High Value Woman

There’s a high cost to silence. We don’t talk about it often, but secrets make us sick — emotionally, mentally, even physically. They create depression, anger, anxiety, and disconnection. And for too many of us, they start early. I learned young that speaking the truth could be dangerous. When I told my father I was going to tell my teacher about what he was doing to me, he threatened me. My mother accused me of lying. The people who were supposed to protect me were the ones silencing me....

When you grow up in a world that rewards obedience and punishes authenticity, silence becomes survival. That’s where my guest, Brooke Kekos, began her story — inside a high-control religious system that mirrored the same emotional and psychological patterns found in narcissistic families and relationships. What she discovered on the other side is the very heart of this conversation: that healing isn’t about who broke you, it’s about remembering who you’ve always been. 🔥 When Abuse Feels...

There’s a tenderness in women who care deeply. The ones who hold it all together, who anticipate everyone’s needs before their own, who make life easier for everyone else — even when it costs them their peace. For many of us, that’s how we learned to love. But at some point, love turned into labor. When I sat down with healer and energy coach Lyn Delmastro-Thomson, we talked about the quiet grief that lives inside women who never stop giving. Her story began with watching her mother — a...