Self-Love & Boundaries

For a very long time, I believed that strong women were those who endured well. Those who stayed silent well. Those who sacrificed well. But the further I went in life, the more I realized something different. Much of women’s pain does not come from weakness. It comes from having learned, again and again, how to bend. We are taught how to be gentle. But rarely taught how to protect our boundaries. We are praised for being considerate of others. But few people ask whether we a