Kathy Tuccaro

Anyway, I had to... I never learned the word boundary until I was 40.

I actually had to ask my counselor, what does that mean, right?

I didn't know what codependency was.

So my family was very dysfunctional and I had to...

In order for me to heal, I had to set that boundary and step away from everyone and just focus on Kathy.

So that's what I did.

And it's the most interesting thing.

Once I removed that nursing outfit and that nursing cap and my whole identity as a nurse,

I'm standing there at the age of 40, basically raw, unhinged, like completely vulnerable and open, trying to figure out who am I without that nursing outfit?

Who am I without that job?

Like it was, I didn't know what I liked, what I didn't like.

I was so involved and almost brainwashed with life that just to stand there open and try and figure it out and unlearn certain things and relearn other new things, it was the biggest challenge.

Best thing I've ever done for myself.

And I got to tell women out there who are listening that if you're struggling, take the time that you need for you in whatever form that takes.

Right.

Because there's different there's different things.

Right.

Different things work for different people.

I needed I was so broken.

I needed to step away from life and be in this women's center for a total of two years.