I Choose The Bear Podcast

E34: CNN Revealed the Truth About Why Women Chose the Bear

62 million views. A viral question. And the truth behind why women chose the bear.

E33: You Get to Breathe Again: A Life Without Eggshells

You don’t realize how hard it is to breathe… until you finally can. No more walking on eggshells. No more bracing for someone’s mood. No more shrinking to keep the peace. Just quiet. Just safety. Just you. You get your voice back. You get your choices back. You get you back. This life exists for you too.

E32: I Can Fix Him: When Love Turns Into Labor

Have you ever falling in love with potential? You saw the good in him. You made excuses for the parts that hurt. You held onto potential… hoping one day it would become reality. But love doesn’t turn someone into a good partner. It doesn’t create consistency, effort, or respect. Love isn’t supposed to feel like something you have to manage. You were never meant to fix him. You are here to be loved well.

E31: You’re Thriving, But It Doesn’t Feel Like It

I was told recently, “You are thriving now.” And if I’m honest… I didn’t know how to receive that. Because thriving, to me, sounded like peace. Like rest. Like finally feeling okay. And that’s not quite where I am. In this episode, I share what led up to that moment ..from stress that physically impacted my heart…to sitting in a doctor’s office being told I’m “thriving” while still feeling like I’m walking through a very long, very dark tunnel. We talk about what healing actually looks like after abuse; how your body keeps score… how stress doesn’t just disappear when you leave… and how sometimes the biggest growth isn’t what you feel… but what others can see in you. If you’re in that space where life is still hard… but you know you’re not where you used to be… This episode is for you. Because maybe thriving doesn’t feel the way we expected it to. And maybe that’s exactly where it begins.

E30:The Roots Are Still There

You left. You moved on. So why does your body still react? In this episode, we’re talking about the kind of trauma that doesn’t end when the relationship does. The kind that shows up in your breathing, your thoughts, your need to double-check everything… This is about flashbacks that come out of nowhere. The silence that looks like zoning out. And the reality that your body remembers what your mind has tried to move on from. Because sometimes, you cut the tree down… but the roots are still there.