Some divorces are quiet, others are catastrophic. For Sarah May, it was the latter—a marriage that imploded in betrayal and emotional abuse when she was just 24, followed by a decade-long healing journey she never expected. In this deeply moving episode, Sarah shares how that early unraveling forced her into a reckoning with her own story: her codependency, her childhood wounds, and the patterns that made dysfunction feel like home. Through tears, therapy, and truth-telling, she slowly rebuilt herself—not for a partner, not for the outside world, but for the girl inside who had always longed to feel safe.

Sarah is an author, yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner, and intuitive healing guide whose debut memoir She Journeys: A Memoir of Heartbreak and Homecoming is a stunning reflection on how we reclaim ourselves after devastating loss. In this conversation, she joins Olivia to explore the hard-won wisdom she carries now—the kind that only comes from surviving what you once thought might break you. Together, they talk honestly about the trap of blame, the long road to self-responsibility, and the radical act of forgiving both yourself and the women who were part of the harm.

Listeners will walk away with powerful mindset shifts: that healing doesn’t mean letting others off the hook—it means setting yourself free. That self-forgiveness is more powerful than any apology. And that yes, you will love again—but only after you learn to love yourself first. This episode is a balm for anyone who’s ever looked around the ruins of a life and wondered, “How do I begin again?” The answer, as Sarah shows us, is: one brave, honest page at a time.

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