What Happens When You Realize You Need to Change? | Tara, Part 1

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SEND US A TEXT, we’d love to hear from you!What happens when you finally realize that healing requires more than surviving?In part one of Tara’s journey on Monomyth Diaries, she opens up about growing up in a fractured family, navigating bullying, heartbreak, betrayal, and the painful relationship patterns that shaped her early life. Through broken trust and difficult experiences, Tara slowly began confronting a hard truth: sometimes the person who needs to change is ourselves.From the wisdom and influence of her grandmother to the moments that forced her to look inward, Tara shares how accountability, self-awareness, and intentional growth became the beginning of transformation.What makes someone finally stop repeating painful patterns? And how do heartbreak, self-reflection, and personal responsibility become the catalyst for healing?If you’ve ever struggled with relationship pain, self-worth, resentment, or the feeling that life keeps repeating the same lessons, Tara’s story offers an honest and hopeful look at what can happen when we begin choosing growth instead of survival.About TaraTara Bell is a wife, entrepreneur, owner of Hair by Tara, and co-owner of The Picnic Poet. She and her husband Keeley previously owned HTL Training Facility and continue supporting one another’s purpose and calling. Tara is currently writing her first book, Holy Hood and Healing.🔗 Links & ResourcesIf you want to know more:How to Make Shit Happen by Sean WhalenLove and Respect by Dr Emerson EggerichsHTL AthleticsPicnic PoetYour World Within Podcast with Eddie Pinero 75 Hard📢 Call to Action✅ Which of Tara’s tools for growth could you begin applying today? Let us know through monomythdiaries.com.✅ Share this episode with someone who is walking their own healing journey.Support the showThank you for listening to Monomyth Diaries —a take-what-you-like-and-leave-the-rest podcast where everyday people share extraordinary journeys of healing, resilience, recovery, faith, grief, and personal transformation. Through honest conversations, we explore the universal Hero’s Journey and discover the tools, wisdom, and unexpected gifts that emerge from life’s greatest challenges.New episodes every first and third Tuesday.If this episode resonated with you- • Follow the show on your favorite podcast platform • Share this episode with someone who may need it • Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Youtube. You can also go directly to our website to learn more and review us. Connect with us: Instagram • YouTube • FacebookHave a story, reflection, or question? We’d love to hear from you!Explore more episodes - www.monomythdiaries.com No advice. No experts. Just real people sharing real journeys.Join us every other Tuesday, and together, let’s continue the journey!

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