Simply Lovable started with a question I couldn't answer:

"What do you need?"

I froze. Not because the question was hard, but because I had spent so many years taking care of everyone else that I had completely forgotten how to take care of myself.

I was the capable one. The reliable one. The one who showed up no matter what. I carried the weight for my family, my clients, my community. I made sacrifice look effortless and exhaustion look like strength.

But behind the competence was a woman who was breaking. A woman who felt guilty every time she rested. A woman who felt selfish every time she had a need. A woman who had convinced herself that her worth was tied to what she could do for everyone else.

And I knew I wasn’t the only one.