In this episode, I’m talking about what it feels like to outgrow a version of yourself…

that people refuse to let go of.

The girl who was loud.

The girl who reacted.

The girl they labeled… and never updated.

Because growth is a weird place to be.

You’re not who you used to be…

but people still treat you like you are.

This is about:

✨ Healing without explaining yourself

✨ Letting people misunderstand you—and being okay with it

✨ Rebuilding your life without asking for permission

✨ And learning that maybe… you were never “too much"

Just someone who needed to be seen… the right way.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a reputation you’ve already outgrown…

This one’s for you.

🎙️ Pretty & Painful

Where grief and joy sit at the same table…

and sometimes, healing sounds like letting them be wrong about you.

Grief doesn’t come with a timeline…

and it sure doesn’t ask for permission to stay.

Some days you’re okay.

Some days it hits you out of nowhere — years later — like it just happened.

And somewhere along the way, the world starts expecting you to be “over it.”

This episode?

This is your permission slip.

To still miss them.

To still feel it.

To still carry love that didn’t have anywhere to go.

Because grieving for years doesn’t make you broken…

it means you loved deeply.

🎙️ Sorrow Into Story — Normalizing Grief

Pretty & Painful Podcast

Where grief and joy sit at the same table…

and sometimes, healing doesn’t look like moving on —

it looks like learning how to carry it differently.

A Life I Don’t Need to Escape From

There was a time I was always looking for a way out.

Not physically…

but mentally.

Scrolling.

Staying busy.

Filling every quiet moment

so I didn’t have to sit with myself.

Because if I’m honest…

my life didn’t feel like somewhere I wanted to stay.

But somewhere along the way…

that started to change.

Not in a big, dramatic way—

but in the small, quiet choices.

Learning how to sit in my life.

Learning how to soften.

Learning how to find peace

in places I used to try to escape.

This episode is about what happens

when you stop running…

and start building a life

you actually want to be present in.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected,

or like you’re constantly trying to escape your own life—

this one’s for you.

You’re not behind.

You’re not broken.

You’re just learning how to stay.

🎙️ Pretty & Painful Podcast

Where grief and joy sit at the same table…

and sometimes, healing looks like staying.

For the first time, it’s not just my story.

It’s hers.

It’s yours.

It’s what happens when we stop carrying things alone.

From loss… to boundaries… to choosing peace—this episode is a reminder that healing doesn’t look one way, and it doesn’t happen overnight.

But progress is still progress.

And your story might be the lifeline someone else needs.

🎙️ A Seat at the Table

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Where grief and joy sit at the same table…

and now, so do we. 🩷

You don’t realize it at first…

but we spend our whole lives watching.

As kids, we watch the people we love—

how they live, how they speak, how they carry themselves.

And one day…

we watch them leave.

This episode is about grief, growth, and the quiet realization that the way we heal… is being watched too.

I wasn’t always soft.

I wasn’t always healing.

But somewhere between the pain, the silence, and finding my voice again—

I realized this life isn’t just about me anymore.

She’s watching.

And maybe you are too.

If you’ve ever felt numb, lost, or like parts of you didn’t make it through what you’ve been through…

this one’s for you.

🎙️ Pretty & Painful Podcast

Where grief and joy sit at the same table…

and somehow, we’re still here.

I used to think romanticizing your life meant pretending everything was okay…

Now I know—

it’s how you survive when it’s not.

This episode is for the ones carrying grief quietly…

still lighting candles, still choosing softness, still showing up.

Because maybe healing isn’t loud—

maybe it looks like love, little moments… and a touch of Easter grace. 🌷

🎙️ Romanticizing My Life… Even When It’s Falling Apart

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I spent a long time thinking I needed the last word…

like if I could just explain myself one more time,

defend myself a little better,

or finally be understood… it would fix something.

But it never did.

Because the truth is—

not everyone is meant to understand you.

And not every situation deserves your voice.

This episode is about letting go of the need to be heard by people who were never really listening…

and finding peace in the silence you used to be afraid of.

It’s about choosing healing over proving,

walking away without the final say,

and realizing that closure doesn’t always come with a conversation.

Sometimes… it comes with you deciding you’re done.

If you’ve ever felt misunderstood,

like you had to fight to be seen,

or like you needed the last word just to feel okay…

this one’s for you.

This one’s not easy to say out loud…

There was a version of me that didn’t love right.

I kept people close—but never close enough.

I controlled everything.

I broke hearts… to protect my own.

Not because I was heartless—

but because I was scared of how deeply I could feel.

In this episode, I’m opening up about the walls I built, the damage I did, and what it actually looked like to take accountability and change.

Because healing isn’t always pretty.

Sometimes it’s realizing you were the one hurting people…

and choosing to do better anyway.

This is about learning how to love without losing yourself.

About softening… without becoming weak.

And understanding that maybe…

you weren’t “too much.”

You were just loving from a place that needed healing.