I get asked a lot lately — why now? Why therapy? Why coffee? Why at 40, with kids so young and life so busy?
And every time, I realize my answer is the same one it's always been. Only the way it looks has changed.
"I've been a social worker for 18 years. I've had the privilege of sitting with people in some of their hardest, most vulnerable moments."
I've seen how powerful it is when someone feels truly safe, seen, and not alone. But I also started to notice something — some of the most meaningful moments of connection don't always happen in an office. They happen over coffee. In the in-between spaces. In the everyday.
A few years ago I was going through a very hard time, and I decided I wanted to start raising chickens. In a lot of ways, raising them brought me back to life. It gave me something simple, grounding, and even joyful to care for when things felt heavy.
The name came from our family — Simply for Simmons, and Roosted for the little life we were building where we live. With four kids under 11, it became something fun we all shared. It was light. It was ours.
And from that, something bigger started to grow.
"I knew what it felt like to need to be restored."
As a therapist, I've had the privilege of walking with people through their hardest moments — helping them feel seen, safe, and supported. So I opened my own therapy practice and named it Simply Restored.
But along the way, I realized something important: not all healing happens in a therapy room.
Some of it happens in everyday spaces — over coffee, in conversation, in the quiet moments where you feel like you can finally exhale.
Care
Every detail of this space is built with intention — because you deserve to feel that.
Connection
Community doesn't require a couch. Sometimes it starts with a cup of coffee.
Welcome
Come exactly as you are. There's a place for you here.
That's where Simply Roasted Cafe comes in. This café is an extension of everything that came before it — built on the same foundation of care, intention, and connection, but in a way that's accessible to everyone.
I'm not leaving therapy behind. I'm expanding the way I care for people. Because sometimes being restored starts with something as simple as feeling welcomed and being included.