Choose You First: Your Journey to Healing Starts Here

I want to start with a question that changed everything for me: What if choosing yourself first was the most powerful gift you could give to those you love?

For so many of us—especially women—it feels like we’re hardwired to put everyone else first. We wear it like a badge of honor, sacrificing our needs to take care of others. But here’s the truth I’ve learned through my own journey: putting yourself last doesn’t serve anyone.

When you’re constantly running on empty, you’re not at your best for the people who depend on you. And more importantly, you’re not showing up for yourself. I know because I’ve been there—living in a body I didn’t recognize, grieving a loss that broke me, and carrying the weight of a past I hadn’t yet faced.
But I also know this: healing is possible. Joy is possible. Choosing yourself is possible—and it’s not selfish. It’s survival.

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