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This week’s episode is a little different — a small check-in on a Monday morning instead of my usual Friday drop. I had planned to release the next Love Chapter on the 14th, but life got busy and I didn’t have the space to record the episode with the care it deserves.

In this mini update, I talk about what I’ve learned from creating the first eight episodes of Just Breathe Confessionals: how speaking out has changed me, how much I’m willing to share, and how comforting it’s been to hear from listeners who relate to my anxieties, childhood moments, and all the messy parts of growing up.

I also acknowledge that there is deeper, heavier trauma in my story — chapters I haven’t shared yet — and those pieces will be explored more fully in Season Two.

The next full Love Chapter, The One Who Helped Me Heal, will drop on Friday, December 6th.

Thank you for listening, for holding these stories with me, and for giving honesty a place to breathe.

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Kind Note:
This episode includes reflections on emotional, mental, and sexual manipulation in a past relationship.
Please listen gently and only when you feel safe, grounded, and supported.
Your heart deserves care.

Episode Description:
In this episode, I return to a version of myself I haven’t spoken to in years — the girl who fell in love in high school before she understood what love was supposed to feel like. What began as attention and affection slowly turned into control, isolation, and the quiet erosion of my confidence and identity. I didn’t realize how deeply emotional and mental manipulation can take root until I was already inside of it, trying to hold onto something that was breaking me.

This is a story of staying too long and leaving slowly — of believing I could fix what was hurting me, of grieving the version of myself who didn’t know better yet, and of learning to recognize love that doesn’t require me to disappear to keep it.

It’s about the confusion of being seventeen, the fear of being alone, the guilt that keeps us quiet, and the soft relief that comes when we finally choose ourselves.

If you have ever stayed in a relationship you didn’t know how to leave, if you’ve ever lost yourself trying to be loved, if you’ve ever questioned your worth or your voice — you are not alone.

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Some friendships feel like air in your lungs; others knock the wind out of you. This story-driven episode dives into the friends who carried us through family fractures, the sudden goodbyes that rewired our trust, and the bold voices that pushed us toward better, braver selves. We open with childhood in a split home, where neighbors and friends’ parents became a quiet safety net—block parties, open kitchens, and the simple miracle of being welcomed without explanation. That foundation leads to a formative bond: a friend who noticed the weight we shouldn’t have been carrying and offered a way to breathe again.

The middle turns toward a sanctuary found in the church tech booth after a knee injury ended soccer dreams. There, under the glow of monitors and the hum of a soundboard, belonging took on a new shape—until a message ended a three-year friendship without warning. We unpack how friendship grief differs from breakups, why abrupt endings can rewrite how we let people in, and what it means to hold on to spaces that helped us heal while releasing the person who introduced them.

Finally, we meet the friend who brings loving friction—a fuchsia-bandana memory, relentless honesty about a toxic relationship, and accountability that stings before it saves. Together we explore how transformative friends reveal blind spots, set a higher bar for how we show up, and model what chosen family looks like over time. Along the way, we pose questions worth sitting with: Who carried you? Who taught the hard lesson? Who’s stayed?

We close with a peek at what’s next: a three-part Love Series—love that broke me, love that found me, and self-love—raw, real, and deeply personal. If you’ve ever leaned on chosen family, rebuilt after a sudden goodbye, or needed a friend who tells the truth, this is for you. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it today, and leave a review to tell us which friendship shaped you most.