The Summer I Stopped Lying

In this episode, I talk about what happens when just enough time passes for you to almost forget why you left — until you remember everything all at once.When you start to miss someone you reshaped in your mind just to survive the way they treated you. But softness isn’t love. Distance isn’t closure. And time doesn’t replace an apology.I unpack what it means to grieve the role someone played — or the version of them you had to invent — just to make staying feel safe. I talk about the weaponization of guilt when you finally speak your truth, and why repeated hurt isn’t a mistake — it’s a message. Patterns aren’t accidents. They’re choices.If it hurt you again and again, it wasn’t a phase. It was them. People constantly show us who they are. It’s time to believe them.This one’s for the version of you who swallowed your pain so no one else had to feel uncomfortable — and the version of you who’s finally done carrying that weight.