Why I’m Writing From the In Between

A reflection on healing after a high-control belief system

For a long time, I thought healing meant escaping my past.
Now I see that real healing is about rewiring the patterns it left inside of me—gently, consciously, moment by moment.

I was raised in a belief system that taught me that self-denial was holy, that shame was necessary for growth, and that trusting myself was dangerous.
Leaving that environment was just the beginning.
The deeper work has been in rebuilding the pathways of my own mind and body to move differently through the world.

This is the work of The In Between—and it’s still unfolding.