You Know, I'm Suffering, So I Need to Accept It

I grew up in a way where I wasn't really allowed to acknowledge my own discomfort. And so it's a big step for me to even say like, oh, this is not good, you know? But I think that step is really, really huge. Until you take it, you can't even really get into the other resources until you've really like sat with that acknowledgement. "Just be soft with yourself and acknowledge that you're suffering," she says.