Lupus cracked me open in ways I never expected.

It wasn’t just the exhaustion or the pain, it was the emotions that came with it. The fear of what my future would look like. The guilt for all the ways I couldn’t show up. The grief for the life I thought I’d lost.

For a long time, I pushed those feelings down, telling myself I just had to be strong. But the truth is, healing didn’t begin until I let myself feel them. Until I stopped fighting my emotions and started listening to them.

That’s what Beneath the Surface is about. Not just living with lupus or autoimmune disorders, but facing the emotional weight that comes with them—and finding freedom on the other side.