Coming Home to Softness: Why I’m Creating Life on My Terms Now.

For years, I built with fire. Ambition, pressure, survival — I knew them well.I built a business from the ground up, became a sales agency owner, and poured my energy into making it work.

And it did — until it didn’t.

I lost everything. The success, the stability, the vision I’d wrapped my identity around.And in that rubble, I was left with the one thing I never gave myself: Softness.

✧ What I Never Knew I Needed

I didn’t know rest could be productive.I didn’t know joy could be a strategy.I didn’t know that sometimes, the most radical thing you can do… is slow down.

And so I did.

I stopped chasing and started listening.I became a reading tutor for children — something that made my heart full.I got certified in wellness, happiness, and transformation coaching — not for the title, but for the healing.I enrolled in massage therapy, created rituals, and found peace in simple mornings.

I remembered who I was before the world told me to be “strong.”

✧ Redefining Success, My Way

Now, success looks different. It feels like working with intention — not exhaustion. It feels like giving from overflow, not depletion. It feels like walking barefoot in truth — not running in someone else’s shoes.

I still have goals. I still desire abundance.But I want them to come from alignment, not adrenaline.

✧ Why This Blog Exists

This space isn’t about performance. It’s about permission.

To feel. To reflect. To heal. To rewrite your own story.

I created The Pain Alchemist blog as a safe place for women like me — women who are done pretending, done hustling in silence, done abandoning themselves.

We’re not here to be perfect. We’re here to be whole.

✧ What’s Next

More softness. More structure. More soul. I’m sharing my journey — and inviting you into yours. We’ll explore inner healing, feminine business, journaling, rituals, and self-reclamation.

Because life is too precious to survive through. It’s meant to be felt, savored, and softly rebuilt — on your terms.

With love,

Engrácia (Eny)

The Pain Alchemist