For most of my life, I confused attention with love. I chased validation, mistook chaos for passion, and sabotaged calm relationships because peace felt unfamiliar. In this episode, I share how childhood wounds shaped my relationships, self-worth, and need to be chosen—and how learning to love myself changed everything.

The biggest lesson? Love shouldn't feel like anxiety. Love should feel safe, calm, and peaceful.

Are you carrying emotions, fears, and problems that were never yours to begin with?

In this episode, Lia dives into projection, boundaries, and how to recognize when someone else's baggage is being handed to you.

Maybe it's time to put it down.

Ever look at someone getting support for a hard time and feel a random flash of total rage?

You’re not a terrible person—you’re just carrying the weight of having to survive without help.

In this episode, Lia breaks down the hidden grief behind resentment, the myth that hyper-independence is a badge of honor, and how the "victim mindset" and trauma-comparing can quietly sabotage our relationships. From getting called out in couples therapy to learning how to actually ask for help, Lia shares what happens when we stop living in anger and start giving ourselves the compassion we always deserved.

After 36 years of living in survival mode, chaos, and constant anxiety, Lia shares what it feels like to finally experience peace—and why that peace once felt completely unfamiliar.

She explores how we can mistake chaos for love, why we sometimes repeat toxic cycles, and how self-love, healing, and reparenting ourselves can finally break the cycle.

What if the things you thought were completely normal growing up… actually weren’t?

In this deeply personal episode, Lia opens up about the childhood experiences she once accepted as “just the way families are” — from financial control and emotional abuse to gaslighting, invalidation, conditional love, and having her boundaries ignored. She shares how those experiences followed her into adulthood and relationships, and how therapy, healing, and becoming a parent helped her recognize the patterns and break the cycle.

A raw conversation about unlearning what we were taught, recognizing trauma for what it really was, and creating a healthier future for the next generation.

A dream is never “too much” - it’s usually just too early. Lia shares the real story behind her new studio setup, new branding, and the fear, doubt, and timing that nearly held her back from expanding it all. If you’re sitting on a passion project, waiting until you feel fully ready, or comparing your day-one vision to someone else’s year-20 success, this episode is the push you need. Lia breaks down why your ideas grow with you, why the inner critic gets louder right before a breakthrough, and why starting before you feel ready is often the only way forward.

What happens when you stop waiting for other people to give you the love you needed—and finally learn to give it to yourself? ❤️

In this deeply personal episode, I open up about self-love, inner-child healing, boundaries, survival mode, negative self-talk, and the difficult journey of becoming your own safe place. From learning to say “I love you” to yourself in the mirror to healing the younger versions of you who never felt safe, this conversation is a reminder that you can break old patterns and create a completely different life.

You may not have received the love you deserved growing up, but you can choose to give yourself that love now. Healing starts when you decide to show up for yourself. ✨

Ever felt rejected and thought, "I'm not good enough"?

What if rejection is actually the universe’s way of shielding you from worse outcomes?

I used to internalize rejection as a personal attack—until I realized it’s often a form of redirection.

Sometimes, we get rejected because something better is waiting — or we’re being shielded from a path that’s not meant for us.

Growing up, I was told I had to be perfect, or I was a bad person—at two, three years old. No one explained how to handle big feelings, so I learned to suppress everything. That meant locking myself in rooms, tearing apart my childhood space, and avoiding tears even now at 37.

But here's the truth: locking children in rooms teaches them they're wrong for feeling. It leaves scars that last decades. The moment I understood this, I realized I could choose differently for my kids—and I did.

Healing isn't easy—it brings up a lot. But imagine the love your kids will carry into their future because you chose to break the cycle.

For 30 years, I held onto hope, thinking love alone could heal the wounds. But love isn't always enough when fears and wounds block the way.

The moment I saw that, I knew — love can’t fix everything if they’re not willing to change.

That realization was heartbreaking but also a spark for real healing. It’s painful to accept that no matter how much you love, some relationships may never be what you want them to be — and that’s okay.

What’s one thing you’ve had to accept about a difficult relationship?