11/26/2025
Beloveds…
Some people aren’t strong —
they just had no choice.
Behind every “capable,” “independent,” “put-together” adult
is often a child who became the emotional support system
for a family that couldn’t support itself.
This is the cost of competence.
This is the invisibility cloak.
This is the wound behind the praise.
The more capable you appeared,
the less help you received.
The more you held together,
the more people assumed you didn’t need holding.
This week’s teaching uncovers:
• the trauma of childhood parentification
• why receiving help feels unsafe
• how the nervous system interprets softness
• how to unlearn the strong-one persona
• how to reclaim the right to rest, need, ask, and be human
Competence was your survival.
Softness is your liberation.
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