At 38 years old, I found out the man who raised me wasn’t my biological father — and my mother took that secret to her grave.

This episode isn’t just about that one secret — it’s about the ripple effect of avoidance, the legacy of emotional disconnection, and how we begin to heal what’s been passed down.

We’ll explore:

💔 What the mother wound really is (and why it affects more of us than we realize)
🧠 How it shows up in adulthood — from people-pleasing to self-abandonment
🌿 Why healing doesn’t require a relationship with your mom — it’s about your relationship with yourself
🧘‍♀️ What my journey looked like, and how you can begin your own
🗣️ A listener Q&A: How do I heal from a narcissistic mother I still have to care for?

If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or emotionally responsible for your own mother, this episode is for you.

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In this raw and revealing episode, I answer a question from my audience:

“How did your healing journey begin? What do you do when old pain feels overwhelming?”

At 26, I was living in NYC, wearing the mask of “success” while silently drowning in exhaustion, detachment, and the physical symptoms of burnout. I didn’t have the language for it back then—but my body did. And eventually, it forced me to listen.

So I did what I always did when I didn’t know what else to do… I ran.

A one-way ticket to Hawaii led me to a remote beach in Southeast Asia, where I was robbed of everything—wallet, phone, identity—and left standing in nothing but a bikini.

That rock-bottom moment?
It became the starting point of my healing.

In this episode, I share:

• The 4 signs of burnout I wish I knew back then

• How “escape mode” cracked me open to grace

• The exact moment my healing journey truly began

• Every healing modality I tried (and which ones actually worked)

• Why somatic healing changed everything for me

• And the 3-step ABC Method I still use today when pain resurfaces

This story is for anyone who feels lost, numb, burnt out, or on the edge of something big.
You are not broken. You are breaking open.

✨ Let this episode be your moment of grace.

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- The silence, secrets, and shame that shaped everything -

In this first episode, I share the origin story that shaped everything — how I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, a metaphor I now see as my soul’s assignment: to heal my throat chakra and help others find their voice, too.

This episode dives into the unspoken truths, emotional confusion, and generational patterns that shaped my childhood — and how silence became its own kind of trauma.

I was named after my aunt… who was murdered.
My mom adopted her son. Moved us across state lines. Left my dad for her dead sister’s husband. Then, at 38, I found out the man who raised me is not my biological father. And no one ever talked about any of this!

This is not about blame — it’s about truth.
Because secrets aren’t safe. But your truth is.

📘 Read my story in my memoir Trust the Flames:
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