nothing here is medical advice. Always work with your child's healthcare team for medical decisions.

What I can offer is this: a real, unfiltered, judgment-free space built by someone who is living exactly what you're living. No fear. No perfectionism. No pretending any of this is easy.

Just a soft place to land.

A note: Soft Landing is a peer community, not a medical resource. Content shared here — by me or by members — reflects personal experience only. Please always consult qualified medical professionals for your child's health.

— A mom, navigating this with you