This Is the Year I Stop Explaining Myself

For a long time, I didn’t realize how much of myself I had slowly given away.

I said yes to everything. I stayed busy. I stayed productive. I chased momentum because movement felt like healing after seasons that shook the foundation of my life.

But somewhere along the way, I stopped feeling free.

In this first episode of 2026, I’m sharing why my word for the year is free and how saying yes too often, caring too much about perception, navigating deeply personal challenges in a public space, and slowly dimming my own light left me disconnected from my joy, my creativity, and myself.

I talk honestly about:

• why “doing more” became a coping mechanism
• how losing external validation impacted my confidence
• what it’s like to grieve privately while being visible publicly
• how faith carried me through seasons I didn’t know how to survive
• and why returning to who I was, not reinventing myself, is the real work

This episode isn’t about resolutions or reinvention.
 It’s about coming home to yourself.

As we begin 2026, I’m inviting you to reflect on what your word for the year is and what freedom might look like in your life too.

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