#85 The Courage to Stop Pretending You’re Fine

She Rises: Faith, Freedom and Order for Christian Women · Nov 4, 2026 · 29m

I became very good at carrying on.

Long before adulthood, I had learned that behaving as though everything was normal could keep the world around me steady. After disclosing childhood abuse, life simply continued: the B&B guests came and went, Mum returned to her sewing machine, and the subject disappeared from conversation.

So I followed the example in front of me and tried to forget.

Years later, when depression, anger, exhaustion and shame were overwhelming me, admitting that I wasn't fine required a kind of courage I hadn't expected.

In this deeply personal episode of She Rises, I explore…