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Surviving Myself

43 min · 5 de may de 2026
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For a long time, I was fighting a battle no one could see. From a young age, I struggled with thoughts that told me I wasn’t meant to be here—and I coped in ways that only deepened the pain. As life got heavier—finances, relationships, family, work—I found myself in cycles I didn’t know how to break, even allowing space for things and people that weren’t good for me. At one point, I chose isolation… and in that quiet, I began a spiritual journey that changed everything. For a while, the darkness lifted. But in 2025, one of the hardest years of my life, those thoughts came back. This episode is about that truth. About what it really looks like to struggle, to heal, to fall back, and to keep going anyway. This is about surviving myself. If you’ve ever felt like you’re fighting your own mind… you’re not alone. 🎧 Tune in. Share with someone who needs it. 💬 Let’s have the conversations we were once afraid to speak out loud.

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Surviving Myself

For a long time, I was fighting a battle no one could see. From a young age, I struggled with thoughts that told me I wasn’t meant to be here—and I coped in ways that only deepened the pain. As life got heavier—finances, relationships, family, work—I found myself in cycles I didn’t know how to break, even allowing space for things and people that weren’t good for me. At one point, I chose isolation… and in that quiet, I began a spiritual journey that changed everything. For a while, the darkness lifted. But in 2025, one of the hardest years of my life, those thoughts came back. This episode is about that truth. About what it really looks like to struggle, to heal, to fall back, and to keep going anyway. This is about surviving myself. If you’ve ever felt like you’re fighting your own mind… you’re not alone. 🎧 Tune in. Share with someone who needs it. 💬 Let’s have the conversations we were once afraid to speak out loud.

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