When Life Deals You a Blow

Sometimes, life delivers a blow so hard it feels impossible to recover. I had a client who woke up one morning, checked her husband's messages, and found the devastating truth—he’d been cheating. She knew she was stuck in a toxic, trauma-bonded relationship with a narcissist, but leaving felt impossible. In our session, she couldn’t even get out of bed. But by the end, she was dancing in her living room, feeling liberated. That moment—the worst pain she’d ever felt—became the catalyst for her transformation. She realized this is what she needed to see to do what she knew she had needed to do for so long. Leave the relationship. I’m not saying this was easy for her.  It was the silver lining she didn’t see coming. Sometimes, it takes hitting rock bottom to realize you’re standing on the edge of your breakthrough, the defining moment where you choose to rise, not from your circumstances, but despite them. Shift your mindset: even the darkest moments can spark the light of change.