✍🏾 Episode Summary:

I used to think I was healed

because I didn’t need anyone.

Didn’t ask.

Didn’t expect.

Didn’t rely.

But I wasn’t healed.

I was surviving.

Wearing independence like armor

and mistaking isolation for peace.

This week’s letter opens up something deeper—

an old lesson I didn’t even know I learned:

That the strongest version of me

was the one who needed the least.

Turns out…

healing isn’t how light you travel.

It’s how safe you feel when it’s time to stop carrying everything alone.

📌 Inside This Episode:

* The emotional cost of being “the strong one”

* Why we confuse silence with stability

* How early wounds shape adult independence

* What it really means to ask for help without shame

💬 Your Turn:

Who taught you that asking was dangerous?

When did you start calling it “strength”?

And what version of you is still carrying more than you have to?

Drop your reflections in the comments or reply.

I always read them.

⏭️ Next Up:

Episode 18: Title Coming Soon

Drops Monday at 6:05 AM CT.

Because healing isn’t always about what you’re letting go of—

sometimes, it’s about who you finally let in.

📣 Share the Series:

This one’s for the quiet warriors.

The ones who never ask.

Never complain.

And quietly wonder if anyone even sees them.

Forward it to someone who’s strong…

but tired.

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