Viv's Blogs

For more than twenty years, I carried the responsibility of supporting a loved one through addiction alongside the demands of my professional career and other family obligations. The weight of that responsibility followed me everywhere—into meetings, trainings, presentations, and daily interactions. At the time, it never crossed my mind that other women might be carrying a similar burden. I truly believed I was walking that path alone. Years later, I came to realize that coun

In 1988, at 24 years old and a single parent, I bought a one-way ticket to San Jose, California, determined to chase my dream of becoming a published author. But life didn’t take long to start life-ing. Silently, my dream faded into the shadow of survival and struggle, where it stayed hidden for nearly twenty-eight years. As the final years of a successful career in Human Resources approached, my dream of becoming a published author stepped out of the shadows and led me into