Each week, we share small stories, reflections, and truths that remind us of who we are. These are glimpses of healing, fragments of our shared emotional landscape, and invitations to come back to yourself.
All articles are originally published on Substack as part of the Storytelling Alchemist newsletter.
The Lie of the Strong One (and the Stories We Tell Ourselves)
We’ve all been the strong one. The one who doesn’t cry. The one who keeps going. But strength without softness becomes silence, and silence, eventually, becomes shame.