Who We Are

Nobody wants to be a caregiver. Not like this.

You don’t choose it—it chooses you. And when it does, it changes everything.

At Yelloux Cove, we’re a mother-daughter team who’ve been family caregivers since 2012. That’s 14+ years of navigating the complexities of mental illness, health systems that don’t care, and a culture that often treats caregiving like an invisible role. But we’re not invisible—and neither are you.

We built this space not because we have all the answers, but because we were tired of pretending. Tired of shrinking ourselves into the title of “caregiver” as if it defines us completely. It doesn’t.

This is real life, and real life is layered.

Caregivers Are More Than Caregivers

Before we were caregivers, we were people with plans, passions, and identities. And we still are.

Caregivers are artists, musicians, parents, students, dreamers. We love a good playlist, a well-styled room, a moment of peace, a spontaneous road trip—or a good turn down. We’re not just nurses without licenses. We’re not saints. We’re not martyrs. We are whole people who got rerouted, often without warning.

Caregiving doesn’t cancel out our complexity—it adds to it.

And that’s what Yelloux Cove is about. A space where your full self is welcome. Not just the tired parts, not just the strong parts—all of it.

Speaking Up: Mental Health and the Systems That Fail Us

We’ve spent over a decade caregiving for someone with a severe mental health condition. And what we’ve seen—especially from institutions like Kaiser Permanente—has been disheartening at best and discriminatory at worst.

We’re not here to whisper. We’re here to speak the truth.

Mental health systems are failing families, failing patients, and failing caregivers. And too often, those failures get buried under red tape and silence. At Yelloux Cove, we bring those stories to the surface. We name names, challenge injustice, and advocate for change. Loudly.

We’re Not a Community—Yet. But You’re Not Alone.

Let’s be real—we’re not going to call this a “community” just yet. Not until it is one. Right now, Yelloux Cove is a space we carved out because we needed somewhere to land. A place where caregiving and mental health advocacy could exist alongside creativity, rest, anger, joy, and everything in between.

But if you’re reading this, and you feel something in it—maybe that’s the start.

Maybe it’s not a community yet. But it could be.

Real Life. Real Talk. No Gloss.

Yelloux Cove isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence. It’s about offering space for people who are tired of performance, tired of pretending, and ready to be witnessed—as they are.

We’re not selling quick fixes. We’re here to talk honestly about:

• What it means to care for someone with a mental illness

• What it means to lose yourself (and find yourself again)

• How to reclaim beauty, style, joy, and voice in the middle of the chaos

We hold space for the real stuff—and we honor it all.

Why Yelloux Cove?

Because caregivers deserve more than sympathy.
Because mental health advocacy needs truth-tellers, not gatekeepers.
Because nobody’s talking about what it really feels like to carry someone else’s life alongside your own.

Because we needed this space. And maybe you do, too.

So welcome to Yelloux Cove:
Where authenticity is non-negotiable.
Where life isn’t perfect, but it’s still worth showing up for.
Where caregivers get to be whole humans again.