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My Story

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Speaking, storytelling, and honest conversations for stages, podcasts, and gatherings.

Hi, I’m Stacy.

If you met me today, you’d probably see someone who radiates hope – but hope wasn’t always my home. My story has been one of heartbreak, healing, and holy ground disguised as ordinary days.

I’ve walked through things I never imagined – adoption, trauma, loss, starting over again and again. There were years when I felt invisible in my own life, carrying everyone else’s stories while quietly losing track of my own. I’ve known the kind of pain that rearranges you, but also the kind of grace that restores what you thought was gone for good.

Faith has been my anchor – not the polished kind, but the kind that’s wrestled, wept, and held on anyway. It’s the thread that pulled me back when everything else was unraveling.

Somewhere in the middle of all of it – the heartbreak, the rebuilding, the laughter that returned too soon and yet right on time – I found myself again. Not the version who had to prove or perform, but the one who could finally breathe.

Now, when I speak or share, I don’t come with polished answers – I come with stories. My stories. Stories about renewal, resilience, and the sacred courage it takes to begin again.

If you’re hosting a gathering, podcast, or conversation that holds space for real stories – the kind that remind us we’re not alone – and that beauty can rise from the ashes – I’d be honored to share mine.

If you sense my story belongs in your room, your circle, or your conversation, email me at: hello@brisalo.com


Topics I Speak About

Resilience After Breaking | How to rebuild a life – and a sense of self – after loss, disappointment, or trauma.

Wholeness Over Hustle | Learning to live from rest, alignment, and grace instead of performance or pressure.

Faith In The Middle | Finding God not just in the victories, but in the wrestle, the waiting, and the wild grace in between.

Motherhood, Adoption & Redemption | What it means to love, let go, and trust through the unexpected paths of family and healing.

Becoming Again | How to rediscover your identity and purpose when life doesn’t look like you thought it would.


The hard and difficult for me looked like…

Childhood bullying, adult and professional bullying, harassment, narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, death of my parents, death of my son, divorce, job loss, infertility, spiritual manipulation, adoption, war, adoptive parenting, health issues, ex coming out of the closet after years of marriage, anxiety, depression, children running away, kidnapping, adolescent-to-parent abuse, grief, and cptsd.