We explore the concept of covering—hiding parts of yourself to fit into an environment—and how it can add to the weight of unresolved pain. Whether the trauma stems from childhood or adulthood, the ripple effect touches everyone connected to the person carrying it.

If you have ever felt the impact of someone else’s pain—or wondered how to support someone without taking on their emotional burden—this conversation is for you.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How childhood behaviors resurface in adulthood when trauma is unresolved
• The difference between the pain of avoidance and the pain of healing
• How another person’s trauma can influence your life, even if it’s not your own
• What “covering” looks like in work and personal life
• How to offer support without forcing someone to share their entire story

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Cultivating relationships 

• We work to be seen at work and build relationships. Do we put the same effort into our personal relationships? 
• If you had to use one work to describe the relationships with the people you're closest with?
• How is your relationship with yourself? How are you taking care of yourself even when you're having rocky relationships with others?
• I need to be better to myself, I know I need to work out, I take BS from people that I shouldn't take, I'm tired from work
• What can YOU to improve or amend those rocky relationships? 
• Dance parties for ONE
• Forget the external factors, control what you can control
• Some relationships are for:
  • A reason
  • A season
  • To teach you a lesson 
  • To confirm that's that have been swirling in your mind 
• Am I being my best self in my relationships? Are these relationships serving me? Is this person worthy of my time? 
• Something in my spirit told me to keep this person at arm's length
• A hot toddy 
• You're at a YIELD sign, please yield not speed ahead. 
• You ever look back on old relationships and laugh like "WTF was I thinking?!" 🤣 
• Emotional maturity is a flex. 
• Organic relationships speak to my chakras. 
• When my BAD VIBES radar goes off, I'm out ✌🏽 
• Tell me who you are without mentioning your job, business, or credentials. I'll go first: I'm 
• People whose default emotion is anger? Who are you mad at? Most likely themselves but projecting it onto other people feels better. 
• What you needed out of your relationships 5 years ago is not what you need today. As we evolve and grow, so does our needs, wants, and expectations.
• Spiraling up in life while the people around you are stagnant
• Do you have the audacity to do what's best for you? Even when people don't like it?
• I hope this episode gives you something to think about with your relationships. 
• Pick up the phone and talk to somebody you haven't talked to in a while. 
• It's totally OK to be selfish and put yourself first. 

Defy all drinkware etiquette and put some reposado in your wine glass and listen to this episode called My Kids Get on My Damn Nerves.

• Shoutout to Williams Sonoma, the Tamron Hall Show, and the Oprah show.
• Moms be like: “I know y’all heard me say clean up the kitchen.”
• When you see a Momma in the store dealing with her kids...mind y’all’s business 
• Being a Momma to teenagers is a level of parenting I wasn't ready for 
• As a Momma, sometimes you gotta check yourself 
• When you're at work and get a call from the school. Child..
• Kids who don't learn how to communicate become adults who don't know how to communicate 
• My kids act like they don't like leftovers 
• A quick recipe for pot roast and mashed potatoes (not spuds) starts around minute 27