Today is my birthday, and instead of rushing past it, I wanted to stop and reflect on what it really means to reach another year. Not in milestones or numbers, but in the quiet ways life keeps reshaping us.

This episode isn’t just about me, it’s about us. About what it means to still be here, to have made it through another cycle of change, love, lessons, and small miracles. It’s about slowing down long enough to say: I’m still climbing. I’m still becoming. I’m still here.

Birthdays, I’ve learned, aren’t just for celebration; they’re for remembering. Remembering who we’ve been, who we’re becoming, and how much beauty we’ve already lived through.

If you’ve been moving fast lately, this one’s a gentle reason to pause, to breathe, to look back, and to quietly celebrate your own journey, too.

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