Her Quiet Becoming

  💜 “True strength isn’t carrying everything alone. Sometimes the bravest step is reaching out and allowing others to walk beside you.” From a young age, many of us are taught to be strong, to keep moving no matter what, and to avoid burdening others with our struggles. Independence is praised, while vulnerability is often misunderstood as weakness. Yet, life has a way of showing us that no one was ever meant to journey alone. Asking for help does not diminish us—it empowers us. There is an unspoken bravery in admitting that we don’t have all the answers, that sometimes our shoulders are weary, and our hearts are heavy. To ask for help is to honour our humanity. It is to say, “I am strong, but I am also human—and in this moment, I need support.” This is not a weakness. It is wisdom. Think about the times you’ve been there for someone else. Did you view them as weak when they leaned on you? Most likely, you saw their courage. You felt trusted, valued, and connected. In the same...

🌸 “Strength doesn’t mean holding the whole world on your shoulders. Sometimes healing begins the moment you let someone help carry the weight.”  There’s a quiet weight that many women carry, the pressure to hold it all together. To smile when it aches. To show up even when their energy is fading. To be strong, even in silence. But strength isn’t measured by how much we can carry alone. True strength is knowing when something is too heavy and allowing others to lend a hand. For a long time, I believed I had to be “the strong one.” The reliable one. The one who never broke, never paused, never admitted she was tired. I became skilled at hiding pain behind productivity and stress behind smiles. I wore strength like armour, even when it was quietly draining me from within. What I didn’t realize was that silence wasn’t protecting me, it was unravelling me. There’s a version of womanhood that teaches us to endure at all costs. That vulnerability is a weakness. That asking for help m...