They called you dramatic. Emotional. Difficult. Crazy.

But the truth is — you weren't crazy. You were being systematically destabilized by someone who needed to control you because they had no power over themselves.

In this episode we are talking about the silent warfare of coercive control — the kind that leaves no bruises but strips away your dignity, your autonomy, and your sense of self. We break down why the most dangerous abusers are never the loud and obvious ones — and why the people closest to you couldn't see what was happening behind closed doors.

We also talk about what moving on actually means. Not finding the next love. Not pretending it didn't happen. But reaching the place where they no longer hold a single piece of you.

And we close with something major — the Supreme Court of Canada just passed a landmark ruling on May 15th, 2026 recognizing coercive control as a legal basis for survivors to sue for damages. Isolation. Manipulation. Financial abuse. Litigation abuse. All of it finally named in law.

This episode is for every woman who has been made to feel like she was the problem.

You were always the prize. And the proof is everything he did to keep you.

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There’s a song by Dax called Pain Made Me Pay Attention. When I heard it, I didn’t just listen. I sat in it. Because it wasn’t just music — it felt like a mirror.

In this episode I’m getting real with you. Not from the other side of the storm. From the middle of it.

I talk about the old version of me that used to sit in meditation and visualize future Abi — strong, stable, unbothered. And how I’m her now… but the path to becoming her looked nothing like I imagined.

I talk about choosing growth and peace and healing — and how the people around me responded not with celebration, but with aggression. With judgment. With attempts to pull me back into a version of myself that served them.

I talk about a conversation with my therapist that gave me language for something I had been feeling but couldn’t name.

I talk about a legal battle I’m still walking through.

And I talk about the nights I cry quietly after holding it together all day.

This episode is for every woman who has ever been broken and kept going anyway. Who prayed for a better version of herself and didn’t recognize her when she finally arrived. Who has been poked, judged, and kicked by people threatened by her healing.

Your pain didn’t come to destroy you.

It came to make you pay attention.

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Protect your peace. Trust your growth. And never let pain make you forget your purpose.

After a week and a half of silence, Abi returns with a powerful reflection on what it means to move through hardship with faith, obedience, and resilience.

In this episode, she shares how one of her most challenging seasons led to unexpected breakthroughs—from financial relief to answered prayers—and how choosing to follow God’s calling shifted everything.

This is a conversation about growth, emotional maturity, releasing expectations, and stepping into a new version of yourself with clarity and peace.

If you’ve ever felt like everything was falling apart… this episode will remind you that it may actually be falling into place.

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