I didn't even know I was going to record this episode. I woke up this morning to a message that said 'Hello dear,' and something in me just... reacted. 😔 It caught me completely off guard, and before I knew it, I was sitting with this deep, familiar ache — the feeling of not being seen, not being recognised for who I actually am.

This is a raw one. 🌿 I'm exploring what it means to be called 'lovely,' 'beautiful,' 'dear,' or 'mate' by someone who actually knows my name — and why those seemingly harmless words land on me like a hand pressed against an open wound. I don't have all the answers, and I'm not pretending to. What I do know is that somewhere in this trigger lives something I haven't fully healed yet — something to do with being seen, being known, and what it feels like when I'm not. 💔

I find myself tracing this back through memories — my brother Dwayne, who called everyone 'mate' because he couldn't remember their names, and who left this world 28 years ago — and I realise how long this has been quietly sitting inside me. I'm also sitting with something I heard at a Sing to Thrive workshop just yesterday: that our triggers are mirrors, reflecting back the places within ourselves that still need tending. 🪞✨

I'm sharing this not because I've worked it out, but because voicing it feels like the beginning of understanding it. And maybe something in I've said today will help me — and others carrying their own unspoken aches — feel just a little less alone in it. 🌸

I trust that the right words, spoken from the heart, will always find their way home. 💛

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