I'm Linda, founder of Recollections Within, and my whole life has led up to the creation of this community.

I'm a middle-aged mum who has seen a lot of life and made a lot of mistakes. I've loved wildly. I've been hurt a lot, and I never stop learning.
I am hyper-sensitive to the feelings of other people and am learning that being a people-pleaser isn't always the best thing for me.

I turned deeply inward last November (2024) during a period of profound personal heartache and anger. I felt utterly helpless, my mind raced, asking "What can I DO?"

I feel like it's thanks to my mum somehow (read the Birth of Recollections Within if you're curious) this idea began to crystallize, and here we are today, after over 4 months straight of 12-hour days... Recollections Within is about to go "live."

I'm just a person. I'm flawed. I've floundered all my life trying to figure out what I was meant for aside from being "just a mum," and now I know, it's THIS.

I want to know YOU. We haven't met yet, but I love you already. I'm you, and you're me, and I feel like we all really need each other right now.

I want to hear your story.

When you see me in The Common Thread, you will often get the unedited me. The typos, the slightly dark sense of humor.
In here, I vow to just be me.