Carrying invisible burdens

We all carry something. Some of it is visible — responsibilities, deadlines, expectations. But some of it lives beneath the surface — trauma, shame, misgendering, grief, rejection, addiction, exhaustion. In this episode of The Lesser Journey of a Road Travelled, I speak openly about the weight no one sees. The quiet battles. The emotional labour. The pressure of holding it together while everything inside feels fractured. This is not an episode about defeat. It is about awareness. About naming the weight. About understanding that what feels like weakness is often accumulated strength under strain. If you’ve ever felt misunderstood… dismissed… or silently overwhelmed — this conversation is for you. Because the burdens may be invisible. But they are real. And you are not carrying them alone.