Healing can feel lonely. Not because you are doing it wrong, but because healing changes who can stay. When you stop abandoning yourself to keep a connection, some relationships no longer fit. Conversations feel different. Distance shows up. And that can hurt.

In this episode, I talk about the grief that comes with growth. The guilt that appears when you stop over-giving. The ache of missing people while knowing you cannot return to who you were. Healing does not make you selfish or cold. It makes you honest.

⟡ REMEMBER

Healing does not make me harder to love. It makes me more honest with myself.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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