Overcoming

This particular title isn’t originally mine - it belongs to a book by Seth Godin that was gifted to me by my father the year I finally graduated from junior college after what felt like a lifetime of setbacks, detours, pain, and rebuilding. And it's a book that's stayed with me, not because of who gave it to me, but because of what it represents: the truth that life doesn't wait for perfect timing, ideal circumstances, universal approval, or complete confidence before asking

⋆⋆ In this post, I share parts of my story that include trauma, abuse, and mental health struggles. If these themes feel tender for you right now, I invite you to read with support or return when it feels right. ⋆⋆ Five Years Ago I Started Over. I was at the peak of my first major awakening when the life I had built - the one I thought I was supposed to want - collapsed under the weight of my truth. I was raised in an evangelical household, and it was everything you’d expect

I’m writing this because I spent a long time not being myself. Not because I didn’t want to be - but because I learned, very early on, that being myself wasn’t always safe, convenient, or rewarded. I learned how to read rooms, how to adapt, how to carry myself in a way that made others comfortable, and how to hold my breath and just keep going. I come from a lineage of strength and resilience - where survival, dignity, and courage were not abstract ideas in my family, but liv

The real initiation.