This episode explores one of the most misunderstood parts of healing: why we grieve the very lives, loves, and routines that nearly destroyed us. Leaving a toxic relationship or life doesn’t just bring freedom — it brings emptiness, loneliness, and a strange ache for what once felt familiar.

I talk about the quiet grief of walking away, the hollow space healing creates, and the temptation to mistake missing for needing. This isn’t a conversation about weakness — it’s about being human, about learning to hold the ache without running back, and about making peace with the truth that we sometimes miss what hurt us most.

If you’ve ever left behind a toxic life and wondered why the grief still lingers, this episode is for you.