Episode 2: The Weight We Carried Young — Healing as a First-Gen Daughter

 This one’s straight from the heart.
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 In today’s episode, I open up about what it was like growing up as a first-gen daughter — carrying so much responsibility, hiding emotions, and trying to stay strong even when things felt heavy. I talk about the impact of family separation, survival mode, and what it meant to grow up fast.
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 But more importantly… I talk about healing.
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 The softening. The unlearning. The moments that showed me I didn’t have to hold it all on my own.
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 If you’ve ever felt like you had to be the glue for your family, or you’ve struggled to make space for your own needs while showing up for everyone else — I see you. I get it. And this episode is for us.
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 ✨ Themes in this episode:
 • First-gen daughterhood
 • Family separation + inner child wounds
 • Finding softness in a world that made us develop a hard shell 
 • Turning pain into purpose
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 Thank you for being here. I hope this one wraps around you like a warm hug.