Founder of Ashes & Wildflowers Bio

I was raised by a single mother in a home where love was present, but resources were scarce. From a young age, I learned to carry more than I should — to be strong, quiet, and capable, even when I was hurting. Like many women, I internalized the message that survival meant self-sacrifice.

I poured myself into teaching — a career that allowed me to nurture, guide, and help others, which I’ve always been called to do. But over time, that career began to consume me. I gave everything I had to my students, to the institution, and to a system that offered little in return.

And I gave everything to my marriage, too — bending, softening, becoming smaller just to keep the peace. I spent years trying to be enough for roles that were never designed to see my whole self. Eventually, I burned out. And when the marriage ended, I broke open.

That’s when Ashes and Wildflowers began to bloom — not as a business at first, but as a quiet, inner reckoning. It was the name I gave to the parts of me that were left after everything else fell away. The sacred fire. The soft regrowth.

I am a certified life coach, hypnotherapist, energy healing practitioner, and intuitive guide. But beyond all that, I am a woman who has walked through addiction, burnout, spiritual awakening, and the quiet ache of not recognizing herself — and found her way home.

This story is not just mine.

It’s the story of so many people — raised to give, praised for sacrificing, told to be grateful for what empties them.

My work is for them. For you.

Whether you’re navigating grief, identity, transition, or quiet inner collapse — this space is for your becoming.

Ashes and Wildflowers is where we begin again: gently, truthfully, together.

With sincerity, love, & light,

Brittany M. Cooper