Episode notes

Title:

Episode 10: The Shoot

Description:

After months of surviving courtrooms, exchanges, and silence, I stepped back into the world. I started protesting. I worked with an artisan boutique. And then—I did a photoshoot. Just jeans, a bra, and a jacket.

This episode is about what it felt like to be seen again. To reclaim my body. To remember who I was before the losses piled up.

It was the night I met Eddie.

His motorcycle got stuck in the sand.

Me and the girls pushed it out while he stayed seated.

I didn’t realize it then, but that moment told me everything.

Themes:

  • Post-separation trauma
  • Maternal identity
  • Re-emergence and reclaiming visibility
  • Emotional labor and early red flags
  • Female embodiment and truth- ... 
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