Ep.2/ THE FIRE
What Has the Fire Forged in You?
Fire can burn—but it can also build.
Take a moment to reflect on a season of your life where things fell apart. Not the surface-level answer, but the one you don’t post on Instagram. The one that tested your faith, your identity, your will to keep showing up.
Now ask yourself:
🔥 What did that fire burn away in me that I needed to let go of?
🔥 What has it forged in me that I now carry forward?
🔥 If suffering prepared my heart… what did it prepare it for?
🔥 Who or what do I need to forgive to be free?
🔥 How has my pain given me purpose—or perspective?
Optional Affirmation:
"Even in the fire, I am being forged. I am not just surviving—I am becoming."
Self-Full™ Podcast – Episode 2 Recap
This episode was not just something I recorded—it was something I survived.
It came from the depths of a year that scorched me in every way possible. I lost my mother, my money, my peace, my sense of identity... even the version of me that once thought survival alone was strength. In therapy, I counted 41 losses—and yet somehow, I found freedom.
Because here's what I know now:
Suffering prepares the heart for sacrifice.
And fire? Fire forges you.
I had to walk through the flames of grief and disappointment, questioning God, begging for answers, learning to let go of things—and people—I loved deeply. But every tear was sacred. Every scar, a stamp of transformation. What I thought would break me, built something in me I never saw coming: vision, voice, and a fire that burns through fear.
I was always the Phoenix. I just hadn’t burned yet.
And now? I’m rising. Not polished, not perfect—but forged.
If you’re in the fire right now, this episode is for you.
Not to pull you out—but to remind you that what survives the flames is holy.
You don’t have to fear the fire. You are it.
