Lately, I feel like I am living through one of those chapters in a book where the protagonist is being tested from every direction before discovering her true strength.
My mother is scheduled for medical surgery next week on Thursday, and as a single unmarried woman, the emotional, physical, and financial responsibility of standing beside her falls entirely on me.
My current workplace offers neither work-from-home flexibility nor paid leave, which has been forcing me into making a very difficult but necessary decision — to resign. Although i have not done that yet - I will begin looking for a new opportunity where I can start between the end of June and July.
At the same time, I carry a wound that time alone does not erase. In 2018, I experienced sexual harassment at a workplace — something no woman should ever have to endure. Experiences like that change how you move through the world. They make trust harder, caution louder, and safety non-negotiable.
I may have considered returning to that previous company under different circumstances, but not at the cost of my dignity, peace of mind, or emotional safety. Unless I receive absolute clarity that the individual involved has no connection, influence, investment, or presence there in any form, returning is not something I can consider.
The same applies to the coaches who are trying to connect with me to offer support. I appreciate the outreach, but healing cannot begin where doubt exists. As a woman who has already had her boundaries violated once, I need reassurance that these coaching arrangements are entirely independent and have absolutely no connection whatsoever to that same Individual.
I have always been the woman who keeps going. The one who carries responsibility quietly. The one who finds strength even when life asks too much.
Like in The Alchemist, there are moments when life strips away certainty and asks us to walk through the desert before we find our next chapter. That is where I am right now — not defeated, but in transition.
Iam willing to reconnect with DEI Enthu and Ex-CPO after 8 long years. And if the universe truly responds to my courage, then I hope it sends the right people, the right messages, the right opportunities, and the right support at the right time.
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