I Had A Breakthrough!
There’s a moment in life when something inside you quietly declares: This ends with me.
The Moment of Breakthrough
For me, that moment wasn’t loud or dramatic. It wasn’t a grand performance. It was a series of soft, subtle awakenings that finally added up to one thing: freedom.
I always felt this tug-of-war inside—trying to earn love by shrinking myself, shifting myself, shining just enough to be valuable but never so much that I was “too much.” Ping-ponging between being praised and being punished was exhausting.
I did what good girls do. Graduated college. Married. Made the home beautiful. Took care of Everything.
Until
Until I drove off a cliff.
Literally.
An ATV accident sent me over a 100-foot drop. I hit a tree, broke bones, and woke up in the hospital changed. Something inside me asked: Why did I drive off that cliff? I needed to understand my mind, my patterns, and how to trust myself again.
So I turned to therapy. Not the kind that told me to cut people off, but the kind that helped me untangle emotional knots and rewrite the script I’d been living.
The Truth of a Breakthrough
The truth?
I had married someone who never wanted to know me—just wanted me to perform. He said the therapy was to “fix me.” And for 20 years, I let it and let him pay for it.
But something sacred was growing under the surface: self-awareness.
And when COVID hit, I joined an online mastermind. Then another. I wasn’t always on time. I didn’t do it “right.” But I finished. I learned the information. I kept showing up.
One decision led to another and another and eventually I heard about the Master Key Experience (MKE).
Enter the Master Key Experience
I didn’t even care why the assignments worked. I just knew they would.
Six months later, I exited my marriage exactly as planned. Quiet. Peaceful. Powerful.
I blocked toxic phone numbers. I faced relentless questioning from people who didn’t deserve the answers. I chose healing over explaining.
And for the first time in my life…
I slept.
I exhaled.
I decompressed.
Breakthrough Achieved
My husband didn’t ask if I was coming back. He never really noticed I left.
And that told me everything.
MKE didn’t save me. It reminded me that I could save myself.
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades. 😎
If you also need a reminder that you can save yourself, check out the Master Key Experience for yourself!
And here is another blog post showing how the Master Key Experience can help you change your life!
Thank you for sharing your breakthrough, Stephanie.
Stephanie, you are so inspiring and your writing style is so electric. Thank you for your vulnerability–this telling will help SO MANY OTHERS. I am so grateful you have found lots of ways to move beyond this description of yourself: “shining just enough to be valuable but never so much that I was ‘too much.’ ” YOU ARE A GIFT!
Love the shades! Thank you Stephanie
WoW!! Amazing story thanks for sharing. Such an inspiration.
I love that you “gotta wear shades”! What a powerful story. It is amazing how we can live our lives in quiet desperation, and it seems as if no one notices our cries for help, nor do we! The Universe has a way of knocking us down, so we pick ourselves up! When we do we look back and are amazed at the new you! So inspiring!