The Woman You Think You Lost Is Still Here
- Alyson Mcwilliams

- Dec 30, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 20
Hey beautiful soul,
Let me tell you something most women never hear — and it changes everything once you finally let it land:
You didn’t lose yourself.You adapted.You survived.You protected the parts of you no one else knew how to care for.
And now…you’re feeling the pull to return to the woman underneath all of that.
Not a new version.Not an upgraded version.Not a “better” version.
Just you — without the layers.
But here’s the part no one talks about:coming home to yourself doesn’t feel like fireworks.
It feels like:
noticing the tightness in your chest
realizing you’ve been saying yes when you meant no
feeling exhausted from holding everything together
seeing the ways you’ve overridden your own truth
catching the moment you shrink instead of speak
It feels like honesty.Like a soft exhale.Like finally telling the truth to yourself.
Because you were never lost.You were buried — beneath roles, expectations, old stories, and the bruels (those bullshit beliefs) that shaped how you learned to survive.
And once you see the pattern, you can’t unsee it.
You start to realize:
your body has been screaming for space
your voice has been whispering for years
your intuition never left
your truth never disappeared
You just learned to silence it.
But now?Now you’re ready to listen.
You’re ready to release what you’ve been carrying…to soften the survival response…to rebuild self-trust…to choose yourself without guilt…to step into the woman who rises without apologizing for the space she takes up.
That’s the heartbeat of Finding Her: Unapologetically — the work of ending self-betrayal and returning to the woman you were always meant to be.
If you feel the pull… trust it.Your body knows exactly where you’re supposed to be.
You’re not starting over.You’re coming home.
➤ Want to start softer?
Join Exhale the Past — your first step back to yourself.
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