Growth is rarely neat. This article explores the messy process of speaking up, breaking people-pleasing patterns, and learning to hold both pride and shame with accountability and compassion.

“I’m too worked up. I don’t know how to say what I’m thinking without upsetting people” “I want to let others have a chance to speak up...

There's something about advocating for myself that tends to compound triggers. This might be due to the gumption required to step into my...