The Night I Bought a Course I Couldn't Afford and Ended Up Building a Six-Figure Business Blog Post
The Night I Bought a Course I Couldn't Afford and Ended Up Building a Six-Figure Business
Craig had taken the kids to a game. So I was home alone, scrolling on my phone, and an ad came up for an advocacy training program.
Our credit cards were maxed out, and a contractor had just taken our money and left our bathroom in pieces. Plus, we were still digging out from medical debt. So, I had absolutely no business buying that course.
But I bought it anyway.
I knew IEPs. I knew the law. I had lived it as a professional and as a mom raising a medically complex, non-speaking child who needed everything her IEP could give her.
I just never thought about it as a business until that night.
What I Didn't Have
I showed up to my first cases like I belonged there even though I did not know what I was doing.
But I knew the law. And when you know the law and are actually sitting across from a school administrator who is crossing her arms and trying to gaslight a mom about why her non-speaking daughter doesn't need her communication device over the summer? I felt confident taking that on.
I had no mentor or contracts, nor any idea how to price my services or get anyone to find me. I spent years and A LOT of money hiring different industry experts to teach me how to build a successful business.
I built the plane while flying it, every single time.
And I kept going, because the families needed someone in that room with them.
What Happened
It’s 2026 now. I’m a six-figure business owner. I have worked with over 500 families across more than 30 states. But most importantly, I have gotten kids services they had been denied for years.
I paid off that debt. My daughter is getting what she needs. And I get to do work that actually matters every single day.
But I realized there is still no mentorship program that teaches people how to do this.
So I built one.
Why Grit & Grace Might Be For You
There are not enough advocates. Families are waiting months for help. Experienced advocates are turning people away because they are completely full.
Maybe you fought hard for your own child and got them to a good place. Maybe you watched another family get steamrolled in a meeting and couldn't stop thinking about it. Maybe you already have some background in special education and you keep wondering if you could do something more with it.
That is not a random thought. That is worth paying attention to. Read that again….
You can make a real difference doing this work, and you can get paid while doing it.
Not because the money is the point, but because the money lets you keep going and help more families. I got kids the services they needed and paid off my credit card in the same year. That is what this work can look like.
What Grit and Grace Is
I built Grit and Grace because I did not want the next person doing this alone the way I did.
It is a three-month mentorship program. I have five spots open this summer, and that number is intentional. What I offer inside this program cannot happen with a hundred people in a course.
You need someone who can get on a call with you and say, here is what I see in this case, here is how I would approach this meeting, here is the language to use when the school district tries that specific move. That nuance only comes from doing this work for nearly 20 years.
Inside Grit and Grace, you get the special education foundation that covers what actually happens in the field, including the things most training programs never mention.
AND you also get the business side: contracts, payments, how to get visible, how to find clients who are already looking for help. And you get support on your first three cases, which is the part people tell me they needed the most.
Three clients can cover your investment. Think about that. Three families get their children what they deserve, and that’s the ROI. The math is mathing.
If You’ve Gotten This Far
I want to hear from you before these five spots are gone.
This is for people with some foundation in special education, whether professional or personal, and who are ready to build something real. Not just learn about IEPs from a distance, but actually show up for families and get paid to do it.
There are parents in your district, your city, your state who are sitting in meetings right now being told their child doesn't qualify, services can't be provided due to budget, this is just how things work here….and they have no idea that someone like you could walk in and change the whole conversation.
