Saskia

I mean, you've helped me realize that I was seeking validation and feeling, yeah, taken care of.

Looking at how I got to this place has been really important because I don't need saving.

I feel like I'm giving myself as much space and time as I need to heal.

I don't have time or energy to prioritize somebody else over me right now.

And that's when the healing has really started.

I feel like I need to be able to trust myself.

before I'll be able to trust anybody else.

What I do know now is that I can do it on my own.

If somebody makes me uncomfortable or somebody isn't concerned with my feelings, I can walk away and I can still be okay.

I just wish it wasn't such a hard lesson for me to learn, but I don't think there was an easier one that would have woke you up, woke me up.

I'm definitely a people pleaser.

If other people like me, that makes me happy.

And with this podcast, there was a lot of that.

Like, I didn't know what support to expect before.

So it was all very kind of scary.

The support that I felt from working on this podcast, it's been something that I've never felt before.

The empathy and the understanding.

It's crazy how it happened.

And I don't really believe in fate, but it was just what I needed to deal with it and heal and... Yeah, do all the hard work.

I totally agree.