by Denise Pass | Oct 17, 2026
You Don’t Have to Be Afraid of What Someone Sees in You There is something wonderfully freeing about being known. Not the polished version of us. Or the version that gets everything right. Not even the version we carefully present to everyone else. The real us. The us...
by Denise Pass | Oct 11, 2026
Have you ever walked away from a difficult conversation and immediately started replaying it? Did I say too much? Should I have said nothing? Are they mad at me? What if they think badly of me now? Maybe I should text them and explain myself again. Sometimes the...
by Denise Pass | Oct 3, 2026
Relationships require courage. Courage to let someone know the real you without shame making you feel unworthy. It takes courage to tell the truth when silence would be easier. Because you matter. It takes courage to listen when someone tells you something you...
by Denise Pass | Sep 26, 2026
You were doing fine until you saw the announcement. And your name was not on it. Again. You genuinely want to be happy for them. But somehow their good news made you feel worse about yourself. What began as comparison turned into an identity crisis as you enveloped...
by Denise Pass | Sep 20, 2026
Self-protection often grows from a quiet belief: If I let someone hurt me again, I should have known better. That’s where shame can enter the picture. After betrayal, rejection, manipulation, or disappointment, we don’t just grieve what someone else did....
by Denise Pass | Sep 13, 2026
With a hint of arrogance, the “gentleman” made a less-than-favorable statement about my work without even looking at it. Then he went on to say I was selected for a position because I was a woman and the company I worked for had to meet a quota. Yes, this...
