What happens when girls are taught that being “good” means being nice, forgiving, selfless, obedient, and endlessly understanding—even when something inside them is screaming that they aren’t safe?
In this deeply personal episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn explores how women can be conditioned to override their instinct for self-preservation. From religion and purity culture to marriage, sexuality, and motherhood, she examines how these messages can lead to self-abandonment—and create fertile ground for narcissistic abuse and coercive control.
This is a conversation about boundaries, anger, consent, sexuality, and learning to trust yourself again. Because healing isn't only about recognizing the person who hurt you. It's about recognizing yourself again—your instincts, your body, your voice, your boundaries, your no, and your yes.
Maybe healing isn't becoming a different woman.
Maybe it's remembering the woman you were before you learned to abandon yourself.
