Today, we're talking with someone who grew up in the kind of chaos most people can’t even imagine. Helen Williams was one of five siblings, raised in a home shaped by addiction—her mother addicted to crack, her father battling pills and alcohol. But Helen didn’t just survive it—she carried others through it, often playing the role of the stable one in a very unstable world.

In this episode, she opens up about what it was like to grow up in that environment, the emotional toll of always being “the strong one,” and the lasting scars of generational trauma. And just when she thought she’d already been through enough—her parents dropped a bombshell: that the man she thought was her dad might not be.

Helen’s story is raw, vulnerable, and packed with resilience. She shares how her past has shaped the mother she is today, her commitment to  ...