Life isn’t always a mountaintop experience. In this episode, we explore the beauty, growth, and unexpected lessons found in life’s valleys. Join me as we reflect on how to cultivate contentment, embrace patience, and find strength in the quiet, challenging seasons.

Music by Pulsar – The Grey Room & Density & Time.

We grow up hearing that love and partnership should sit at the very center of our lives—that our worth is proven by who chooses us, how many people surround us, or whether we’ve found “the one.” But what happens when centering relationships means losing ourselves?

In this episode, we explore what it means to re-order the center—not by rejecting love, but by refusing to let someone else’s opinion or presence define our value. Through real stories and reflections, we’ll name the ways culture teaches us to sacrifice dreams, silence our voices, or bend our boundaries for the sake of being chosen. And we’ll imagine something freer: relationships rooted not in fear or performance, but in authenticity and mutual respect.

Decentering relationships is not the end of love—it’s the beginning of a love that flows from wholeness. It’s learning to stand grounded, at peace, and in joy that is not dependent on someone else’s presence.

🎵 Song: Ice Cream Truck

🎤 Artist: Kia

🎶 Music by: CreatorMix.com

This season of my life has been shaped by three essentials: therapy, prayer, and journaling. They’ve been my mirror, my anchor, and my safe place to lay it all down.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing four lessons I’ve learned along the way—lessons about truly living instead of just existing, breaking free from a struggle mindset, protecting my peace, and decentering romantic love so I can stand rooted in self-love and the unwavering love of God.

Because when we nurture our own souls, life shifts—it becomes something we get to live, not just survive.

Music credit — Lovely Moment by Ledford & Olexy