The Dwelling's core reader is a woman between the ages of 28 and 45. She is a mother of one or more children with autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, or other special needs diagnoses. She is educated, thoughtful, and values authenticity over aesthetics. She is done with survival mode and actively investing — emotionally, financially, and energetically — in building a life that feels more like her own.

She is not looking to be sold to. She is looking to be understood. When a brand earns her trust through an aligned, genuine placement, her loyalty is significant and lasting.

Her Interests and Purchasing Priorities:

She actively spends in the following categories — wellness and self-care products, mental health and therapy resources, home and lifestyle goods that support a calm and intentional environment, books and digital learning, organizational tools, adaptive and sensory-friendly products for her children, food and nutrition, personal development courses and memberships, and fashion and beauty rooted in simplicity and self-expression.

Audience Values:

She values slow living over hustle, depth over surface, honesty over polish, and community over celebrity. She responds to brands that speak to her as a whole person — not just a caregiver.

1. Submit your request for your selected product and date(s)

2. Booking confirmation

3. Invoice & Payment

4. Share your creative assets and copy

5. The ad goes live

Entry-Level Ad

• Brand name and website URL

• A brief description of the product or service (2–3 sentences in your own words. Cheniece rewrites in her own voice)

• One discount code or special offer for readers (strongly recommended; increases engagement significantly)

• Any brand guidelines or words you would like avoided

Mid-Tier Ad

• Brand name, website URL, and tagline

• Product or service description (up to one paragraph; Cheniece rewrites in her voice)

• One image (product photo or brand lifestyle image); a minimum of 1200px wide, horizontal preferred

• One discount code or exclusive reader offer (strongly recommended)

• Any messaging guidelines or restrictions

Feature Ad

• Brand name, website URL, and tagline

• Product or service description and key talking points (Cheniece writes and records in her own voice)

• Two images: one product photo, one lifestyle or brand image; minimum 1200px wide

• One discount code or exclusive reader and listener offer

• Any required disclosures, restrictions, or messaging guidelines

• For podcast: A brief brand background document (half page maximum) so Cheniece can speak about your brand naturally and accurately

👋 Hey there, I'm Cheniece: founder and creator of The Dwelling lifestyle publication and the UnCommon Momma membership community, wife, and proud mom of two extraordinary children on the autism spectrum. When my children’s diagnoses arrived, they didn’t come with instruction manuals or roadmaps for the emotional terrain ahead. I found myself drowning in questions no one could answer, grieving futures I’d never mourned, and searching for community in a world that felt suddenly foreign. The silence was deafening. The isolation, suffocating.

So I built the bridge I needed but couldn’t find.

What emerged from that dark season wasn’t wisdom born from having it all figured out; it was understanding forged in the fires of real experience. I don’t stand before you as someone who has “arrived,” but as someone still becoming, still healing, still choosing hope over hardship daily.

Everything I offer flows from this truth: you don’t need fixing. You need witnessing. You don’t need judgment. You need gentleness. You don’t need to have it all together. You just need to not be alone.

This work isn’t my career; it’s my calling. Because every mother who finds her way back to herself creates ripples of healing that extend far beyond her own life.