Some leave when discomfort shows up. Others stay and rise through it. Choose partners who grow with you — not those who fight you when the mirror gets too clear.

There comes a moment when the truth you once resisted no longer breaks you — it frees you. And when that moment comes, you’ll know: you’re no longer running.

Sometimes we run not by leaving, but by staying still. This piece explores the quiet, unseen ways we avoid the truth — and how healing begins when we’re finally ready to hold what once felt unbearable.