How hiding kept me small and how telling the truth set me free
Episode Snapshot
This episode pulls back the curtain on the fear of being seen, the way it lodges itself into your body, and the freedom that comes when you stop abandoning yourself. You will understand why visibility feels terrifying and why naming your truth is the first act of self-trust.
What You’ll Learn
• Why fear of visibility keeps you stuck in cycles of self-abandonment
• How honesty becomes the doorway to confidence, clarity, and inner safety
• What happens inside your nervous system when you hide your truth
• A simple practice to soften fear and reconnect to your intuition
Key Moments
0:00 Opening grounding and settling into the body
3:05 My personal story of hiding, shrinking, and the moment everything cracked open
9:33 The three truths about fear, visibility, and rebuilding self-trust
16:18 Guided integration practice to name the truth you’ve been hiding
18:33 Final reflection and invitation into deeper work
The Lesson
Section One
The fear of being seen is not a mindset issue. It’s lived history stored inside your body. The places you learned to stay quiet. The moments you were punished for your truth. The survival strategies that taught you shrinking was safer than existing fully.
Section Two
My story. The version I used to avoid telling because it showed the cracks I worked so hard to hide. The moment in the car when I couldn’t get out because my throat locked up and my body believed silence was the safest option. The moment honesty finally broke through and everything inside me shifted.
Section Three
The framework.
Truth one. You cannot heal a truth you refuse to name.
Truth two. You cannot trust a self you continuously silence.
Truth three. Hiding is not safety. It is self abandonment.
These aren’t theories. They’re pathways back to yourself.
Section Four
Integration.
Hand on your belly. Hand on your heart.
The breath softening the fear your body has been carrying for years.
The truth rising.
The moment you name it.
The beginning of self-trust.
Section Five
What comes next. Why women cannot do this work alone. Why nervous system repair requires consistency, safety, and support. How the membership becomes the place where your truth is welcomed, your body is held, and you begin to rebuild the version of you that was buried under years of survival mode.
Quote Worth Remembering
I used to think if I showed my cracks, I’d lose love, but it was the opposite.
Journal Prompt: What is a truth I have been afraid to speak or show?
Links & Resources
If this episode resonated, I created two things to help you go deeper:
First, grab my free Scattered to Steady Workbook– it’s the exact framework I use when life feels chaotic.
Then, if you want the full transformation, check out my ebook Return to Wholeness – 45 pages of practices, oil pairings, and guided rituals.
Take the truth you named today and share it. Either inside your journal or directly with me. And if you’re ready for a space where your truth is held consistently and safely, join the membership. This is where your self-trust begins to grow again.