Ep 14. Life Is Hard. Life Is Beautiful. It's Both, Always.

Last week I met with one of my dearest friends — a woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2023 and walked through hell and back.And she stood in front of me. Smiling. Shining.This episode is inspired by her, and by a question I've been sitting with: why is it so easy to share our happiness — and so hard to share our suffering?I talk about toxic positivity, the danger of pushing difficult emotions aside in the name of strength, and why half-living — whether through forced positivity or staying stuck in pain — robs us of the full experience of being alive.Life is not linear. It is hard and beautiful. Painful and full of joy. And we don't have to choose between the two.As my friend Charline reminded me — tutto passa. This too shall pass. The bad and the good. All of it.This episode is for anyone going through something really hard right now. You are not alone. 💛