Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast.

This episode is going to talk about how to opt out of the need for closure from others.

And I'm going to start by asking you a question.

Are you waiting for an apology from someone?

Are there people in your lives that have wronged you,

and you're still waiting for that conversation with them,

where they apologize and things are right. Maybe it's with a parent.

Maybe it's with a friend. It could also be from past romantic partners. One of the biggest

keys to healing is learning how to move forward when apologies don't show up and when people do not take

accountability for the way that they have treated you. I know there's a time or an experience

or a person that this scenario resonates with you.

For myself, I have had no shortage of different heartbreaks.

Not all of them are romantic either.

Some of the most painful breakups in my life have been with friends.

Others will tell you that some of the most painful breakups people have ever had have been with family. This podcast is all about opting out of struggle

and how burnout happens when we are constantly struggling. And I'm here to tell you that one area

that all people struggle in is in the need for closure.

When people harm us, we can spend years and years of our lives really trapped in the pain

of what they've done. There may be some truly horrible things that others have done to you,

but because you haven't had a conversation of closure with them, you don't feel like you can move

past it. But here's the good news. Closure can happen just with yourself. So today we're going to

talk about how to opt out of the need for

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