How Restore 61 Began

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 Hi, I’m Amber!

Restore 61 exists to support moms. Whether you are pregnant, newly postpartum, single, married, struggling silently, or simply longing for a safe place to feel understood. I created this space to meet you and walk alongside you through the realities of motherhood, healing, and rebuilding.

My heart for this work comes from personal experience. I understand how isolating the postpartum journey can be because I have lived through depression, anxiety, and rapidly declining mental health. During the pandemic, my unresolved trauma and untreated symptoms contributed to alcoholism, self-medication, and psychosis. Following a series of painful events, my life unraveled. I lost my home, my successful career, important relationships, and even the ability to be with my children.

Rebuilding meant starting from the ground up. 

With the support of skilled professionals, trauma-informed therapists, and people who refused to give up on me, I began taking small steps toward stability and healing. Day by day, I rebuilt a life I now deeply love and cherish. Today, I have more than three years of sobriety, and the experiences that once brought so much shame have become the foundation of my compassion for mothers who feel alone, overwhelmed, or unsure where to turn.

I am a trauma-informed specialist trained and certified through The Centre for Healing in Australia, with specialized training in Root-Cause Therapy. I am also a Washington State Certified Peer Counselor and a recovery coach. My professional training is strengthened by lived experience and a deep respect for the courage it takes to ask for help.

Restore 61 offers a safe place to explore trauma-informed coaching, postpartum support, recovery, healthy patterns, supportive community, and practical wellness resources. You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Together, we can identify what you need, connect you with appropriate resources, and begin finding a path toward greater stability, connection, and joy.

The most important part of my recovery is Jesus. He met me in the darkest season of my life, rescued me, and gave me a new understanding of my identity and purpose. Recovery became more than leaving an old life behind it became releasing the lies that once defined me and learning to live in the freedom, truth, and hope He provides.

My desire is to share the faith, tools, resources, and relationships that have helped me while continuing to grow alongside other women in God’s living Word. I believe that asking for help is not a sign of weak faith. It is often one of the bravest steps we can take toward restoration.

You were never meant to carry motherhood, or healing, alone. Your brokenness is not the end of your story.

“And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.”
—Isaiah 61:4