As children, we enter the world wide eyed and open hearted, eager to explore, love, and simply be. However, early on we’re surrounded by voices, well meaning or otherwise telling us who to be, how to act, and what’s acceptable. These voices often come from parents, teachers, culture, or peers, each with their own beliefs, childhood trauma, life wounds, and definitions of success or love. In the midst of all this noise, we rarely get what we truly need. The space to listen to our own voice. The freedom to make mistakes without shame. The safety to be curious, creative, and imperfect. The permission to just be ourselves, due to it not matching what others expect. Instead, many of us learned to shape and shift to become the “good child,” the “responsible one,” the “strong one,” or even the “invisible one.” We did it to survive and to be accepted, or simply to feel safe. But over time, those masks begin to suffocate us. We lose sight of the core of who we really are. The turning point in life often comes when we start to question the roles we’ve been playing. When we pause and ask ourselves. Who am I underneath all this conditioning? What parts of me did I hide just to feel loved? What and who do I want to be? Not what others told me I should want or be! This is the beginning of reclaiming ourselves, not a version shaped by others, but the soul we were always meant to be. It’s a courageous journey that takes inner work, reflection, and grace. And while it’s not always easy, it is always worth it. Because healing doesn’t mean becoming someone new! It means returning to who we’ve always been beneath the layers. The child in us still longs to be seen, heard, and accepted not for what we do, but for simply existing. So, we must give ourselves what we didn’t get enough of back then, patience, compassion and above all, the space to grow into who we were always meant to be with love, without judgment. This is where true transformation begins.❤️‍🩹