Ep 2: The Girl Behind the Eye Patch

Fourteen years ago, one violent moment changed my face, my vision, and the way I saw myself.In this episode, I’m taking you back to the night I was assaulted, life-flighted, and underwent an intensive surgery to reconstruct my eye, and into the part of recovery people don’t always see. The eye patch. The missing teeth. Needing help with basic things. Looking in the mirror and not recognizing the woman staring back at me.But this isn’t an episode about what someone did to me. It’s about what happened afterward. It’s about grief and gratitude existing together, learning to love a reflection that had changed, and realizing that the worst thing that happened to me didn’t get the final word.If life has ever changed you in a way you didn’t choose, this conversation is for you.Content note: This episode includes discussion of assault, facial injury, surgery, and trauma recovery.