Why Amadea?

People often ask me why I started Amadea.

The answer isn’t found in a business plan, a program, or even a moment of inspiration.

The answer is found in a story.

My story.

The People God Used to Change My Life

As a young girl, doors were opened that were beyond my control. Those experiences shaped the way I viewed myself, my worth, and the choices I would later make. Like so many women, I carried wounds I didn’t fully understand. And wounds left unhealed have a way of influencing the paths we take.

Years later, I found myself opening doors I was never created to walk through.

Not because I wanted pain or because I didn’t know better, because broken places often search for healing in all the wrong places.

What I needed wasn’t judgment or shame  I needed someone willing to see beyond my mistakes. And God, in His kindness, brought those people into my life.

People who looked beyond my actions and saw my heart. People who loved me when I didn’t feel very lovable. People who spoke truth when I believed lies. People who extended grace when I expected condemnation.

Those relationships changed the trajectory of my life.

But even more importantly, they introduced me to a Father who saw me completely and loved me anyway. He wasn’t intimidated by my wounds or shocked by my failures.

A Father who wasn’t standing at a distance waiting for me to get everything together before coming to Him. Instead, He met me right where I was.

Walking me through deep healing, He restored what had been broken and taught me who I truly was.

And little by little, He brought freedom to places that had lived in darkness for far too long.

The Questions That Became Amadea

As I healed, something began happening in my heart. I started seeing women everywhere who were carrying stories similar to my own. Their stories had different details and circumstances, but the same ache.

The same longing to be seen.

The same search for worth.

The same desire to know they were loved.

I recognized that many of the choices women make are often symptoms of wounds that have never been addressed.

I couldn’t stop thinking about them or wondering what might happen if they encountered the same kind of love, grace, and community that had helped change my life.

What if they knew they weren’t beyond redemption? That their story wasn’t over? What if they discovered that God still had a purpose for their lives?

Those questions eventually became Amadea.

Creating a Place for Hope and Healing

Amadea was never created because I had all the answers. It was created because I knew the One who did.

It was born from a desire to create the kind of community that helped change my own life. A place where women could encounter the love of Jesus, build healthy relationships, discover their worth, and begin healing from the inside out.

A place where shame would lose its grip and hope could grow again. Where women would be reminded that they were created to be loved and designed to shine.

Why Amadea Exists Today

Today, when I sit across from a woman and hear her story, I am often reminded of pieces of my own, because pain speaks a language many of us understand.

But so does grace.

The greatest privilege of my life is getting to watch God do for others what He has done for me. To watch Him restore, heal and redeem. 

To watch Him remind women that they are not defined by what happened to them, what was done to them, or even what they have done themselves.

They are defined by the One who created them.

That is why Amadea exists.

If He can bring beauty from my broken places, I know He can do the same for every woman who walks through our doors.

If you want to read my story, you can grab a copy here.