I Took Pain for Love—Not Knowing I Deserved Better In this deeply personal and unfiltered episode of Butterfly: The Becoming, Monette opens the door to a truth many women carry but rarely say out loud: “I let them hurt me because I thought that was love.”
She speaks from the ashes of self-hatred — the kind that doesn’t scream, but whispers through your choices, your silence, and your willingness to shrink for the sake of being kept.
This is not a story about blame.
It’s a story about awakening.
About the girl who didn’t know her worth…
And the woman who finally does.
If your spirit has ever been tired from trying to be enough for someone else — this is your episode.