Fiona Ugbah — Becoming in the Middle of Healing

Founder, The Her Edit

There is a version of me that existed before The Her Edit, a woman full of plans, momentum, and expectation. And then there is the woman who created it: softer, quieter, more present, and shaped by a season I never imagined would become part of my story.

The Her Edit was not born in a season of abundance or certainty.
It was created in the middle of chemotherapy.
In the middle of motherhood.
In the middle of healing, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

And somehow, it became the very thing that helped me survive.

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The Season That Changed Everything

Cancer has a way of stripping life down to its essentials.
Suddenly, the noise disappears. The urgency shifts. The body demands honesty.

I was navigating new motherhood, learning how to love, nurture, and show up for my son, all while simultaneously being forced to surrender control over my own body. 

Days were marked by hospital appointments, treatment cycles, fatigue, and a constant negotiation between strength and rest.

There were moments when everything felt paused.
And moments when everything felt unbearably fast.

What I didn’t expect was how deeply this season would invite me inward.

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Why The Her Edit Was Created

During chemotherapy, I needed softness more than I needed answers.

I needed a place that reminded me I was still myself, still a woman, still creative and still becoming even while my body was fighting something I could not see. I searched for spaces that felt gentle, grounded, and honest. Spaces that didn’t demand productivity or perfection.

And when I couldn’t find one that felt quite right, I created it.

The Her Edit became my refuge, my peace beyond understanding.

A digital journal where beauty was not about appearance, but presence.
Where becoming was honoured, not rushed.
Where women were allowed to exist in the in-between.

I built it slowly, between treatments, naps, hospital days, and quiet evenings when writing felt like praying.

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Creating While Healing

Some days, building The Her Edit looked like writing a single paragraph.
Other days, it looked like closing my laptop and choosing rest instead.

I learned that creation doesn’t always come from overflow.
Sometimes it comes from survival.
Sometimes it comes from faith.

There was no pressure to scale, no obsession with metrics, no urgency to perform. This platform was never about “launching strong.” It was about staying alive, emotionally, creatively, spiritually and quite frankly physically.

And in that way, The Her Edit became my healing in motion.

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What This Platform Holds

The Her Edit holds everything this season taught me:

• That softness is not weakness
  
• That beauty can be quiet
  
• That becoming is not linear
  
• That rest is productive
  
• That faith carries us when our bodies feel fragile
  

It is a space for women who are rebuilding after illness, after loss, after burnout, after becoming mothers, after losing themselves somewhere along the way.

It is for the woman who is still here, still trying, still hopeful.

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The Founder I Became

Cancer changed my pace.
Motherhood changed my priorities.
Healing changed my perspective.

I didn’t become a founder in the traditional sense.
I became one by listening to my body, to God, to the quiet pull toward purpose.

The Her Edit is not a brand built on hustle.
It is a platform built on presence.

And I believe that is why it resonates.

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A Note to the Woman Reading This

If you are in a season of illness, recovery, grief, or uncertainty, I want you to know this:

You do not have to wait until you are “better” to create something meaningful.
You do not have to be whole to begin.
You do not have to rush your becoming.

Sometimes, the most beautiful things are built while healing.

The Her Edit is proof of that.

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Founder Bio

Fiona Ugbah is the founder and editor of The Her Edit, a digital journal created for women in their becoming. Built during a season of cancer treatment and new motherhood, The Her Edit is rooted in softness, faith, and intentional living.

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