Hey, I’m Keela…

I’m a wife, a mother of two, and a military veteran — and for most of my life, I believed that if I just kept pushing, kept serving, kept showing up for everyone else, the good life would eventually find me.

Then I retired. And instead of sunshine and butterflies, I hit a wall.

That wall came with a diagnosis — major depressive disorder and panic disorder. It came with stillness I wasn’t prepared for, and a silence that forced me to finally look inward. And what I found there changed everything.

I discovered that most of my life, I had never truly prioritized myself. I didn’t know how to discover who I was, love who I was, or extend grace and forgiveness to who I was. I had never been taught that my connection to myself is my connection to everything in my reality — and that without it, life simply cannot reflect the best of me.

So I began the work. Deep healing. Deep studying. Deep curiosity about who I could become if I showed up authentically — for myself first.

That journey led me to life coaching. It led me to create circles with women where we talk about real life — empowerment, struggle, healing, and everything in between. It led me to workshops, to conversations, to videos, to community. It led me here.

Writing has always lived in me. I’ve picked it up and put it down more times than I can count. But this time feels different — because I am different.

I’m currently completing my degree in social work, stepping boldly into the next chapter of what I’m here to do.

Journey of a Butterfly is that next chapter — unfolding, honest, and very much alive. If you’re a woman ready to do the real work of becoming, you are exactly who this space was created for.

Welcome. You’re right on time.