The first time I got rejected by someone I begged to keep me, I thought my life was over. I remember sitting on my bathroom floor, replaying every word, editing every mistake, convinced that if I’d just been smaller, softer, more impressive, they would’ve stayed. The job that passed me over. The friend who faded. The […]
I once held onto a version of myself I no longer recognized — just to keep someone who was already halfway out the door. I called it love. I called it loyalty. I called it “being the bigger person.” But the truth is uglier than that. I was slowly handing over pieces of myself — […]
I spent years auditioning for my own life. I performed for love. I shrank for peace. I over-explained, over-gave, and over-apologized just to keep a seat at tables that were never really mine. And the whole time, I told myself the same lie: If I just try harder, they’ll finally see my worth. They didn’t. Not […]
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