We’ve all had those days; smiling, nodding, doing all the “right” things on the outside, while inside we’re just trying to keep it together.
In this episode, I open up about what people don’t see behind the smile. The grief. The exhaustion. The late-night crying after content creation. The parenting breakdowns. The pressure to be the strong one. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s something so many of us carry in silence.
This isn’t about pretending to be okay. It’s about honoring the truth: that strength isn’t always loud, and sometimes the bravest thing we do is just show up.
We’ll also talk about what it means to be layered and how you can be joyful and grieving, healing and hurting, all at once. And I’ll share how navigating Oliver’s loss shifted the way I approach content, community, and honesty.
If your strength feels like survival right now, I see you. You’re not alone...and you don’t have to explain what people never bothered to ask about in the first place.
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