What if the problem isn’t that you’re broken, but that you’ve been performing “fine” for too long?

In this episode, I’m walking you through the honesty method, a raw, real look at how I survived emotional exhaustion, burnout and trauma recovery without losing my mind (again). This isn’t about toxic positivity or pushing through. It’s about creating space for your nervous system to exhale.

You’ll hear how I stopped performing resilience and started creating permission-based scaffolding, not just for myself, but for every woman silently carrying the mental load. This one’s for the women managing ADHD, PTSD, motherhood, and the kind of survival mode no one claps for.

If you’re craving women’s mental health support, this one will land hard, in the best way.

Want a space to stop performing and start offloading? Come join The Messy Middle, it’s our free community for women who are tired of pretending they’re fine.

In this episode we cover:

• What is the Honesty Method and why it works for women's mental health
• Why self-help often fails women with ADHD, PTSD or chronic overwhelm
• Performing resilience vs. resting your nervous system
• How The Messy Middle creates community-led mental health support
• Using language to reduce shame (ADHD, trauma, anxiety, motherhood)
• The Chaos Letters as storytelling for trauma healing and connection
• What witnessing looks like for women who are exhausted and masking
• The role of AI Pocket Bestie in mental health self-support
• Turning tools into daily mental health scaffolding
• “Permission to Be Human” offer for lived experience-based support

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• The Messy Middle – free community for offloading
• The Chaos Letters – sign up for raw mental health reflections

• Connect with Corrina on Instagram at @sheshonestlymental
• sheshonestlymental.com.au
• The Messy Middle – free community for offloading
• The Chaos Letters – sign up for raw mental health reflections
• Lifeline: 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636