I Had to Learn to Save Myself — One Thought at a Time

About a year ago, someone asked me:

“How did you go from heavily medicated… to highly present?”

The truth?

Minute by minute.

That wasn’t poetic. That was survival.

It took me over a year —

not just to wean myself off the medication,

but to battle the doubt that came with every single step.

→ Was I doing the right thing?

→ Did I actually need the meds to function?

→ Was I the exception — or just setting myself up to fail?

I wasn’t sure. Not at first.

But here’s what I was sure of:

I couldn’t keep outsourcing my peace to a pill bottle.

Not when my purpose was calling louder than my fear.

So, I started with what I could control:

My thoughts.

Each time one came in —

one that told me I wasn’t enough,

that I was broken,

that I couldn’t possibly function without help —

I stopped it.

I asked,

“Does this honor the calling on my life?”

If it didn’t, I reframed it.

Minute by minute. Hour by hour.

Until those quiet choices became louder than the doubt.

Because here’s what I know now:

→ You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful.

→ You don’t need to be medicated to be whole.

→ You don’t need permission to start walking yourself back into your purpose.

No matter where you came from —

No matter how dark it’s been —

You can rise.

You can reframe.

You can heal.

Because what you’ve walked through?

It’s not wasted.

It’s the very tool you’ll use to reach someone who’s still in that place —

and remind them that tomorrow is still theirs to claim.

Everything I’m building — including my book launching later this year — is for those fighting invisible battles with relentless faith.

For those committed to healing —

Not just so they can survive…

But so they can lead with clarity, presence, and power.

→ What thought are you reframing today?

→ What would change if you believed that healing was possible — one minute at a time?

Drop it below.

Let’s grow through it — together.

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