I’m Aimee. Welcome to Freed at 40, I’m so glad you’re here! 

I was born and raised in southern California. I eventually traded my flip-flops for boots when I moved to San Antonio, Texas, for college. While in college, I learned many valuable lessons. Still, none more important than California’s weather and beaches are tough to beat! I met my husband, Andrew, while living in Texas. We decided to trade in our boots for flip-flops and head back to California shortly after getting married. I am fortunate to be raising my three girls, Madilyn, Sydney, and Lola, while surrounded by family in this beautiful place we call home!  

Although I love my early morning peloton rides and pilates classes, I am often behind the wheel as I taxi my girls around town. In fact, I’ve contemplated placing my fancy, framed college degree in the back window of my mommy mobile like a taxi certification. Like most moms, I spend my days chauffeuring the girls to sports practices and friends’ houses. Weekends are often spent in gyms or on fields as we cheer on our incredibly competitive kiddos. However, my favorite moments are spent at home, with board games, takeout, and playing pickleball in the backyard…with wine, of course!   The best part of where we live isn’t the weather or the nearby beaches… it’s our family. We are surrounded by an incredibly supportive, equally sarcastic, and amazing extended family. My girls don’t agree on much these days, but they agree that the highlight of each week is “Sunday night dinner” at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. 

Although my degree is in English, and I hold a secondary teaching credential, my interests and passions evolved beyond the classroom while staying home with my girls. I developed a love for all things fitness to combat the stress that came packaged with motherhood’s long hours. I have become passionate (my children would say obsessed) about organic food and healthy eating. I have spent much of the last 7 years navigating the mental health world. I have been the patient, parent, and advocate. We’ve experienced breakdowns and breakthroughs while silently suffering. I’ve learned to find a sliver of peace in sharing our story.   

Freed at 40 is an outlet of expression for the things most important in my life. Although topics may vary and create a smorgasbord of talking points, they are the messy things that have collectively brought me 40+ years of joy, pain, accomplishment, and failure. It took me 40 years to feel comfortable discussing my family’s real sh#t with raw and unguarded honesty.