The Coping Mechanisms We Romanticized *Baddies With a Twist*

Sometimes the things we call our strengths were actually survival tools

In this Baddies With a Twist episode, Miz and I are talking about the coping mechanisms we picked up during difficult seasons—the independence, emotional walls, hypervigilance, and other behaviors that may have helped us survive, but didn’t necessarily help us live

Because once the chaos is gone, the tools that protected you can become the very things keeping you from the softness, connection, and peace you’ve been trying to build

This is an honest conversation about recognizing when survival mode has ended, letting go of what you no longer need, and realizing you don’t have to keep proving how well you can survive