Welcome!

I’m Christina Swearingen…writer, creator, and the voice behind That’s What She Said.

I’ve lived through loss, death, and the kind of healing that only comes after being manipulated, betrayed, and gaslit by the very people I trusted most.

I’m a single mother to three boys, I’ve walked through fire, and I’ve stopped apologizing for how it burned. That’s What She Said is more than a comeback line. It’s what I built after years of staying silent and carrying burdens that were never mine to carry. My words are raw, poetic, unfiltered and real. Here, you’ll find truth wrapped in humor, rebellion, and grace. Sometimes savage, sometimes soft, and always sincere.

I’m also the author of The Pebble Who Wanted to Be a Star, a children’s book about purpose, self-worth, and remembering who you were before the world told you who to be. The story unfolds through the eyes of a little girl named Viviane and the unlikely friends who help guide her home.

I’m here to share the words I used to hide…To speak what needs to be spoken, to write what heals and to create what I once needed.

I’m not building a brand in a box, I’m building an atmosphere where truth doesn’t require permission, healing that comes with humor, and language bends around feelings, not the other way around.

There’s space for everything here…Just not in a box. I don’t do boxes. I’m not just one thing. I can’t conform for the Listen, Lindas and yeah, sometimes I say “f*ck.”.. by sometimes I mean sometimes ALOT.😶
Not because I’m unrefined…But because there’s no poetic synonym for surviving betrayal, burning it all down, losing everything, and still showing up.

“F*ck” delivers 26 emotions in one syllable. And sometimes, that’s the only word that fits. I’m not chaotic. I’m consciously expansive. I know how to hold a child with soft eyes and soft words, and how to annihilate an injustice with a middle finger and a microphone.

If you think I shouldn’t say that? Well... I said what I said, Pearl-Clutching Pam and Tithing-My-Sins-Away Tina.

I have a vast vocabulary, and I still chose that word.
That’s not poverty.
That’s power that doesn’t need permission to say whatever needs to be said.

I’m not here to be palatable. I’m here to be Real.

If this resonates with you—welcome home.
I hope you stick around for everything that’s coming.

If not…
Bless your heart. ✨

-Christina Swearingen