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Leaving Unsafe Harbour

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In this episode of The Exiled Sojourner, I talk about finally drawing a line I had struggled to draw—telling my ex that I was blocking her, and that if she ever wanted to speak to me again, the effort would have to come from her. Im done running back to her.

But closing that door didn't suddenly make everything better. I slipped into a depression and found myself retreating into something strangely familiar: misery. When you've lived with pain for long enough, it can start to feel like home. You may hate being there, but at least you know what to expect. Sometimes staying miserable feels safer than facing the uncertainty of actually moving forward.

Eventually, I realized I had a choice. I could keep waiting, keep hurting, and keep abandoning myself for something I couldn't control—or I could start choosing me.

This episode is about that choice. About learning that healing isn't pretending the pain didn't matter. It's refusing to let that pain decide what happens next. And maybe moving forward begins with something incredibly simple, but incredibly difficult:

Choose yourself. Again and again, choose yourself.

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