For a long time, I thought strength looked like holding it all together. Holding my role. Holding the peace. Holding other people’s expectations.
But lately, I’ve been asking a harder question:
What if the bravest thing isn’t holding on?
What if it’s learning how to let go?
In this episode of The Back Porch, I talk about the slow unraveling that happens when we start questioning the weight we’ve carried for too long. The identity we’ve wrapped around survival. The cost of pretending something still fits when it doesn’t.
With honesty and exhaustion, I unpack the quiet grief that comes with laying something down—not because you failed, but because you finally told yourself the truth. It’s about the thing I carried too long, and the surprising peace that came after I finally released it.
And maybe most of all, it’s about the version of you who rises after the release.
In this episode:
Why letting go isn’t giving up—it’s finally getting honest
What it actually costs to keep holding what no longer fits
The false strength of endurance and why I’m done with it
What rises when we stop gripping for survival
How relinquishment creates space for new life
The moment I sat on the porch and said: “I lay it down”
Why quiet isn’t loneliness—it’s clarity
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As always, with space and a little salty grace…
Until the next time the porch lights blink.
