This week brought an unexpected moment for Anastasia: her plastics team officially discharged her. No more follow-ups. No more check-ins. Just done.

She didn't see the lump in her throat coming.

For over a year, this team had been her safety net. They'd seen her at her most fragile, unable to eat or speak, communicating on a whiteboard. They'd guided her through recovery, tried new approaches, and became woven into the rhythm of her life. And now? They were saying she didn't need them anymore.

It felt equal parts liberating and terrifying.

In this raw and honest episode, Anastasia shares what it's really like when healing quietly hands the power back to you. When you realize that part of your identity has been wrapped up in being looked after, being vulnerable, being the patient. And now you're the one responsible for the next chapter.

She reflects on a conversation with her GP from years ago, when she needed constant reassurance just to get through each day. That version of her felt so real at the time. But we can outgrow situations, people, and even versions of ourselves we once desperately needed.

This episode asks you to consider:

• Where are you still leaning on something you've already outgrown?
• What would it feel like to truly trust yourself again?
• What area of your life might you be ready to be "discharged" from?

Sometimes the scariest freedom is the one you've already earned.

If you're ready to build deeper self-trust and step into your own authority, explore Thrive to Mastery at AnastasiaAdam.com.au

Keep healing, keep growing. You're exactly where you're meant to be.