You’re Not Broken — You’re Becoming

Healing from past trauma and finding strength in entrepreneurship.

For years, I told myself I was broke, and so I started to believe it through and through. The scars of childhood abuse, the silence of shame, and the weight of never feeling ‘good enough’ followed me well into adulthood. I didn’t just question my self-worth—I questioned if I had a voice or if I even mattered at all.

But healing taught me something powerful: what happened to you isn’t who you are. The moment I stopped seeing myself as damaged and started seeing myself as becoming — everything changed. I wasn’t behind. I wasn’t broken. I was breaking through.

And that breakthrough is what led me to entrepreneurship. When you’ve spent your whole life being told that you are damaged and you will never succeed, you start to define yourself by the noise. But starting a business can give you the chance to redefine yourself, on YOUR terms.

If you're building a business while healing, know this: you're allowed to succeed and still be working on yourself. You’re building something stronger than a brand — you’re building YOU.