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Category: breaking cycles

  • The Weight We Carry… Series – Part 2

    Part 2: The Father Who Left and the Lies He Taught Me The absence of a parent leaves a mark, but it’s not just the absence. It’s the way the gaps are filled, often with confusion, fear, and misplaced blame. My father left when I was young, disappearing from the home without explanation. But before…

  • The Weight We Carry… Series – Part 1

    Part 1: Growing up in a Man- Hating Home I grew up in a home where the rules were clear, but the lessons were twisted. My mother was a woman who carried her own anger, her own pain, and it shaped the way she saw men and by extension, the way I was taught to…