10/08/2025
It’s true. We have ALLLLL been toxic at some point.
We’ve all hurt people we loved, whether we meant to or not.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on how difficult last year really was. Those who know my story know I was deeply angry and hurt. You know that saying, “hurt people hurt people”? It’s true, isn’t it? Think about the times you were really hurting and how easy it was to want the person who hurt you to feel that pain too.
The difference comes when we grow in self-awareness. That’s when we can recognize that urge and make a conscious choice not to pass our pain on to others.
Last year, I said some things at the Confidence Catalyst that hurt people I cared about. Over time, I’ve realized that my choice to share my story would inevitably have outcomes and consequences. I’ve chosen to take responsibility… to apologize and to understand that much of what I said came from a place of anger, hurt, and betrayal.
Emotional maturity, for me, has looked like acknowledging how my actions have affected others in their own pain and learning to hold compassion for both their suffering and my own.
