Have you ever known exactly what you needed to do…
- Alyson Mcwilliams

- Apr 28
- 3 min read

and still didn’t do it?
Not confusion.Not lack of clarity.
You knew.
You felt it in your body.You saw the pattern.You recognized the truth.
And yet…
you stayed.you went back.you didn’t say the thing.you didn’t make the move.
And then you sit there thinking:
“What is wrong with me?”
Let’s clear this up right now
Nothing.
Nothing is wrong with you.
Because this is the part no one really talks about:
👉 Awareness does not automatically equal action.
Just because you know something…doesn’t mean it’s going to feel easy to choose it.
The truth you need to hear
Choosing yourself is hard…
because it changes everything.
You didn’t just stay… you adapted
This is the part that goes deeper.
You didn’t just end up in something that wasn’t right.
👉 You adapted to it.
You learned how to:
function inside it
manage it
justify it
survive it
You got used to:
not being fully chosen
not being fully heard
not feeling fully at peace
And over time…
what wasn’t okaybecame normal.
And that’s why it feels so hard to leave
Because now you’re not just walking away from a situation…
You’re walking away from what your body has learned to recognize as familiar.
Why choosing yourself feels so hard
1. Your body trusts what it knows
Even if it’s painful.
Even if you’ve outgrown it.
Familiar feels safer than unknown.
So when you try to leave, your body reacts with:
doubt
anxiety
second-guessing
Not because it’s right…
but because it’s known.
2. You’re grieving… even if it wasn’t right
You’re not just letting go of what is.
You’re letting go of:
what you hoped it would be
what you invested
what you thought it could become
That grief is real.
And it doesn’t mean you made the wrong decision.
3. You’re letting go of the version of you that adapted
This is the part people don’t talk about.
When you choose yourself…
you don’t just leave the situation.
You leave the version of you that learned how to survive it.
The one who:
kept the peace
overgave
stayed quiet
made it work
Even if she’s exhausted…
she’s familiar.
4. You’re afraid of what comes next
Let’s be honest.
Choosing yourself might mean:
being alone
starting over
disappointing people
not knowing what’s next
And that’s scary.
So you stay.
Not because you don’t know…
but because you’re standing at the edge of change.
You’re not stuck
👉 You’ve just gotten really good at adapting.
And the longer you adapt…
the more normal it feels.
This is where everything shifts
Instead of asking:
“Why can’t I do it?”
Start asking:
👉 “What does choosing myself actually require of me right now?”
📓 Journal this (don’t skip it)
Why did I get into this in the first place?
When did I first feel it wasn’t right… and stay anyway?
How have I adapted to something that no longer fits me?
What am I afraid will happen if I stop accommodating it?
What version of me would I have to let go of to move forward?
The truth that might hit a little
You’re not confused.
You already know.
You’ve just gotten used to choosing what’s familiarover what’s true.
What choosing yourself actually looks like
It doesn’t look perfect.
It looks like:
saying the uncomfortable thing
setting the boundary
not chasing
not over-explaining
walking away when something doesn’t align
Even when your voice shakes.Even when it feels uncertain.
This is how you become unfuckwithable
Not by having no fear.
But by no longer betraying yourself to stay comfortable.
🔥 Ready to go deeper?
If this hit you…
and you’re sitting there thinking:
“Okay… I see it. But I don’t know how to move through this alone.”
I opened up something very limited.
I’m offering 1:1 private sessionsfor the first five women only.
This is not surface-level.
We go straight to:
what you’re in
why you’re staying
and what needs to shift
👉 It’s a $97 deep-dive session👉 No fluff. No overthinking. Just real movement
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