Courtney Klein

He made that his identity.

Yeah.

Like that was his identity for so long that he wasted so many years.

And I feel like

you know, like the hurt that was caused by the snowball effect of that could have been avoided.

And then like I turned around, thankfully I didn't let it get that far, but like, you know, I saw how easy it is to fall into that by going through those things in my life, losing a baby and just like,

It is so easy to make excuses for your life because of the things that you've gone through.

And like your trauma is real.

It's valid.

Like you need to like lean into it and heal from it and work for it and focus on it.

Don't like disassociate from it.

But you just can't let it become your identity.

Those things have shaped who I am.

Yeah.

And I feel like that has shaped who I'm raising and the way I'm raising them.

And, yeah, I just feel like you have to get uncomfortable.

That's why it's so hard.

We're not taught those things.

Like, you have to get uncomfortable to pull yourself out of that.

And yeah, so I feel like, you know, I would not be where I am right now.