Contrary to Popular Belief™️

The grief we don’t talk about


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Before I found my tribe… I lost someone.
This episode is for the grief we never talk about. The friend who never became a full chapter, but left their name on every page.

Joseph wasn’t a boyfriend. He wasn’t a fling.
He was the friend who saw me when I didn’t even know how to be seen.
We never said it out loud, but I felt it. And maybe he did too.
This is the goodbye I never got to give and the truth I never said out loud.

🦋 In this episode, I talk about:
​ Unspoken love and silent grief
​ Being emotionally overdrawn from people-pleasing
​ How one loss shaped every connection after
​ My journey from performance to peace
​ What healing really looks like when it’s not pretty

And this weekend? I’m going to the concert we would’ve joked about going to together… with a jersey that honors him. Because some love shifts, but never fades.

💔 Contrary to popular belief… unspoken love is still love. And grief? It doesn’t need permission to be real.
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Contrary to Popular Belief™️By Markita Johnson