Some things weren’t loud…

just quietly missing.

In this episode, I reflect on what it felt like to grow up without a sense of protection—and how that absence can shape the way you see yourself, what you accept, and what you believe you deserve.

This isn’t about blame.

It’s about understanding what stayed with me.

This episode reflects on the quiet expectations that shape how we move through the world. Sometimes what’s placed on us becomes so familiar, we don’t question it. This is a moment of sitting with that… and seeing it from a different place.

In this episode, I reflect on becoming a mother at a very young age and how that shift made me more visible — not necessarily understood, but seen. Motherhood changed how people looked at me, spoke to me, and measured me, even while I was still growing myself. This is about navigating visibility before I fully understood who I was becoming.

In this episode, I reflect on how easily other people’s perceptions and assumptions can begin to shape the story of who you are. When others speak loudly about your life, it can become difficult to hear your own voice. This episode explores what it feels like to be defined by narratives that weren’t yours to begin with, and the quiet realization that your story still belongs to you.

In this episode, I reflect on the role silence played in my life long before I understood why I needed it. Silence can look like strength, obedience, or resilience from the outside, but sometimes it’s a survival skill learned early. This is about the quiet spaces where feelings, questions, and truths lived before I had the language or safety to speak them out loud.

In the first episode of BeforeI knew, I reflect on growing up fast and surviving before I had words for what was happening. This is the beginning — not of answers, but of awareness.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-i-knew/id1880143532