{"id":2485798,"date":"2026-07-03T00:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2485798"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:52:59","slug":"sister-wives-star-madison-brush-says-she-didnt-know-what-peace-felt-like-during-chaotic-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sister-wives-star-madison-brush-says-she-didnt-know-what-peace-felt-like-during-chaotic-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSister Wives\u201d Star Madison Brush Says She Didn&#8217;t Know What &#8216;Peace Felt Like&#8217; During &#8216;Chaotic&#8217; Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Sister Wives<\/em>&#8216; Madison Brush opened up about her \u2018chaotic&#8217; childhood growing up in the Brown family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy childhood was chaotic in ways I&#8217;ve spent my entire adult life making sense of and choosing to build something completely different from,\u201d she wrote in a June 29 Instagram post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brush has previously been candid about her estrangement from father Kody Brown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sister-wives-family-everything-to-know-11718017\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sister Wives;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sister Wives&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Sister Wives<\/em><\/a>&#8216; Madison Brush is getting candid about her childhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, June 29, the former reality star, 30, opened up about growing up in the <em>Sister Wives<\/em> family as the daughter of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sister-wives-kody-brown-shares-major-admission-to-ex-wife-christine-exclusive-11862440\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kody Brown;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kody Brown&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kody Brown<\/a> and his ex-wife <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sister-wives-janelle-brown-shares-first-look-inside-her-new-n-c-home-11920643\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Janelle Brown;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Janelle Brown&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Janelle Brown<\/a> in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaK-xsVhdM3\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram post;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t grow up knowing what peace felt like,\u201d Brush wrote in her caption. \u201cAt least not in the nervous system sense. Not even in the \u2018exhale at the end of the day&#8217; sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy childhood was chaotic in ways I&#8217;ve spent my entire adult life making sense of and choosing to build something completely different from,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThat&#8217;s the short version. Maybe one day, I&#8217;ll tell the long one.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Madison Brush with mom Janelle Brown.<br \/>Credit: Janelle Brown\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brush continued, \u201cWhat I know is this: I got married young, had my first son at 21, moved across the country at 23 to find my footing, and somewhere in the middle of all of it\u2026. the parenting books I consumed, the hard decisions I made, the life my husband and I quietly built together\u2026 I found something I didn&#8217;t grow up with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPeace. Not the absence of chaos, but with the presence of it and the ability to choose calm anyway,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brush went on to give an update on her life. She homeschools her four children and has been living holistically for 15 years. Brush is building a homestead called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taedafarms\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Taeda Farms;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Taeda Farms&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Taeda Farms<\/a> with her husband, Caleb Brush, and mom Janelle, 57.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI&#8217;m a halfway homesteader. A deeply intentional mom. A woman who is still figuring out what peace looks like in practice and thinks that process is worth talking about out loud,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis page is going to be real food, intentional motherhood, what we&#8217;re building at Taeda, a marriage worth celebrating, and the slower, simpler life I&#8217;m choosing for my family on purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt&#8217;s not going to be perfect, and it is not going to be a performance. It is going to be honest,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Robyn Brown, Christine Brown and their children.Credit: Shutterstock\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/HWJ6CWspZnJORz7EKAkiBw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/bccd5ddf89e812945e7dd4a59ff63334\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Robyn Brown, Christine Brown and their children.<br \/>Credit: Shutterstock<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Sister Wives<\/em> premiered on TLC in 2010 and followed the lives of the Brown family \u2014 Kody, his four wives, Robyn, Janelle, Christine and Meri, and their children. The latter three have left Kody, and Robyn is the only wife remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fracture of the Brown family has played out in previous seasons of <em>Sister Wives<\/em>, and Brush has been open about her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/janelle-and-christine-brown-s-daughters-give-update-on-relationships-with-kody-brown-11859863\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:estrangement from her father Kody;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;estrangement from her father Kody&quot;}\" class=\"link \">estrangement from her father Kody<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a December 2025 episode of the <em>TLC<\/em> series, Brush shared she would be open to reconciling with her dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think there could be forgiveness,\u201d Brush said. \u201cI am open to reconciliation and forgiveness and closure, but if he ever wanted to be let back into our lives, there would need to be a pattern of consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kody had previously shared on an episode prior that he was open to reconciling with his estranged kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My children will always be my children and the door will always be open to them,&#8221; he said at the time. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got to come through that door. I&#8217;m going to be holding a hand out for that, but I&#8217;m going to be holding this hand that&#8217;s next to me, and I won&#8217;t let go of that hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sister-wives-madison-brush-chaotic-childhood-12011651\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Sister Wives&#8216; Madison Brush opened up about her \u2018chaotic&#8217; childhood growing up in the Brown family \u201cMy childhood was chaotic in ways I&#8217;ve spent my entire adult life making sense of and choosing to build something completely different from,\u201d she wrote in a June 29 Instagram post Brush has previously been candid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2485799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22491,322457,339991,489461,322456,479032],"class_list":["post-2485798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-instagram","tag-janelle-brown","tag-kody-brown","tag-madison-brush","tag-sister-wives","tag-the-brown-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sister-Wives-Star-Madison-Brush-Says-She-Didnt-Know-What.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485800,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485798\/revisions\/2485800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}