I spent years thinking I was broken. Eight weeks in, I understood for the first time why I kept pushing people away — and I actually started letting someone in. My partner noticed the difference before I did.

I had a successful career and I was completely miserable. I didn't even know how to identify what I was feeling. Now I can sit with hard emotions instead of eating through them. That alone has changed everything.

I booked this in a moment of desperation. I had no idea how deep it would go. I finally asked for a raise — and got it. But the bigger win was that I stopped apologising for taking up space.