In this episode, I’m catching you up on the last few weeks — the heavy, the holy, and the hilarious. I share what it’s been like navigating the second anniversary of my brother’s passing, the emotional hangover of my situationship with Mike, and why I still keep a tiny rubber duck from that relationship glued to my dashboard… not because of him, but because it reminds me of me — the woman who loves hard, shows up, and refuses to let heartbreak harden her.
We dive into what it means to stop abandoning yourself, even when you’re deeply in love with someone who cannot meet you. I read the first six of the Scorpio new moon journal prompts I wrote (and answered myself), and talk about the moment I finally saw how much I’d made him my whole world while my real family — my friends, my community — were loving me the entire time.
I also share something vulnerable: why I chose to date someone in an open relationship while I’m still healing, what safety now means to me after emotional abuse and past sexual trauma, and how integrity, honesty, and advocacy have become non-negotiable boundaries in my life.
We end with gratitude — for the email that made me cry, the friends who would literally call in a welfare check, and the global community that keeps tuning in. This one is for anyone who’s ever stayed too long, loved too hard, and is finally learning to love themselves better.
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