You did everything right. The steady job. The benefits. The climb. The partner, the kids. The years of pouring yourself into a future you were told was being built for you, brick by brick, as long as you kept showing up.
There is a cost, and it is specific. Your entire nervous system got organized around protecting something that was never actually secure. Not the job. Not the seat. Not the promise.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
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