Open My Eyes Podcast

Open My Eyes Podcast Season 6: Radical Acceptance Introduction: The Cost of Becoming Every version of yourself costs something. Over the last year, I've learned that healing isn't about pretending the pain never happened. It's about looking at it honestly, accepting what it taught you, and refusing to let it define who you become. In this introduction to Season 6, I reflect on the l...

In this season finale, the journey comes full circle with a powerful reflection: we are the Lotus, and we rise through the mud. When life feels heavy, dark, and discouraging, it’s easy to believe we’re buried. But the truth is, the mud was never meant for our demise — it was meant for our growth. Every layer of pressure, pain, and resistance has been shaping resilience, teaching sustainability, an...

Pulling up a chair with your inner child and sitting with yourself is where true healing begins. You don’t even know who is connected to your freedom — your growth may unlock doors for people you may never meet. We have to learn to sit in the mud, to let it cover us, to allow the roots to deepen. Rushing the process rarely gives lasting fruit. Transformation shows up in silence — when the people y...