Maybe you’ve started pulling back. Maybe you’re doing less than before. But there’s still a part of you that feels responsible for holding it all together.

In this episode of Trusting Her Journey, we’re talking about the silent ways strong women keep proving they’re okay, even when they’re not.
We unpack what real support looks like, why asking for help feels harder than it should, and how fear of being a burden keeps so many women locked in self-reliance.

Strength isn’t silence. And support doesn’t make you weak.
Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is let someone help.

What We Talk About:
•The real reason “I’m good” is your default (even when you’re not)
•How strength becomes a mask instead of a support system
•The deeper fears underneath asking for help: rejection, disappointment, being “too much”
•What to do when you've been let down before
•How to practice receiving without guilt, shame, or overexplaining
•Why support starts with you
•A new way to think about strength in this season

✨ Fuel for the Road Ahead:
You weren’t meant to carry it all by yourself. Strength isn’t just pushing through, it’s learning when to receive. Let people love you. Let God hold on to what’s been weighing on you.

Journal prompt: Where in your life have you been disappointed or felt rejected, even when you really needed support?

That question might be uncomfortable. But you deserve to tell the truth about the hurt you’ve experienced, and still decide to keep your heart open to help.

💡 One Small Step:
This week, say yes to one small offer of help.
Let someone check in on you. Drop something off. Speak life over you.
Whatever it is, receive it without apologizing, downplaying it, or trying to repay it. Just receive it. You deserve that kind of support too.

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Felicia is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia. She provides trauma-informed, spiritually grounded therapy for women ready to heal and reconnect w...