Although Olivia Carr had been engaged and was married, she had never been in love. By healing her relationship with herself, she learned to open her heart

I’d been engaged four times and was married, but I’d never been in love. As Covid hit and I turned 40, I decided I could no longer live that way. I left my husband the day after my birthday.

I learned at a young age how to protect my heart by building walls around me. When it came to romance I just went through the motions. I was basically numb; the strongest emotion I felt when it came to intimacy was fear.

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