I Wrote My Way Back to Me: The Role of Story in Personal Awakening

Personal Awakening

There was a time in my life when I didn’t know who I was anymore. Not because I’d forgotten exactly, but because I’d disappeared into responsibilities, roles, and routines that were only a part of me.

I was someone’s partner. Someone’s daughter. A worker. A helper. A good girl. I was functioning, smiling, contributing, but quietly… I was drifting.

And then, one day, I picked up a pen.

Not to impress, not to publish, but to listen to my own words: to let those words come out in whatever order they needed to.

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At first, it felt like a whisper. Then a hum. Then a voice I barely recognised as my own - but I knew it was her. The one who used to dream.The one who used to see energy.The one who still believed in magic, even after life had tried to prove otherwise.

But that’s the thing about writing, when done with honesty and openness, it becomes a kind of sacred mirror. Not for who you should be, but for who you were always becoming.

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Through story, I began to remember.

I remembered what lit me up. I remembered what wore me down. I remembered the parts of myself I’d silenced to keep others comfortable, to conform.

And that remembering? It didn’t just lead to healing. It led to a whole new story - one with softer pages and truer plot lines.

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If you’re in a place where you’re not quite sure who you are anymore, maybe it’s time to write; not for anyone else, but for you, to get back to yourself.

That’s where I started.

That’s where I returned.

And now I help others do the same. Through story, through soul. One gentle chapter at a time.

With love & light,

Jax