Therapy Changed Me: A Conversation I Wasn’t Ready For… Until Now

In a raw and transformative episode of the AW Confidential Podcast, I do something I’ve never done before: I step into the guest seat. Interviewed by a licensed therapist and friend, Veronica Olivares, this intimate conversation peels back the layers of my healing journey through therapy, trauma, and transformation.

With mental health statistics showing burnout and emotional exhaustion at an all-time high among millennials and Gen Z, my vulnerability is not only timely but deeply necessary. I speak candidly about the moment I realized I needed help—a heartbreaking scene involving my young daughter asking for light in a dark room, both literally and metaphorically. It became the wake-up call that led me to therapy.

Throughout the episode, I share my struggles with boundaries, battle with depression, and the weight of generational trauma. I open up about the lasting impact of childhood sexual abuse and how naming the pain became the first step in reclaiming my voice.

“Therapy didn’t fix me, it helped me find me.”

Veronica expertly guided the conversation with compassion, helping me reflect on the surprising joys of therapy, like the relief of finally being seen, heard, and understood without judgment. I compare my first breakthrough to “seeing in color” after living in shades of gray for years.

Together, we discuss how therapy isn’t a straight line but a process, filled with starts, stops, and powerful lessons along the way. From redefining strength as vulnerability to building emotional boundaries and embracing the full spectrum of my identity, my story becomes a mirror for so many others who are still holding it all in.

Whether you’ve been in therapy, are considering it, or have been avoiding it out of fear or shame, this is a reminder that healing is possible and necessary. It’s not about perfection. It’s about progress.

“You don’t have to share your healing journey publicly, but you owe it to yourself to begin it.”

Therapy Changed Me is more than a podcast episode. It’s a permission slip. A moment of truth. A shared exhale.

Listen now on AW Confidential and wherever you get your podcasts.

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