The Journey Back To You

Let’s be honest—we all crave validation.
Especially from the people who seem not to like us.
It’s a deeply human impulse: the need to be accepted, to belong. We morph ourselves, jump from trend to trend, hoping to be liked, to fit in. We wear the mask. We become the chameleon. And somewhere along the way, we lose touch with who we really are.

Not just our sense of identity—but our trust in ourselves.
We forget what we truly like, what brings us joy, what makes us feel alive. Instead, we fixate on what might make others approve of us.

To belong.
To feel whole.
To be part of something larger than ourselves.

But learning to validate yourself—that’s the journey.
It’s the process of becoming grounded in who you are and where you’re going. Of returning home to yourself, even if that path has been shaped by inconsistent love or a rollercoaster relationship with your own self-worth.

There is another way.
A way where you are at the centre.

You might not feel there yet. But every time you choose to show up as your real self—even when it feels hard, even when you’ve drifted away—you take a step closer.
Over time, the change unfolds gently. You start noticing it in the people you surround yourself with, in what you tolerate, in the choices you make.
But most importantly, you begin to feel it—in the quiet confidence of being who you truly are.

That’s the shift.
That’s the work.
And it begins by choosing, again and again, to stand by yourself.