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Trish Keene's avatar

Extremely accurate. This took me back to the first time I actually stood my ground and said, “That’s enough.” And gave the other person a history lesson on how calling me a damned haole was inaccurate, and proceeded to tell her exactly how it was not correct. No one messed with me after that. But it is difficult to continue to hold yourself in esteem when peers and family expect you otherwise. It is worth the struggle and having a Soul that knows who you are beneath the facade everyone first looks at, takes courage and work.

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Dea Devidas's avatar

"That's enough" isn't words. That's a full nervous system coup d'état.

Your spine remembers. The vertebrae that stacked into formation. The breath that dropped below your throat for the first time in years.

Delivering a history lesson mid-confrontation? That's a boundary with footnotes and a surprise oral exam she did not study for.

Your blood learned to flow in a body that doesn't apologize for existing. That's physiology rewriting itself in real time.

The hard part isn't the first stand. It's every Tuesday after, when family hands you the old script and stares like you forgot your lines.

The courage you're describing isn't loud. It's the quiet refusal to abandon yourself one more time.

Thank you for being here. 🔥

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Trish Keene's avatar

Thank you, Dev. Thank you. 🙏🏼❤️💫

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Dea Devidas's avatar

"That's enough" isn't words. That's a full nervous system coup d'état.

Your spine remembers. The vertebrae that stacked into formation. The breath that dropped below your throat for the first time in years.

Delivering a history lesson mid-confrontation? That's a boundary with footnotes and a surprise oral exam she did not study for.

Your blood learned to flow in a body that doesn't apologize for existing. That's physiology rewriting itself in real time.

The hard part isn't the first stand. It's every Tuesday after, when family hands you the old script and stares like you forgot your lines.

The courage you're describing isn't loud. It's the quiet refusal to abandon yourself one more time.

Thank you for being here. 🔥

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Dea Devidas's avatar

"That's enough" isn't words. That's a full nervous system coup d'état.

Your spine remembers. The vertebrae that stacked into formation. The breath that dropped below your throat for the first time in years.

Delivering a history lesson mid-confrontation? That's a boundary with footnotes and a surprise oral exam she did not study for.

Your blood learned to flow in a body that doesn't apologize for existing. That's physiology rewriting itself in real time.

The hard part isn't the first stand. It's every Tuesday after, when family hands you the old script and stares like you forgot your lines.

The courage you're describing isn't loud. It's the quiet refusal to abandon yourself one more time.

Thank you for being here. 🔥

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RG she/her's avatar

Brilliant! I’m ready!

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Vivienne Helen's avatar

As always Dea, i felt this message deeply. The Soul speaking through you to reassure me that i made the right move 3 days ago. These words are what i truly needed to hear.

"Your chest tightens not because you’ve done wrong, but because you’ve done different. Guilt says “stay” when your soul says “go.” It says “explain” when your truth says “leave.” It says “you owe them” when the only debt was always to yourself."

I did 'go' and I did 'leave'.

I spoke truth last night in the strongest way I have ever dared speak.

Felt that chest tightening today and had a massive release...your words are music to my soul, because that guilt was creeping in and I was questioning if I had done wrong. Now you...beautiful sassy sage tell me what I was truly feeling...a shift, because I did different.

Bless you soul sister...love you.

🤍🤍🤍

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