Hi, I’m SusieQ!
Welcome to my little corner of the world.
Where women like us trade burnout for joy and survival for purpose.
“This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”
Corrie Ten Boom
The Girl Who Was "Tested" (And Other Tales of Survival)
Pull up a chair and grab some tea (or coffee, I don’t judge!). If you’re looking for a perfectly polished influencer with a ‘white picket fence’ past, you might be in the wrong place. I’m none of that.
If we’re going to be friends… and I really hope we are… there are a few things you should know.
First, I’m a little nerdy. Okay, maybe a lot nerdy. And definitely awkward. Growing up, I struggled so much with the “social” stuff that my mom actually took my sister and me to see a psychiatrist just to… well… chat. I didn’t know why we were there at the time, but I later found out the doctor’s official verdict was: “She’s fine.”
So, as Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory would say: “I’m not crazy… my mother had me tested.” 😆
My story involves houses lost in a poker game, West Virginia coal mines, and more than a few ‘adventurous’ midnight escapes in the rain running from an alcoholic father.
The Coal Miner’s Daughter
When I was a little girl in the hills of West Virginia, I used to pray for coal strikes. I didn’t even know what a ‘strike’ was… I just knew that when the miners walked out, my dad came home. (My dad was amazing and fun to be around, when he wasn’t drinking.) Life wasn’t always easy, and it certainly wasn’t always safe. Those terrifying years taught me that your environment matters. Your home should be your sanctuary, not your stress.
Before I was a teen, I’d already seen my home lost and spent rainy nights trudging through high grass to find safety at my grandma’s house. But there is a beautiful second half to that story. My dad stopped drinking when I was a teenager, and we formed an amazing relationship. He was a good man who was simply carrying his own heavy trauma, and our reconciliation is the heart of why I believe in “Beyond Survival.”
Breaking the "Survival Trap"
Beyond the physical safety of my home, I’ve had to fight another battle: my mindset. I grew up “dirt poor,” and for decades, my brain was wired for scarcity.
I realized that being sick and being poor are inextricably linked. When you’re in survival mode, you’re often forced to buy the cheapest, most toxic options just to get through the day… but those very things keep you too sick to build the abundance you need to escape. It’s a “Survival Trap,” and it’s taken me years of intentional work to break that cycle.
I had to move away from a place where… EVERY decision was dictated by the amount of money in my bank account. I realized that to live a “Pure” life, I had to stop making decisions out of fear and start making them out of value. I wanted a life where my health, my family, and my peace came first… not just what I could afford in a moment of survival.
The Irony of Safety
There’s a strange irony in my life today. When I was younger, my home life wasn’t safe, but the world outside felt pretty safe. Today, my home life is (mostly) full of peace and safety, but the world and the environment around us are not.
I’ve become hypersensitive to the toxins, chemicals, and EMFs that are everywhere you look. From our poisoned food supply and the air we breathe to the very clothes we wear… these things are making us sick… and we weren’t meant to live our lives that way.
The Kohl’s Epiphany (The Vision for the Future)
While I’ve been on this health and (rewiring my brain) journey for a long time, the vision for where I’m going next hit me in a Kohl’s aisle.
I accidentally bought a jacket made of 100% polyester! and had to take it back…
Looking at the labels on the clothes… the polyester and the “forever chemicals”… it hit me that we need more than just clean food. We need “Pure Living” from the inside out… including what we put on our skin (hello, bamboo and hemp!).
Why I’m Here
That’s why I’m here. Whether I’m compiling products that are truly safe for our family or working on a future non-toxic clothing line made of bamboo and hemp… I am on a mission of Pure Living.
I’ve seen the messy side of life, and it taught me that we don’t have to settle for “just getting by.” We can reclaim our health, rewire our minds, and create a life that’s clean, vibrant, full of abundance and… most importantly… safe.
Let’s stop just surviving… and start finding our way back to life.
Welcome to my journey.
Ready to join me on the journey? If you’re ready to break out of the Survival Trap and start building your own Abundance Engine, the best place to begin is right here: Go to the Start Here Roadmap.