You love deeply. You give, you stay, you hope...even when it hurts.

In this episode, we peel back the layers of love and pain; the kind that blurs the line between devotion and self-abandonment. We’ll talk about what happens when your heart confuses love with safety, and why you can't help but return to what’s familiar, even when it’s not healthy.

We’ll explore subconscious stories that shape who we love and how we love. This isn’t about blame though, it’s about awareness, compassion, and learning to love without losing yourself.

Because healing doesn’t mean hardening; it means learning how to keep your softness and your self-respect.

• Why “staying” can sometimes be a survival response, not a choice.

• The role childhood wounds play in adult relationships.

• Steps to begin healing without shutting down your heart.

Loving someone doesn’t mean abandoning yourself.

Real love expands you, it doesn’t erase you.

Use these as journal prompts or quiet reflections after the episode to begin uncovering what needs to be healed:

1. When have I confused comfort or familiarity with love?

2. Do I often feel responsible for other people’s emotions or healing?

3. What part of me feels afraid to leave — even when something hurts?

4. What did love look like in my childhood home? What did I learn about giving and receiving love?

5. Do I believe I can have love and peace — or do I feel I must choose one?

6. How do I show myself the same compassion I offer others?

Healing doesn’t happen by cutting off your capacity to love — it happens by bringing love back home, to you.

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You’ve been feeling it, that quiet tug in your chest that whispers, something isn’t working anymore. You keep trying, hoping, holding it all together… but deep down, you know you can’t keep doing it this way.

In this episode, we talk about that sacred moment of truth, the one where exhaustion meets awakening. It’s not dramatic. It’s not loud. It’s that quiet, undeniable knowing that the way you’ve been living, loving, or showing up… just isn’t aligning anymore.

We’ll explore:

• How resistance shows up: in over-explaining, resentment, or emotional fatigue

• What it really means when “trying harder” stops working

• The difference between giving up and letting go

• The beginning of surrender: and the power in finally saying, I can’t keep doing this

Because this is where change begins: not in chaos, but in quiet honesty.

Key Reflection:

“Where in your life do you keep saying ‘it’s fine’ when it’s not?”

Takeaway: You don’t have to have a plan to change, just the courage to admit that something needs to.

Listen if you’re:

• Feeling stuck in the same cycle of trying and hoping

• Exhausted from being the one who always fixes things

• Starting to sense that your peace deserves a seat at the table

Just Breathe!

Description: There comes a point when you just… can’t keep patching it together. The trying. The hoping. The fixing. Somewhere between holding it all up and holding yourself together, something inside starts whispering; there has to be more than this.

She Wakes Up is for the woman standing in that quiet in-between, the one who’s not sure if she wants to stay, to leave, or to simply stop pretending she’s okay.

This isn’t a show about how to fix your relationship, your family, or your life. It’s about what happens when you finally stop trying to fix everything… and start listening to what your soul’s been trying to say.

We’ll talk about what it feels like to wake up to your truth; the grief, the guilt, the relief, and the wild, unexpected freedom that comes when you begin to remember who you are.

Sometimes healing looks like staying. Sometimes it looks like walking away. But it always starts with you.

So if you’ve been carrying the weight of “should,” and you’re quietly wondering what it would feel like to just… stop- pour your coffee, take a breath, and join me.

Because you don’t have to have it all figured out to start waking up.

What You’ll Hear:

• Honest conversations about love, loss, and the spaces in between

• Reflections on identity, self-worth, and emotional awakening

• Stories from women who chose themselves, even when it meant starting over

• Real talk about the ache of change and the beauty on the other side of it

This podcast is for you if:

• You’re tired of being the fixer

• You’re craving clarity, peace, or a way out of the constant “trying”

• You’re standing at the edge of change — scared, but ready to feel again

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