The most dangerous thing you can do? Tell yourself the truth especially when everyone around you wants you to keep pretending.
I’ve been thinking about this lately because it took me back to a moment I’ll never forget.
I was walking out of my old office building—heels clicking, coffee in one hand, checking my to-do list—when the sunlight hit the pavement in this oddly beautiful way.
Nothing big was happening, but out of nowhere, this thought dropped in:
“Is this really the life I’m supposed to be living?”
I didn’t stop walking, but inside, everything froze because the answer was clear and I didn’t want to admit it. I had spent years doing everything I was “supposed” to do. Working hard. Proving myself. Achieving the next goal. From the outside, it looked like I had it all together.
But inside? Something felt off – tight, forced. Like I was living a life that didn’t actually fit me.
That’s what pretending does. It keeps everyone else comfortable even if it drains you. Truth is different. Truth interrupts you. It whispers things like:
“This isn’t working anymore.”
“I don’t want this.”
“I’ve changed.”
And once you hear it, it’s hard to pretend you didn’t.
People sometimes get uncomfortable when a woman speaks her truth. They say she’s dramatic, too much, or selfish. The reality is that she is just done performing.
Here’s what I’ve learned: Becoming a Wild Awake Woman isn’t about blowing up your life.
It’s about being honest with yourself, one small moment at a time. Truth doesn’t always ask you to take big action. Sometimes it just asks you to stop lying to yourself; pretending something is fine when it isn’t; stop ignoring the feeling that there’s more for you.
Being wild awake isn’t loud. It’s quiet and real.
It’s the moment you say:
“I want to come back to myself.”
If telling yourself the truth feels scary, that’s normal. It’s actually a sign that something inside you is finally waking up and that’s where everything begins.
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