I Can Hold Space for Myself Now

May 31, 2025

I used to need someone else to make my feelings feel valid. Now, I’ve learned how to be that person for me.

There were times I’d feel something heavy and immediately reach outward.

Looking for someone to understand. To comfort. To tell me I wasn’t wrong or too much or overthinking. I didn’t trust myself to sit with what I was feeling.

But now?

I can hold space for myself.

I can notice the ache and stay with it.
I can name the emotion without needing it fixed.
I can cry without needing someone to witness it in order for it to count.

This doesn’t mean I don’t need connection — it means I no longer outsource all my emotional safety.

I’ve become a softer place to land.

And that changes everything.

Because when I trust myself to hold what’s real, I don’t need someone else to carry it. I can simply let them be there with me.

Which is what I wanted all along.