Think of a time when you had to lead while still healing.
How did that affect my confidence, decisions, or interactions with others?

What changed in me when I could no longer lead from full strength?

What have I worked hard to hide—physically, emotionally, or mentally—so others would still see me as dependable?

What has hiding that cost me?

What weight am I carrying that no one sees?

And what might change if I finally named it?

Part 3: Letting Go Without Dropping the Mission

Where in my life am I still gripping too tightly to control, identity, or image out of fear of what will happen if I loosen my hold?

What would “letting go without dropping the mission” look like for me in this season?

Part 4: Clarity Through Slowness

Has there been a moment when slowing down gave me unexpected clarity?

What did I begin to see, understand, or prioritize differently when the pace changed?

Part 5: The False Strength You Outgrew

What version of strength was I taught to admire?

What version of strength am I being invited to live into now?

What version of strength have I been trying to live up to?

And what might change if I finally let it go?

Part 6: The Giant Behind the Limp

When I think about my most persistent struggle—whether physical, emotional, or spiritual—what fear or lie is actually hiding beneath it?

What name have I given that whisper… and what truth do I need to speak back to it?

What lie have I been listening to that’s shaping how I lead, live, or see myself? 

And what would it take… to finally call it what it really is?

Part 7: Rebuilding, Not Returning

In my journey toward healing, what’s something I don’t want to “go back to”?

What’s something new I want to carry forward instead?

Part 8: Your Scar That Speaks

What scar—visible or invisible—do I carry that could become someone else’s permission to hope?

What might change if I stopped hiding it?

Healing is resistance.
Wholeness is a quiet kind of courage.

You don’t have to return to who you were.
You’re not failing because you’re still healing—

You’re becoming.

And that is strength.

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