You Can’t Reclaim What You Still Shame 🙈

Ever notice how the things we hide hardest…

are often the ones that shaped us most?

That version of you — the one who made a mess 💥 said too much 🗣️ wanted too deeply 💘 or stayed too long 🕰️ — you don’t need to erase them.

You need to understand them.

Because the more you try to hide who you were,

the less power you have to become who you are ⚡

🙈 Shame creates distance.

🧭 Honesty builds access.

Some of us try to do PR cleanup on our past —

polishing the timeline, rewriting the script, pretending we were always this “evolved.”

But real growth doesn’t look like deletion.

It looks like integration.

💡 What You Hide Will Eventually Knock

That version of you you’d rather not talk about?

It’s not gone.

It’s in the background, hoping you’ll look back — not with judgement,

but with acknowledgment 👁️‍🗨️

Because if you don’t make space for it,

it might one day shout at you — through triggers, regret, or unexpected grief.

Not to hurt you.

But to say:

“See me. I mattered too.”

🌱 How to Honour What Was Once Hidden

You don’t have to tell the world 🌍

You don’t need to put it on a loudspeaker 📢

But you do need to sit with it.

To see it clearly.

To say: “Yes, that was me. And I get it now” 🤝

Maybe that part of you was just trying to survive.

Or to love.

Or to feel seen.

And now?

That part doesn’t want to be your shame anymore.

It wants to be your teacher 🧘

your ally 🤗

your proof of how far you’ve come 🛤️

🎯 You can’t reclaim what you still shame.

But once you stop hiding from it, you realise:

It wasn’t your flaw.

It was your fragment — waiting to be brought home 🏡