There’s a tired myth in the personal-growth world— “Heal yourself first, then you’ll be ready for a relationship.” —as if intimacy was some kind of prize awarded only after achieving emotional enlightenment, ten pounds lost, and a fully optimized nervous system .

Listen, if we all waited until we were fully healed, evolved, and spiritually polished, the planet would be a monastery. You don’t have to be perfect to be in a relationship. You don’t have to purge every childhood wound or meditate yourself into sainthood. You don’t have to finish the book, the course, the cleanse, or the shadow-work workbook with all the gold stars.

You just have to be willing. Willing to show up. Willing to notice your patterns. Willing to stay with yourself when things get tender.

Because the trut

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