Valentine’s Day can feel complicated when you’re healing, waiting, or walking through a season alone. In this episode, we talk about gentle self-love, setting boundaries without guilt, and learning to recognize real love — not the anxious or one-sided kind we sometimes hold onto.

This isn’t about pretending you don’t want love.
It’s about no longer abandoning yourself to receive it.

If today feels quiet or heavy, you’re not broken and you’re not behind. You’re growing — and love starts safely within you first.

In this episode of Break the Silence, I share my personal journey through a relationship that began with love and hope, but eventually became marked by addiction, emotional abuse, and fear. I talk about the warning signs I overlooked, the pain of trying to save someone I loved, and the difficult decision to leave.

I also share the turning point that helped me heal — a quote from Beautiful Boy that reminds me that I didn’t cause it, I can’t control it, and I can’t cure it.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt trapped, ashamed, or alone in a relationship. You’re not weak for staying. You’re not a failure for leaving. And you don’t have to carry it alone.

Episode 1 – From Hidden Scars to Breaking the Silence

In this debut episode of Break the Silence, I share my personal journey through childhood challenges, health struggles, and difficult relationships that shaped the way I see the world. This episode explores what it feels like to be misunderstood, dismissed, and left to navigate emotional pain alone — and the power of finding your voice.

Trigger warning: This episode touches on childhood trauma, health issues, manipulative relationships, emotional and physical violations, and mental health. Listener discretion is advised.

Join me as we begin this podcast together — a space to reflect, process, and feel less alone. Breaking the silence, one story at a time.

Break the Silence is a podcast centered on lived experiences, healing, and honest conversations. Through real stories and thoughtful reflection, this podcast creates space for the truths we often carry quietly—and the moments that shape who we become.

This podcast is for those navigating grief, growth, and change, and for those who support others through it. You’re not alone in what you’ve lived, and you don’t have to carry it in silence.

First episode will be available January 16th.