Then peace finally shows up...and something about it feels weird.

So we start looking for something to fix. Something to worry about. Something to react to. Sometimes we even create the very chaos we said we were tired of.

This week, my friend and DAMN University alum Leigh LaRie is back, and she is NOT the same woman who joined me for Surviving Survival Mode.

Leigh has spent the last few years doing the work. Setting boundaries. Changing how she responds to triggers. Taking better care of herself. Reevaluating friendships. Holding herself accountable. And most importantly, learning how to stop sabotaging the peace she worked so hard to find.

We talk about why familiar chaos can feel safer than unfamiliar peace, what happens when your growth changes your friendships, and why healing isn't just knowing your triggers. It's seeing what you do when those triggers show up again.

And sometimes the hardest part of changing your life isn't getting what you asked for.

It's believing you deserve to keep it.

• Why peace can feel uncomfortable when you're used to chaos
• How Leigh realized her healing was actually working
• The difference between knowing your triggers and responding differently to them
• Why we sometimes sabotage the very things we say we want
• What happens to friendships when you start changing
• Why every relationship doesn't need a dramatic "cutoff"
• Learning to feel emotions without immediately reacting to them
• Finding self-care that actually works for YOU
• Why small changes don't always give you instant results
• Accountability without beating yourself up
• Making room for the things that actually matter
• Learning to accept happiness without waiting for something to go wrong

"It's about DAMN time that people stop running from the peace that they prayed for." — Leigh LaRie

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This week, pay attention to one moment when everything is actually...okay.

No emergency. No problem to solve. Nobody needs saving.

Notice what your brain tries to do with that silence.

Before you create a problem, revisit an old one, or go looking for something to worry about, ask yourself:

Am I uncomfortable because something is wrong...or because peace still feels unfamiliar?

Sit with it.

You asked for peace.

Give yourself a chance to actually have it.

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