I'm Kaila.
I used to be really fucking good at getting everything I wanted. Except the love I actually deserved.
I knew how to make money. I was pulling in $10K–$15K months bartending, getting my MBA, and checking off all the boxes of what a successful woman was supposed to look like in her 20s. From the outside? I had my shit together.
But behind closed doors, I was repeating the same toxic relationship patterns with different men. Different face and name but same fucking story. I HATED it and… I knew better. I knew when someone wasn't treating me the way I deserved. I knew when I was compromising my standards. I knew when I was looking for validation from someone who couldn't even give me the bare minimum.
But knowing all of that didn't stop me from doing it again. So I did what every "self-aware woman" on the internet does — listened to the podcasts, read He's Lying Sis & Let Them, sat in countless therapy sessions. They gave me one thing: more awareness. At this point I could literally write a dissertation on why I was attracted to emotionally unavailable men. Yet here I was still abandoning myself for their approval.
Then in 2023, my mom passed away and the man I thought I was in love with broke up with me. I completely fucking unraveled.
I had spent so much of my life being the woman who could handle anything. Suddenly, I could barely get out of bed. Burned out, emotionally exhausted, and looking for anything that would make me feel better, even temporarily. Yes, even a margarita at noon.
Somewhere in the middle of all of that, I had a realization that changed the way I looked at my entire life: I wasn't even sure I wanted that man back. What I did want was ME back.
I started doing the reprogramming work that helped me change my relationship with myself. I stopped relying on external validation from a man to determine how I felt about myself. And for the first time in a long time, I felt like I was getting my energy back.
Here's what I wish someone had told me: You can have all the self-awareness in the world and still repeat the same patterns. Understanding your patterns and learning how to respond when your pattern is triggered are two completely different things. That's why I created Get A Grip.

