Blog tagged as briaspeaks

Let me start by saying this: healing is not about pretending the past didn’t happen. It’s about remembering it differently—without letting it define who you are today.

I used to carry my past like a backpack full of bricks. Every wrong turn, every betrayal, every time I said yes when I meant hell no—...

Let me be real, I used to show up for myself like a tired intern who’s only there for college credit. I’d be supportive one week, neglectful the next, and downright disrespectful when life got hard. But somewhere between another nervous breakdown and my third rewatch of Waiting to Exhale, I started ...